If you've ever wanted to call in sick to work without a legitimate reason, you're not the only one. 10 most unbelievable excuses for calling in sick to work | KSL.com Skip to content ...

In past year, nearly a third of employees faked an illness to skip work Survey polled 3,976 employees and 2,494 hiring managers Nearly one in six ditched work "to catch up on sleep" A botched hair ...

While many employees use the old-fashioned "not feeling well" excuse to take off work, others have come up with the weirdest excuses in the book, according to a study from CareerBuilder .

Craziest excuses for calling in sick. by James O'Toole @jtotoole October 11, 2012: 4:16 PM ET . Marilyn Monroe may have inspired at least one person's excuse for staying home from work.

Outrageous excuses for calling in sick sometimes lead to termination, roughly 20 percent of the time. ... The excuses for calling in sick to work are endless and often outrageous.

If you called in sick to work during the last year even though you felt fine, you're not alone. Thirty eight percent of U.S. employees did it — using such lame excuses as being stuck under a bed ...

A new study released Thursday from CareerBuilder has compiled the 10 most unbelievable excuses employees have used for calling in sick in 2014, ranging from “I just put a casserole in the oven ...

The sick day. Amid lousy or non-existent raises, layoffs, and too much work, it's the last refuge of the salaried employee. Feel bad enough, and you can call in sick and still get paid. Pretty ...

Workers are no stranger to concocting fake excuses to get a desperately needed day off from their jobs. But a new survey shows that there are a lot of employees who go the extra mile when it comes ...

Some employees skipped work for the eclipse, while others had even worse excuses to take a sick day. Charlie Riedel/AP 2017-12-12T19:35:00Z ...

Data show people have search for excuses well over 2 million times so far this year, up from 240,000 in 2019. LOGIN. SUBSCRIBE. Premium; ... ‘Best excuses for missing work’: ...