Being forced to work hours back - snow

euronorris

2 and a half hour journey in this morning, and 5 hour journey home tonight. Poxy snow!

I am working from home tomorrow as more snow expected here and I am not gonna risk another journey like that. I was completely dependent on the kindness of strangers as there were no buses and a 32km traffic jam.

ffffing snow! Arghhhh!

Rebekah24

Yep we have to work back no matter what- when we had floods a few years back several people in costal regions were 4-5 hours late, they had to work it back

time is time..employer dosent care why unfortunately!

I will be decking my wellies and leaving an extra hour walking time

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.

Not everyone has a magical way to get into work...

whitewing

Last year, we managed to get in and back to town 10 miles away, and were annoyed at excuses from folks in the same town. However, it's a hilly town and the side roads were lethal with cars parked on the roads. Pavements everywhere were an absolute hazard. There was no way I'd've walked or driven from a side street.

viktory

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.

Not everyone has a magical way to get into work...

Not is it the fault of your employer or colleagues - which is why you should either make the time up or take the day as leave, be it paid or unpaid.

new_home_owner_3

The one thing that worries me about all this is, i made the effort today to go to work, my employer will pay me and i was a hour or 2 late, but the worrying thing was for me was my employer as a duty of care, so why wasnt the site where people are supposed walk from car parks and other areas where people have to walk not made safe??

A lot of football matches have been postponed this week not because of the pitches, but because of the danger to the people trying to attend the matches, surely my employer who employs over 5000 people should ensure all roads and walkways on site are safe..

Now tomorrow they reckon conditions are going to be worsewith the ice, and if they are i suspect there will be a few slips trips and falls on site tomorrow.

I think with the way the ice is supposed to be tomorrow people have to weigh up is it worth risking going to work skidding on ice and causing untold damage to their cars, and even worse to themselves.

I seen it today when i turned up late a lot of people who lived closeer made sarky comments, and i just explained that its not just the snow when schools are closed kids have to be looked after.

If i could walk to work it would be great and i would walk in snow, but just because a lot of people can walk in, i dont see how they can comment on other peoples circumstances.

gettingready

charlysez wrote: »

as someone who walks to work, whatever the weather, and having been the only one in for several days due to snow, i think snow days should be unpaid or the hours worked to make up. i dont get any thanks for turning in, its expected and its getting to be a very sore point now.

And how far from your work place do you live?

Last ime it snowed, it took me 3.5 hours to get home (normally about 30-45 minutes, 2 busses).

I resent to have to "work the hours" for the time when I am no table to get to work and would kick a big stink if anyone was trying to force me to do that.

Good they know better, working from home tomorrow (I mean today).

Good point about about safety issues, I work for a biggggggggggggggggggg employer, in a hospital - roads and pavements around it are major H&S risk and I am not going to risk changing from employee to a patient on fracture ward if my empoyer is not prepared to ensure pavements are safe to walk on, heating is working (was not for the past few days - getting in wet socks/shoes and not being able to keep warm is failing on my employer's duty of care).

I am not prepared to waste my A/L on days like that either - they tried to suggest it but had to back off. I take my A/L when it suits me and when I have planned something, not when I am forced to.

Have a nice day everyone

SandC

charlysez wrote: »

as someone who walks to work, whatever the weather, and having been the only one in for several days due to snow, i think snow days should be unpaid or the hours worked to make up. i dont get any thanks for turning in, its expected and its getting to be a very sore point now.

Totally agree. Our snow hasn't been bad enough for anyone bar one or two to not come in although some have been late. But if it were bad I would be one of the few who would be here manning the phones etc. if there were major problems.

You choose where you live and if you choose to live a long way from work then you take the risk of having to have unpaid leave or use annual leave for times when weather conditions make it too hard for you to come in - or you have an arrangement of home working where most of your usual job can be done from home if necessary.

hstudent

charlysez wrote: »

as someone who walks to work, whatever the weather, and having been the only one in for several days due to snow, i think snow days should be unpaid or the hours worked to make up. i dont get any thanks for turning in, its expected and its getting to be a very sore point now.

You have to walk more slowly in snowy/icy conditions or risk travelling to work via the hospital. People often forget that.

robredz

hstudent wrote: »

You have to walk more slowly in snowy/icy conditions or risk travelling to work via the hospital. People often forget that.

The roads are safer than the pavements up here, as the pavements are iced up. They are too risky to walk on. The council are only gritting primary routes so outlying areas can go swivel as Arriva have pulled many of the bus services. looks like the post is not being delivered as posties cannot average 4mph on their walks in icy conditions, elf'n safety you see. Won't be long before elf'n safety fanatics from councils ban pedestrians from the pavements, in adverse weather, in case someone claims for injury falling on the ungritted surface