Most Not Feeling Sick Enough to Avoid Work
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Through bitter cold, snowstorms and whatever else nature throws our way this winter, Americans, to their credit, still trudge to work. And many do so while feeling sick.
A Staples survey from last year revealed that six in 10 people who were under the weather still turned up at the job despite the weather outside.
Whatever their rationale, and a lot has to do with thinking the boss would want it this way, people who are ill at work are also about 60 percent less productive than when they’re feeling their best.
The Integrated Benefits Institute estimates that sick employees result in $229 billion in lost productivity annually, and that includes those who show up at the desk to possibly infect their co-workers.
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