To think successful people have better immune systems

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…and are ill less often?

In my company the high performers or one who get quickly promoted / on ‘fast-track’ programmes seem to have much better/non-existent sickness records. Can’t be a coincidence?

Also noticeable that those who take less mat leave or have a SAHP to cover all their kids’ illnesses seem to be more successful!

You are saying that healthy people are less likely to be off sick?
Hold the headlines!

People who have little to no time off work, will always be more productive.

Do they rise through the ranks because of good attendance helping good performance?

How nauseating🤮

Both disablist and sexist. I wouldn’t like to work for your company.

Yes of course. Various reasons - They’ve had time to achieve more because they’re sick less.

They don’t fake illness because they’re committed and professional.

At the very top it’s self selective of people with amazing stamina. At the very top of business people work crazily long hours without dropping performance.

I have not taken a sick day in many, many years. But I'm definitely not feeling in tip top condition every day I'm at work. Sometimes I'm just a complete zombie. I also took short mat leave. I am very successful. And I hate my life and feel like I've missed out on everything that brought me joy.

Yes I wonder if it’s a trend in other organisations or my company discriminates people who are off sick more often.

im support staff (i administer absences) so it doesn’t really affect me as im not in a professional/progressive role really.

Maybe it’s more like people who have the sort of drive and determination that they come in every day even when they feel awful who are the ones who become successful?

Nobody is never sick but some people just power through the majority of the normal minor illnesses and the ability to do that is likely a similar mindset and drive that gets them promoted

When a person is off sick a lot, they become unreliable even though it's not their fault.

So yes, those who can attend work more often are more likely to be promoted.

But in general, those who are able to work from home tend to have better sickness records than those who can't.

The higher someone rises in an organisation the fewer people there are who do the same job (often no one else) so, assuming the job is actually needed/adding value whoever does it needs to be consistently available (as well as all the other attributes!)
People who have frequent sickness absences don’t meet that requirement and consciously or unconsciously it probably does play a role in decision making

theres a few things at play here I would imagine -

Successful people pull fewer sickies (as in fake it less)
Successful people have someone at home to support them (in terms of mat leave and nursery illness)

I suspect it has nothing to do with immune systems.

I think there’s more subtleties at play often.

I suspect those from a higher socio-economic background have BOTH a higher chance of succeeding and are healthier.