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LifeCare Polls Reveal Truth About Why Employees Work Sick, How They Feel About Flex Arrangements

Nearly 90 percent of those responding to a recent LifeCare poll admit to working sick. What’s driving these employees into the office with colds, cough drops, and crutches? Not necessarily true dedication. Here’s what they said:

		27 percent show up out of obligation (stressed about workload);
		24 percent feel it’s too risky to be absent;
		17 percent bankroll their sick time for child care emergencies;
		18 percent weighed in with a variety of other motives.

Respondents to another LifeCare poll shared their feelings about how to enhance their productivity:

		57 percent said that flex-time and flex-place (e.g., working from home) arrangements would enable them to be most productive on the job;
		17 percent said they would opt for a compressed work schedule (working a 40-hour week in only three or four-days);
		15% feel that working fewer hours would enable them to be more productive by reducing their stress levels;
		three percent said that job-sharing would enhance their productivity;
		seven percent identified “other” options.

LifeCare conducted these month-long polls online among the employees of its 1,500 client companies nationwide.