presenteeism

Act of showing to work when you are sick. Opposite of absenteeism.

So-called "presenteeism," or going to work when sick, is a persistent problem at more than half of U.S. workplaces and costs U.S. business a whopping $180 billion a year, research shows. (from CNN.com)

presenteeism by JDD January 30, 2007

PRESENTEEISM

Going to work or school when ill.
Spreading germs through anxiety over missing work or school.

Opposite abscenteeism missing work for any or no reason.

PRESENTEEISM will likely cost US employers 18 Billion yes billion dollars this year through lowered productivty of Presenteeism workers, the spread of germ to other employees regarless of abscenteeism or presenteeism cost significant losses.

PRESENTEEISM by damnriver January 30, 2007

Presenteeism

A word made up by The Disneyland Resort as a result of poor employee attendance at The Hotels of the Disneyland Resort, and the two Resort Theme Parks, as well as other Resort controlled locations. Presenteeism is defined by The DLR (Disneyland Resort) as "the act of being present." The idea is that all employees are at their work location ready to work at, or 5 minutes before their scheduled start times.

Disney makes up thier own words, like presenteeism.

Presenteeism by GM C December 10, 2008

presenteeism

A common behavioural pattern in dysfunctional workplaces where the employee is not evaluated by managers or peers by what they do, but rather what they don't do.

The pinnacle of rock star level employee performance in this model is sitting at a workstation for 8+ hours, frantically producing without impacting anything whatsoever.

I just had a meeting with Jill, Jane and Jack, reporting on achieving absolutely nothing,and had my socks rocked off as to their blinding knack for appearing busy without disturbing anything, presenteeism at its finest delivered by true professional experts.

presenteeism by prototypist September 1, 2021

sickness presenteeism 

a tendency of going to the office to work despite being ill, ignoring the disease and treatment.

Sickness presenteeism is not good for your health.

sickness presenteeism by uttam maharjan May 14, 2010

Digital Presenteeism

Digital Presenteeism™ is the condition where an organisation's digital content is visible and accessible but fails to communicate sufficient explicit meaning, evidence or commercial context for AI systems to confidently extract, interpret, trust, compare and recommend it. The content is findable, but its intended meaning cannot be understood with confidence.

A company's website contains all the information needed to explain its products and services, but because critical evidence, context and differentiation are implicit rather than explicit, AI must infer too much. The result is a gap between the message the organisation intended to communicate and the one AI confidently understands. That's Digital Presenteeism™.

Digital Presenteeism by Noddi1975 July 28, 2026

presentism 

The judging of people in the past by the moral standards of the present.

"Tear down all the statues! Those people were all racists!"
"That's presentism, dude. Everybody was racist back then. In 100 years they'll probably think you were a monster too."

presentism by OkiShisa September 20, 2022