"94% of employees pull false sickies"

This really isn't suprising

I pulled one over the weekend...it was good.

a lot of 'skiving' isn't actually just about people taking the piss, (not that i give a shit if it is) but its trying to get some time you need when you're stressed to fuck basically and you can't say that honestly because you know it will go against you.

exactly and to a certain extent claw something back from the £21bn of benefit UK industry gets from unpaid overtime each year, only £13bn odd is "lost" on sick days

Man I didn't even turn up to my job at Pound World, beat that!

ever

Do they mention how average working hours and profit have increased while wages have remained stagnant?

Also I remember a year or two ago there were features in the British press about how health watchdogs actually recommended that people take their sick leave, whether they were "sick" or not (as it's harded to quantify stress-related illness as compared to flu or the runs etc) as annual holiday leave was never enough to cope with everyday stresses.

I never took sick days when I was a part-time worker but the minute I left uni and started fulltime doing jobs I hated I suddenly didn't feel like a prick for taking sick days.

Unfortunately I work with a few people who resent people taking sick leave & even maternity leave, even people who are supposed to be their mates!!!

My brothers misses used to do that, and still kept her job for nearlky half a year!

She kept her job for a year and a half without eevr turning up?

she barely turned up, but managed to keep her job. I cant remember her ever doing more than two days in a row!

Oh, was she at Freedom?

If only we got more than SSP... An folks wonder why you need to unionise!

Nah, if she was at Freedom, she'd have turned up to work and played on the computer all day.

(Unlike myself )

I didn't have a day of sick for 5 years out of 6, I only had time off cos I was forced to go home after fainting with the flu in the basement...i workrd for a pretty crappy company who i didnt give a toss about, but i did care for my 2 colleagues (who also had a similar attendance record-we got plaques and evertything ) if one of us was off that would greatly decrease the enjoyment of those left to 'hold the fort' as they would be without breaks or lunch...we felt that we were a strong team...

Now however, having seen the error of my ways, I'll throw a sickie at the drop of a hat, (although I still always confess to my colleagues if they are my friends)

I've haven't been off sick for anything since I was 8 years old.

<resists urge>

[Edited]

nice association there

pity i saw it before you edited though

It's cos there's been too much hakim bey on the boards.

(edited cos i decided it weren't funny)

well