Calling Out Sick? Don't Update Your Facebook.

According to an article by The Press Association, 8 out of 10 employers admitted to using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to crack down on employees who make fake "sick" calls. (Here's the article.)

What we don't understand is this:

What makes these genius employers think that just because you're on your MySpace page, it means you're not really sick?

It's entirely possible to be home in your jammies with a hacking cough and a fever, and still surf the web. In fact, at JAS, we think it's entirely likely for a sick employee to get on the web, because when you're home and feeling like crap, what else can you do? Being sick is boring and oppressive, and the only way to keep from being depressed and sick is to watch TV or browse the internet.

And if an employee is out sick and they update their Facebook page to say, "Sally Jones is...partying like there's no tomorrow!" it might just mean she's trying to make herself feel better. She could very well be curled up on the sofa with her laptop, wallowing in her own snot and having NyQuil delusions of better days.