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March 1, 2007

Work Word du Jour: Presenteeism

The work word du jour is presenteeism:
presenteeism (prez.un.TEE.iz.um) n. The feeling that one must show up for work even if one is too sick, stressed, or distracted to be productive; the feeling that one needs to work extra hours even if one has no extra work to do.
presentee n.

c.f., Google Blog

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im sneezing and a working... working and a sneezing....

I love it!

That was me two weeks ago.