

arise specifically because management is pushing for it An employee aan engage in presenteeism for a variety Questions of reasons, but as the story of Jose describes, sometimes it's 18-11. Unlike absenteeism, presenteeism may they can. And so employees give in to Presenteeism occurs when an employee continues to go to pressure and struggle through their work days, as long as work despite illness. A few days off the job could mean the loss of a sig posite with its own negative consequences presenteeism. Recent al- tempting to push employees to come into work no matter tention has suggested, however, that absenteeism has an op what. In a small grinding out the long hours, sick or nou firm that has short-term contracts with larger organiza The problem of absenteeism, not showing up for work tions, like the one Jose and Diya work for, it can be very when expected is a classic struggle for managers. But pressure for rapid progress from their supervi- a comparatively easy time seeing the big-picture positive sor left Jose feeling like he had little choice but to keep consequences of discouraging presenteeism. ailment, and she worried that without rest he'd never get A large, stable organization like Microsoft may have better. fering for weeks from an unidentified upper respiratory Over time, this can result in systemic work delays. He had been suf- work, it also increases the odds that others will be infected. When sick employees come into ing himself past the point of exhaustion. It therefore seems Diya's concerns for Jose's long term are expected, but Diya knew that her friend Jose was push- health are well-founded. In the tech industry, long hours without a break ness.
#Present and accounted for code#
This means computer, writing code and compiling data on user expe- a culture of presenteeism will eventually lead to long-term ill- riences. Day after day, week after week, to come to work when sick is obviously a significant source of the record showed that Jose had consistently been at his stress. ETHICAL DILEMMA All Present and Accounted For Diya looked at the records of Jose's workstation logins, employees with greater access to sick leave benefits.
