Top 10 Reasons for Calling in Sick (bad employee screening?)

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October 28th, 2010 by in Blog
Top 10 Reasons for Calling in Sick

From CareerBuilder survey of 5,000 HR pros…

Top 10 unusual excuses for calling in sick

  1. Employee said a chicken attacked his mom.
  2. Employee’s finger was stuck in a bowling ball.
  3. Employee had a hair transplant gone bad.
  4. Employee fell asleep as his desk while working and hit his head.
  5. Employee said a cow broke into her house.
  6. Employee’s girlfriend threw a Sit n Spin through his living room window.
  7. Employee’s foot was caught in the garbage disposal.
  8. Employee called in sick from a bar at 5:00 p.m. the night before.
  9. Employee said he wasn’t feeling too clever that day.
  10. Employee had to mow the lawn to avoid a lawsuit

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