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CareerBuilder Survey Reveals This Year's Most Outrageous Employee Excuses for Being LateCHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Are you chronically late for work? The good news is, you're not alone. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, when asked how often they come in late to work, more than 1 in 4 workers (29 percent) admitted they do it at least once a month — up from 25 percent last year — and 16 percent say it's a weekly occurrence for them — up 3 percentage points since last year. More than 2,600 hiring and human resource managers (of which, more than 2,300 are in the private sector) and more than 3,400 workers across industries participated in the nationwide survey, conducted online by Harris Poll from November 16 and December 6, 2016. Most Outrageous Excuses for Being Late to Work Most of the time when people are late, the excuses are pretty common. But other times, the story gets stranger — which can make it harder to believe. When asked about the most outrageous excuses employees have given them for being late, employers shared the following:
Some jobs require adherence to a specific schedule in order to maintain quality service levels and precise hours of operation. Other jobs can be successfully performed with very flexible hours. Nearly 2 in 3 employers (64 percent) and employees (64 percent) believe the concept of "working 9 to 5" is an antiquated practice, but more than half of employers (53 percent) expect employees to be on time every day, and 4 in 10 (41 percent) have fired someone for being late. Some employers are more lenient than others, however. Twenty-nine percent say they have no problem with the occasional late arrival, as long as it doesn't become a pattern (down from 33 percent last year), and 18 percent say they don't need employees to be punctual if they can still get their work done (up from 16 percent last year). To that end, 69 percent of workers who arrive late will stay later to make up for it – up from 62 percent last year. In general, the usual suspects are to blame for why employees are late to work: Traffic (49 percent), oversleeping (32 percent), bad weather (26 percent), too tired to get out of bed (25 percent) and procrastination (17 percent). Survey Methodology About CareerBuilder® Media Contact
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