Expensive hangovers
A study just published has found hangovers account for more than 2.6m working days lost per year at a cost to business of $430m annually. Wow!
And its not the hardcore drinkers who are the problem. The study found more than half of all alcohol-related sick leave, is taken by low-risk, infrequent drinkers. Mind you - what percentage of the workforce is contributing the rest? That 50% or whatever it is probably comes from 10% of the employees.
What a bunch of weaklings Australians are? Taking sick days with a hangover ….terrible, and pissweak. Never done it myself - always made a point of turning up the day after, regardless of how I felt. Especially if the drinking was at a work function … you don’t want to be absent and allow your co-workers to embellish your drunken deeds without being around to defend yourself.
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And its not the hardcore drinkers who are the problem. The study found more than half of all alcohol-related sick leave, is taken by low-risk, infrequent drinkers. Mind you - what percentage of the workforce is contributing the rest? That 50% or whatever it is probably comes from 10% of the employees.
What a bunch of weaklings Australians are? Taking sick days with a hangover ….terrible, and pissweak. Never done it myself - always made a point of turning up the day after, regardless of how I felt. Especially if the drinking was at a work function … you don’t want to be absent and allow your co-workers to embellish your drunken deeds without being around to defend yourself.
Technorati Tags: alcohol, hangover
December 12th, 2006 at 10:24 pm
I got sacked two months ago from my weekend job because I wanted to take a sickie but they begged me to come in. After I threw up twice, they were having second thoughts.