You Can't Come to Work Because of What???
"I forgot I was getting married today."
"The ghosts in my house kept me up all night."
"My son accidentally fell asleep next to wet cement in our backyard. His foot fell in and we can't get it out."
These are among the examples of creative excuses for missing work cited in a recent article on CareerBuilder.com. The article also cited statistics including:
"43% of the workers responding admitted that they had called in sick at least once in the past year when they actually felt well. That was up from 35% in 2004."
"38% of workers said they viewed sick days the same as vacation days."
Managers are not quite as naive as employees seem to think. Almost 1/4 of the hiring managers responding to the survey indicated they had fired an employee for missing work without a legitimate reason. And 63% indicated they are more suspicious of workers calling in on Monday or Friday.
Are work absences on the increase? If so, why? Are workers becoming less loyal? Have work ethics deteriorated?
What are you seeing in your company?
To read the entire article by Rosemary Haefner as posted on CareerBuilder.com click here: 15 Excuses For Calling In Sick
By the way, as you are hiring your next new employee you might stop to ask yourself if they were a survey participant . . .just a thought.
Posted by Denise Knutson, Senior Consultant, The H.S. Group
"The ghosts in my house kept me up all night."
"My son accidentally fell asleep next to wet cement in our backyard. His foot fell in and we can't get it out."
These are among the examples of creative excuses for missing work cited in a recent article on CareerBuilder.com. The article also cited statistics including:
"43% of the workers responding admitted that they had called in sick at least once in the past year when they actually felt well. That was up from 35% in 2004."
"38% of workers said they viewed sick days the same as vacation days."
Managers are not quite as naive as employees seem to think. Almost 1/4 of the hiring managers responding to the survey indicated they had fired an employee for missing work without a legitimate reason. And 63% indicated they are more suspicious of workers calling in on Monday or Friday.
Are work absences on the increase? If so, why? Are workers becoming less loyal? Have work ethics deteriorated?
What are you seeing in your company?
To read the entire article by Rosemary Haefner as posted on CareerBuilder.com click here: 15 Excuses For Calling In Sick
By the way, as you are hiring your next new employee you might stop to ask yourself if they were a survey participant . . .just a thought.
Posted by Denise Knutson, Senior Consultant, The H.S. Group
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