{"id":565,"date":"2007-01-11T15:44:14","date_gmt":"2007-01-11T21:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/presenteeism-and-flexible-hours\/"},"modified":"2007-01-11T15:44:02","modified_gmt":"2007-01-11T21:44:02","slug":"presenteeism-and-flexible-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/presenteeism-and-flexible-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Presenteeism and Flexible Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had never heard of &#8220;presenteeism&#8221; up until a couple of months ago as I mentioned in <a href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/11\/presenteeism\/\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>. Now I encountered this SM&#038;M article &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.managesmarter.com\/msg\/content_display\/management\/e3i41285c5d8b9ca3c49c846a8461a61382\" target=\"_blank\">Working While Sick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Top reasons for schlepping in when sick: I feel guilty for calling in; my workload is too heavy; I save my sick time for personal reasons like family emergencies, sick children, parent care issues and other unexpected events; and I try to have perfect attendance. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Schlepping in&#8230;?&#8221; Another new phrase for me. No real surprises in the reasons for coming to work sick. I did find this paragraph insightful:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The study suggests bosses could do more to stem the trend. &#8220;<strong>Employees are craving flexibility from their employers<\/strong>. &#8216;Working 9 to 5&#8217; is no longer the universal employee anthem,&#8221; says Stuart Itkin, chief marketing officer at Kronos. &#8220;To reduce presenteeism, bolster employee satisfaction, improve workforce productivity, and boost the bottom line, best practice organizations are <strong>providing employees with flexibility and rewarding them based on results<\/strong>.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This trend is booming in the corporate world. We see it daily in our customer base and we hear inquiries from candidates on a consistent basis. Flexible hours will be a staple of the Gen Y work world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had never heard of &#8220;presenteeism&#8221; up until a couple of months ago as I mentioned in this post. Now I encountered this SM&#038;M article &#8211; Working While Sick. Top reasons for schlepping in when sick: I feel guilty for calling in; my workload is too heavy; I save my sick time for personal reasons like family emergencies, sick children, parent care issues and other unexpected events; and I try to have perfect attendance. &#8220;Schlepping in&#8230;?&#8221; Another new phrase for me. No real surprises in the reasons for coming to work sick. I did find this paragraph insightful: The study suggests bosses could do more to stem the trend. &#8220;Employees&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/presenteeism-and-flexible-hours\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trends","category-worklife-balance"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-97","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":472,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/11\/presenteeism\/","url_meta":{"origin":565,"position":0},"title":"Presenteeism?","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"November 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Sick? Your Boss Wants You to Stay Home, Survey Says. Did we really need a survey for this? I have never encountered the word presenteeism: 56 percent of employers now report that \"presenteeism,\" when sick employees show up for work, is a problem for them.Just 39 percent said that in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Team Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Team Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/team-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":609,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/productivity-from-presenteeism\/","url_meta":{"origin":565,"position":1},"title":"Productivity From Presenteeism","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A timely article from CNNMoney.com - 'Presenteeism' infects businesses. Timely in that some super bug has made it's way through Select Metrix which has knocked yours truly down this week. For some background on this phenomenon: \"presenteeism,\" or going to work when sick, is a persistent problem at more than\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Trends&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Trends","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/trends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":510,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/european-vacation\/","url_meta":{"origin":565,"position":2},"title":"European Vacation","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 18, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Millions of vacation days go unused caught my eye this morning. A week before Christmas is a good time to release an article on this topic. One statistic worth noting: In 2005, U.S. workers left a total of 424 million days on the table, Expedia also found. That is a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Team Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Team Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/team-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1245,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/10\/news-alert-most-employees-faking-sick-days\/","url_meta":{"origin":565,"position":3},"title":"News Alert: Most Employees Faking Sick Days","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 18, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Ok, it is a cheeky title to this post, but I recently read this Inc.com article - Big Surprise: Most Workers Faking Sick Days (see, Inc.com started it).\u00a0 In case you had any doubt: ...most workers who call in sick at the last minute aren't\u00a0really sick. ... The real reasons\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Compensation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Compensation","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/compensation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":978,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/06\/mental-health-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":565,"position":4},"title":"Mental-Health Day","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I love that turn of phrase.\u00a0 And here from Inc.com is another good example of how we have far too many surveys taking place in this country.\u00a0 From When Warm Weather Arrives, More Employees Call in \"Sick\": Of 1,077 full-time employees polled, 39 percent said they've called in sick to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Team Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Team Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/team-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":401,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/the-hooky-entitlement\/","url_meta":{"origin":565,"position":5},"title":"The Hooky Entitlement","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 28, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pioneer Press posted this AP story - Playing hooky a popular pastime - Absence from work at 7-year high. I guess there are still companies that offer sick days as opposed to PTO. First, the breakout of sick day excuses: It found that personal illness accounts for only 35\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sales Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sales Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/sales-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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