I am sure that many of us will have read that 83% of Rome’s police force phoned in sick on New Year’s Eve. Around 1000 were scheduled to attend work but only 170 or so did, a shocking figure. But now it appears that partly in protest of how they have been vilified for their […]
Would you sack an emotional vampire?
Just yesterday as I sat with a group of people, I was intrigued to hear them talk about individuals they neither respect nor like, but equally who they would not even consider sacking from work. It is beyond my comprehension to understand why people think they have to work with horrible people. Or people who […]
Sick of sickies
A recent survey showed that 21% of staff said the last day they took off work ‘sick’ they weren’t actually sick at all, but were instead pulling a ‘sickie’. 21%? It’s enough to blow your mind if you are a line manager or company owner. So, what would it feel like to lop 21% of your sick […]