“This could indicate people are feeling more (secure) with their jobs”, she said. Due to the increasing tendency employers now have had to rely on a few investigation work to find out if the worker was really sick, according to a survey from CareerBuilder.
Employee claimed his grandmother poisoned him with ham.
Employee’s wife found out he was cheating. More millennials (ages 18-34) said they felt obligated to give excuses, at 32 percent, while 20 percent of workers ages 55 and up shared that sentiment.
So if you’re going to make something up, make it good: One worker said the universe was telling him to take a day off. As true as that can sometimes be, it probably won’t cut it with most bosses.
In fact, the number of employees playing hooky is at its highest since 2005, when it hit 43 percent, said Jennifer Grasz, vice president of corporate communications at CareerBuilder.
Conversely, 54 percent of the workers surveyed say they’ve gone in to work even when they really were sick because they thought the work wouldn’t get done. And while less than 1 in 10 employees (9 percent) say they have ever faked being sick during the holidays, those that do most often say it’s to spend time with family and friends (68 percent), while others wanted to holiday shop (21 percent) or decorate for the season (9 percent). Rates increased to 38 percent of employees who had used this method in the past year, up from 28 percent a year ago.
Another employee claimed he broke his arm reaching to grab a falling sandwich.
“If (employees) use up all their sick days and later get sick, they go unpaid”, she said.
Harris Poll included a representative sample of 3,321 full-time workers, 2,326 hiring managers and human resource managers across various industries and company sizes.
Of the 52 percent of employees polled working at organizations that offer paid time off (PTO) programs, which allow them to use time off as they please, 27 percent felt the need to provide a reason for being away from the office, up from 23 percent past year. This year showed that workers are increasingly recurring to the technique of calling in sick despite feeling fine.
To keep an eye on questionable behavior, employers are going online.
