According to recent CareerBuilder survey, traffic is the most common cause of employee tardiness, followed by other run-of-the-mill excuses like bad weather or dropping the kids off at daycare. The survey, which was conducted among more than 2,600 hiring managers and 3,900 workers nationwide, also asked participants to share the most memorable excuses for being tardy they’ve ever heard. Check out the full report to find out what some of the most outlandish were:
CHICAGO, February 7, 2013 – Frozen car keys, a functionally fashionable cement duck, and coin-operated newspaper machines top this year’s list of most outrageous excuses for arriving to work late, according to a new CareerBuilder study. More than a quarter (26 percent) of workers admit to being tardy at least once a month, and 16 percent are late once a week or more.
Traffic is the most common culprit causing tardiness according to 31 percent of workers. Other factors include lack of sleep, the need to drop off the kids at daycare or school, bad weather and public transportation delays.
Not all employees blame jammed roads. Hiring managers shared some of the most memorable excuses they’ve heard from employees who were late getting to the office, including: