Super Bowl Sunday typically means an evening of junk food, drinking and judgement over the yearly half time show. But for die-hard fans, whether they’re depressed that their team lost, or went too hard celebrating, a record number of employees have already planned to call out sick from work on Monday morning.
According to UKG’s annual Super Bowl survey, 43% of Americans believe the Monday after the Super Bowl should be a national holiday, up from 37% in 2024. While it’s currently not, most employees still plan to treat it like one: 22.6 million Americans plan to miss work on Monday, up from 16.1 million in 2024. An additional 12.9 million workers plan to show up late — hopefully with some leftover buffalo wings to share around the water cooler.
