Snow day skiving for half of British workers

Half of British workers surveyed by online courier matchmaking service www.Boxby.co.uk have exploited the recent cold snap to skive off work.

Half of British workers surveyed by online courier matchmaking service www.Boxby.co.uk have exploited the recent cold snap to skive off work.

The survey of 1,029 people found that 49% of respondents used the snow as an excuse to have time off, citing issues such as problems with transport when they could in fact have made it in to work.

Over a third (36%) said they had taken more than one day off last week using transport issues as an excuse when they could have otherwise travelled into work.

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