It’s summer time, children will be on holidays, if we’re lucky the weather is mostly sunny and many would love to take some time off work, perhaps more than their annual leave allows. Annie Excuses is one of our Usual Suspects, who is very good at doing just that. The Usual Suspects are part of our tongue-in-cheek take on some problematic absence behaviour. We make absence management a little bit more fun this way but each persona is based on real life experiences and character traits. Here’s what Annie has to say today: Continue reading
Tag Archives: sickie
Worst absence excuses of 2013
Recently, Honeydew Health came across a discussion on Linkedin asking members of its group to share the best (or worst, depending on how you think about it) absence excuses they have ever heard. Continue reading
Unloved employees pull the most sickies
Its official! If employees feel that their employers don’t care about them, they vote with their feet and walk on home. Continue reading
Today is National Sickie Day
The first Monday in February is the day workers in the UK are most likely to call in sick – the National Sickie Day. The cold weather, post-Christmas credit card bills and the long months ahead before summer and holidays all contribute to many employees deciding to stay in bed on this day. Continue reading
Meet the Usual Suspects – Buffalo Skiver
Over the years, we at Honeydew Health have started to notice absence patterns that are all too familiar in many organisations. To bring them to your attention, we have characterised these Usual Suspects, that we feel everybody can relate to. Continue reading
Christmas excuses for pulling a sickie
Last year Honeydew wrote about how access to the internet has created a new wealth of information on how to be good at pulling a sickie from work. It seems to have changed the boundaries of the ridiculous excuse and they’re only getting sillier. Continue reading
SME bosses don’t believe the sickies
Now that December is in full swing, many businesses will see their absence levels rise. But how many of you believe that your employees are genuinely ill? Or do you see straight through the sickies? Continue reading
Why is every day a sick day for the UK?
65,000 people call in sick every week, according to the British Heart Foundation. Given that 71.8% of our 63.7million population is employed, to have 65,000 of those out of work during any given week is shocking. So, why is every day a sick day for the UK? Continue reading
How to: Pull a sickie?
Every company has employees that pull sickies. It’s a given. However, it’s the excuses that have really caught our attention. Continue reading