Looks like the economy is a reason that people are calling in sick. Yup, they are sick of working long hours, sick of the stress, sick of doing the work of three laid-off colleagues, sick of worried that they are going to be fired, sick of looking perky to avoid being fired. Some 28 percent of employers surveyed about "hooky" days think more employees are calling in sick because of stress and burnout according to the economy.
"Longer hours and heavier workloads are common in the current economic climate and employers are becoming more flexible with their time off policies," said Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources at CareerBuilder, the online job site that surveyed 3,163 hiring managers and 4,721 workers in late August and early September. "Sixty-three percent of companies we surveyed said they let their team members use sick days for mental health days."
About a third of the employees admitted to calling in sick at least once a year with most of them saying they just didn't feel like coming in. Nearly a third said they called in sick to go to the doctor. Sleep, housework and errand running were other reasons and one in 10 used the time to spend with their families. Interestingly, 12 percent called in sick because of a work-related reason -- sometimes to give themselves more time to finish projects for work or to avoid a meeting or the wrath of boss, colleague or client.
The part about the economy rings true. But I also like the idea of blaming the economy. At least it's good for something. Do think if the economy were better I could play the violin?
who are these people that are "80% happy with their healthcare"???? i have good healthcare, but i am not happy with $1000 deductible and $1000 flex spending to off set the taxes; i'm not happy with the ridiculous billing procedures; not with the forms; not with the attitude of the insurance companies; not with the IRS rules governing flex spending accounts...WHO Is happy with their healthcare? People in unions, that's about it. NO ONE has ever asked me or polled me about my attitudes. YET, the lazy media and reckless Repubs keep repeating "80% are happy with their healthcare", just like "Iraq has WMD and was involved with 9/11" - WRONG, wrong wrong.— MichaelZoe- I definitely take about 2-3 mental health days a year. If companies want talented workers that give their best, then the companies need to stop counting beans over a sick day here and there. Stop the occurrence practices, and get realistic about what you heap onto your distressed work force. We're going to call out, and unless you change your practices, people are going to go elsewhere for a more satisfying place to work.— gtown_teach
- @gtown_teach - please point out where those more satisfying jobs elsewhere are. Anyone with a job is hanging on to it for dear life, regardless of how much they are asked to do. People tend to want to get even with their employer in some passive-aggressive way while still keeping the illusion that they are nose to the grindstone dedicated employees, but all they do is talk a good game.— trainrdt
Every day for 60 days, Inquirer staff writer Jane M. Von Bergen profiled someone from the ranks of the region’s unemployed.
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