Career Connexion

Monday, 01 March 2010 00:20

"Presenteeism"

During one of the flu seasons, I found one of my colleagues resting her head on her desk one day. I approached her and asked if she was feeling all right. She just looked at me with her droopy eyes and said that if she only had a choice, she would stay home in bed. However, she had a deadline that needed to be met.

If this is something that you have done before; show up for work even though you probably should have stayed at home to rest, you’re probably a practitioner of “presenteeism”.