Brit manager has best sickness record with no leaves taken in 43-yrs

LONDON - A man in UK, who works as a manager, can boast of having Britain’s best sickness record, as he has not taken a single day off in 43 years.

Jim Owen, 66, who started as a surveyor at Basildon Council, Essex, back in 1968, has never failed to turn up for work, and he puts it down to “good genes and strong work ethic”.

He has two children and three grandchildren, and he is still working full time at the town hall, and has no plans to retire.

“Of course there have been days when I’ve woken up and felt rough and could have done with a day in bed but I have always loved my job and I’ve never wanted to let my team down. It’s about making the effort,” the Daily Mail quoted him as saying.

“I suppose because my parents were of the war generation it was just instilled in me from a young age that you get up and go to work every day, no ifs or buts.

“It also helps that I eat healthily, I don’t smoke and my job involves me getting outside in the fresh air a lot so it all adds up. Perhaps I’m just lucky and have good genes,” he stated.

Owen started his working life when he was just a boy, delivering papers around Southend, Essex, where he grew up.

He began work at Basildon Council in 1968 as a surveyor, and made his way up the ladder to managerial positions over the years. (ANI)