HR Graphic of the Week

4 August 2009 at 8:46 am 1 comment

| Peter Klein |

From Wired’s “New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans” feature: “Use a Plausible Excuse When You Call In Sick.”

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“Unskilled and Unaware of It” Jack of All Trades and Master of . . . Administration?

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  • 1. David Gerard's avatar David Gerard  |  4 August 2009 at 1:32 pm

    All hilarity, which is considerable, aside, II wonder about this. I would think “overslept” or “hungover” or “le Tour de France was on t.v.” would be standard excuses. But those aren’t really “T.M.I.” in the conventional sense…

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