THE BEST EXCUSES FOR MISSING WORK

(September, 2016) What are the most believable excuses for missing work? AXA PPP Healthcare surveyed 1,000 senior business leaders about what they considered important enough for a person to be absent from the office. Here are the Best Excuses For Calling In Sick, according to your boss:
1. Flu
2. Back pain
3. Injury caused by accident
4. Stress
5. Elective surgery
6. Depression
7. Anxiety
8. Common cold
9. Migraine
* Can you get two days off for stress over elective surgery?
* Sure – pick something involving mental health like stress, depression, or anxiety, and watch how fast you zoom up the corporate ladder.
* Back pain is #2? But that’s a tough one to fake over the phone.
* Elective surgery is very effective until you get back to the office and have to limp around for a few weeks.
* I say go big with it and say you have malaria.
* Or you could just be honest and say you tried to drink all the Scotch in Scotland last night.
* PHONE TOPIC: Have you ever called in with a lie to miss work?