How often do you lie to the boss? According to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably, 71% of workers say they never lie to their bosses; 10% say they lied “once ever”; 10% say they lie “once a quarter”; 5% say they lie “once a month” and 4% say they lie “once a week.”
There’s no way of telling who’s lying or not, but it’s safe to say that millennials are more open to ‘fessing up at most. Eighty percent of workers aged 36 and up claim to “never” lie to their bosses. Just 65% of workers 18 to 35 say the same.
The differences are more interesting up close. Take workers 26 to 30, for example. Nineteen percent admit to lying once a month or once a quarter, while 5% admit lying once a week. That compares to workers 50 to 55, among whom 9% report lying once a month or once a quarter, and 3% once a week.
Workers 26 to 30
Workers 50 to 55
The latest reading is as of Feb 9. Responses are from more than 10,000 workers across the technology industry.