presenteeism

1 8.2

Going to work while sick or stressed and working less well

noun
/ˌprɛzənˈtiːɪzəm/

Specialized

: presentismo

Many employees engage in presenteeism when they come to work despite having a severe cold, which often decreases their overall productivity.
reduce presenteeism
presenteeism among employees
contribute to presenteeism

That meant they had with big absenteeism or what some people call presenteeism, that you're there, but that's all you are.

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Examples

Therefore, while health promotion interventions aimed at improving physical health and nutrition may have some positive impact on decreasing presenteeism, more benefit is likely to be achieved by targeting psychological issues and emotional resilience.

Academic text (2015)
This is the reason that presenteeism cost businesses more than double what absenteeism does.
How much does presenteeism contribute to disease transmission in the workplace?

Academic text (2013)
One of the aims of this review was to determine whether health promotion programmes reduce presenteeism and absenteeism.

Academic text (2015)
But it also identified "presenteeism" as a continuing problem, with one-third of employers saying employees struggled into work while sick this year.

Academic text (2014)
The Center for Mental Health has highlighted that, in spite of the scale of the problem caused by presenteeism, there is a distinct lack of research into this significant element of employer productivity loss.

Academic text (2015)
We compared the influenza attack rate among employees resulting from workplace transmission, focusing on the effects of presenteeism (going to work when ill).

Academic text (2013)
The management held a workshop to address presenteeism and its negative effects on team performance during flu season.
Studies show that presenteeism can lead to more workplace injuries, as sick workers are less focused and attentive.

Antonyms

absenteeism

5 6.7

Repeatedly staying away from work or school without a good reason

Surface Forms

presenteeism singular

presenteeisms plural

Morphology

presenteeism = presentee (semi-transparent) = present + ee + ism

Formed by analogy to 'absenteeism' (presentee + -ism); components are recognizable but the specialized workplace sense ('attending while sick') is not fully predictable for all learners.

Etymology

Presenteeism comes from present ('here') plus the ending -ism, and it was made like absenteeism, where absenteeism means being 'not at work'. So presenteeism is the habit of going to work when you are sick or stressed, which often lowers how much work you can do.