Excused Absence - Get Excused With a Fake Absence Note
Are you a
manager with an office floor that looks more like a ghost town? Finding more and more often that your
employees are absent from their desks?
You aren't alone. Absenteeism is
on the rise in the workplace, and a new trend may just mean that your employees
have ironclad excuses.
Calling
in sick is nothing new in the office, especially with the weekend drawing
near. But now, you'll have a much harder
time disciplining your absent workers, thanks to a new product. Companies online have begun to sell
"excused absence" notes – fake doctor's stationary, to be filled in
by your employees to cover their tracks.
While they were out earning a hangover, their excused absence assures
you that they were serving jury duty.
While they were really trying to catch pop flies at the home game, they
will dutifully bring you an excused absence note explaining that they had an
appointment for a physical. And instead
of getting up early for the staff meeting, they'll saunter in Monday morning,
bright eyed and busy-tailed, with an excused absence that they had to attend a
last-minute wake.
Managers
beware! These excused absence notes are
of such high-quality, it's virtually impossible to tell the difference from the
genuine article. With the better
providers online, it's actually possible to fill in the doctor's information
from scratch to make sure the address is local.
The
problem is, it's often difficult to determine a real excused absence and a fake
one. Oftentimes, diligent employees will
come to work sick because they feel it's their duty to do so, infecting their
co-workers in the process and bringing down overall productivity. Given a choice between one crafty employees
excused absence and a decimated workforce, a manager is left with a catch-22.
Good news
for employers, however: overall, excused
absences are going down, even with the new tools available for tricky
workers. From a national high of 2.7%
absenteeism in 1999, overall absenteeism dropped to only 2.3% in 2007. Perhaps more employees calling in sick when
they aren't is removing the stigma from workers that truly are ill, and keeping
overall attendance up? Only time will
tell.
So
managers, be aware of the wool your employees are trying to pull over your
eyes. Not all excused absences are
genuine, but also be careful not to cause increased absenteeism in the
workplace by cracking the whip too hard.
As long as you know you can't be fooled , you'll be ahead of the
curve. And maybe you'll know where to
find an excused absence when YOUR boss comes calling!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Miles
Marquisi is a internet niche researcher. Do learn more about excused absence visit
the excellent fake doctors notes website
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