Lots of people do it, but if they get caught, they could find themselves standing in the unemployment line.
According to CareerBuilder's annual survey, not only are people calling in sick without actually being sick, more of them did so in 2017 than did so in 2016. In fact, 40 percent of workers have called in sick in the last 12 months when they weren't, compared to 35 percent in 2016.
While women are more likely to do so—43 percent to 35 percent respectively—30 percent of workers who have called in sick cite having a doctor's appointment as the top reason to take a sick day.
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