[Northern Monkey]

I think TS is bang on the money.Alot companies including massive ones are doing this.They're running on the minimum staff possible for profit and making the employees jobs alot harder than they should be.The reason staff get pissed off when someone is off and turning on each other is because morale is so low to begin with in many of these companies.The managers are under the most pressure having to try and deal with it.I have seen this happening.
Also if this person genuinely has anxiety issues then finding out they've been reported will 100% make them worse.Agoraphobia is usually one symptom of a generalised anxiety disorder and adding more worries will only worsen the problem and prolong the absence.