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Americans Will Put in Over 60% More Sick-Day Requests Than the Average Day on ‘Super Sick Monday’
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NFL fans across the US will be feeling the effects of a Super Bowl Sunday full of indulgence, and businesses will be hit the hardest in the aftermath as millions take the day off work on ‘Super Sick Monday’.
Millions of Americans Will Skip Work on ‘Super Sick Monday’
1.25 billion chicken wings, 30 million pounds worth of snacks and around 2,400 calories per person is washed down with over a billion litres of beer on Super Bowl Sunday.
It is no wonder large swathes of the public have asked for the Monday following the Super Bowl to be a national holiday; only Thanksgiving and Christmas Day rival the NFL‘s showpiece for gastronomic indulgence.
There is sure to be a few sore heads, particularly in Philadelphia after the Eagles stopped a serial-winning Chiefs dynasty in their tracks and clinched their first Lombardi trophy in eight years.
Whether it be basking in the glory of winning the Super Bowl, wallowing in the disappointment of missing out on a three-peat, or simply recovering from a gastronomic onslaught, an estimated 22.6 million Americans will either miss or call in sick to work on Monday, according to The Harris Poll.
New analysis from NetVoucherCodes also reveals even if Super Bowl viewers make it into work, they are likely to be hungover which equates to a $55.28 in lost productivity per-hungover employee.
They say this could result in a $3 billion hit to businesses in lost productivity.
How Many People Call in Sick to Work on Monday After Super Bowl?
Cloud-based software company Paycom conducted a survey in 2024 to uncover the true effects of the Super Bowl, where the Kansas City Chiefs swept aside the 49ers.
There were 63% more sick-day requests in the US on the Monday after the Super Bowl than a typical day in 2024, and 51% more than in February of that year.
However, it is interesting to note that managers play an important role in the facilitation of this mass exodus from work.
91% of sick days were approved on February 12, 2024, which amounted to the second-highest percentage of approved sick days last year.
The UKG also reported around 14.5 million adults admitted to lying about feeling worse for wear after Super Bowl, with 11% of that figure being managers.
