As the saying goes, “a cold is nothing to sneeze at.” However, that might not be the case based on a national Career Builder survey conducted by Harris Poll. According to the survey, 54 percent of employees stated they went into work when sick because they felt the work wouldn’t get done otherwise. Further, nearly half (48 percent) said that they couldn’t afford to miss a day of pay, according to data from the survey, which was conducted online from Aug. 12 to Sept. 2, 2015, and included a representative sample of 3,321 full-time workers and 2,326 hiring managers and human resource professionals across industries and company sizes.
With such a high percentage of the labor force indicating that they are willing to work even when under the weather, it makes staying healthy that much more important.