Quick Question regarding getting to work in snow.

blckbrd

jamespir wrote: »

i walk 6 and half miles in an hour everday

If you can regularly walk a sub-10-minute mile then props to you :T but you're not the norm.

jdturk

Plushchris wrote: »

Just another quick question, what if you can get to work but your employer tells you to stay at home as the office will be closed?

Should you get paid or not?

if the employer tells you to go home then I would say yes

Patrick20

just to clarify for some. I never said anything about my brother getting paid people. That was another posted who brought that instance up so lets not get confused with who said what.

@ Dieselhead, Yes he is young and IF he had dressed in more appropriate attire it may not have had such an effect. However, A journey of 7 miles in the snow would seem to me to be more than the call of duty. I'm sure if everyone bought some ski's or a snowmobile then no one would ever miss work. I also live in a village so when snow hits here its worse than in the towns and cities since they dont grit here until after major areas there are no close treated roads.

Thanks for all your opinions everyone even the ones that oviously came from people in the managerial role( a.k.a the darkside)

charlysez

a pair of wellies cost about £5, that will save his flimsy leather shoes, or a pair of trainers and carry his flimsy leather shoes in with him. and besides once you get to the main roads they tend to be clear of snow. failing all that ofcourse just have an unpaid day off

new_home_owner_3

I went to work today it was a bit late but i did get in and i will get paid for it, however after getting all the way to work and parking up i nearly never made it actually to my workplace has i slipped twice in the company car park, i did mange to stay on my feet, but im telling you what if i would have struggled to get in and then ended up in hospital all day due to my employers neglagence i would not have been happy at all.

Smudge32

I live in a village with no public transport. My workplace is 8 miles away and the first 3 of these are ungritted country roads. I can't work from home.

However, most of my colleagues live within half a mile from my workplace and get in easy. When I phone up to say I can't come in, I just know they're all thinking I'm skiving, but there's no way I can get in.

I hope my job isn't affected by this...

jdturk

Smudge32 wrote: »

I live in a village with no public transport. My workplace is 8 miles away and the first 3 of these are ungritted country roads. I can't work from home.

However, most of my colleagues live within half a mile from my workplace and get in easy. When I phone up to say I can't come in, I just know they're all thinking I'm skiving, but there's no way I can get in.

I hope my job isn't affected by this...

I don't think it would affect your job but I take it you wouldn't expect to be paid

Savvy_Sue

new_home_owner wrote: »

I went to work today it was a bit late but i did get in and i will get paid for it, however after getting all the way to work and parking up i nearly never made it actually to my workplace has i slipped twice in the company car park, i did mange to stay on my feet, but im telling you what if i would have struggled to get in and then ended up in hospital all day due to my employers neglagence i would not have been happy at all.

It's quite difficult to know what an employer can do in this situation.

Do you expect everyone to come in with their own shovel and grit, so that the first one in can start work on the car park?

We don't have a car park so the question doesn't arise. On Monday and Tuesday I didn't park in my usual place because that's at one end of a side road, not far to walk to my office but all ungritted, so both the road and the pavements were too dangerous, IMO.

I stayed at the other end of that side road, further to walk but on slightly less dangerous ground ...

And I had my sensible shoes and my walking stick with me! If I go anywhere tomorrow it will be in walking boots and with two sticks. (I don't usually work on Thursdays before I'm accused of skiving.)

Emmzi

Patrick20 wrote: »

Thanks for all your opinions everyone even the ones that oviously came from people in the managerial role( a.k.a the darkside)

Y'know, I work hard to be a fair boss and give my people a break. We talk about problems. We try and find answers that work for us both. Most of the time we do.

Blanket sweeping assumptions like this? Really hack me off.

Just sayin'...