This means more than 130 million days are lost every year, employment
experts revealed. Official figures show almost one million people have been
signed off work for at least a month since 2010, costing the UK economy
£100billion a year. Express.
How can we possibly be surprised? Today we live in a world
of self-serving excuses. Personal pride is a fraction of what it was in my
parents' day. Dignity, duty, 'doing the right thing' - where are they
now?
It makes me wonder if I was just an idiot for fighting
through some pretty horrid ailments during my career and only succumbing when
'going in' was nigh on impossible.
We are now in the era of 'the world owes me a living' - no
- we should not be at all surprised by these facts.
