Snow rant - An excuse for a day-off

Snakeeyes21

wontfallforit wrote: »

"How to lose friends and alienate people..."

Are you aware that some people don't go to work to make friends!!

PolishBigSpender

Snakeeyes21 wrote: »

Are you aware that some people don't go to work to make friends!!

Indeed, work is work. It is utter nonsense to run a business based on "ooh, they're my mates".

And if anyone was working from home, I'd expect them to check their e-mail every hour!

DCFC79

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Indeed, work is work. It is utter nonsense to run a business based on "ooh, they're my mates".

if a busines sis run like that then its likely to fail

Morgan_Ree

ihatebt wrote: »

as I also drove up his road to see what it was like. Ha ha.

On behalf of the 'younger generation' I'd like to tell you to get a life

RobertoMoir

ihatebt wrote: »

I was purposely sending emails to colleagues to test if they were working from home. 2-4 hours to reply proved they were not working from home.

All that proves is that it takes them 2 to 4 hours to answer an email. I've got several colleagues who are the same way when they are at work, never mind working from home. And not because they are lazy either, but rather because their working pattern means they don't check email all the time.

If someone got a warning for that and that alone then the company you work for sounds as deeply unpleasant as you do.

PinkMascara

ihatebt wrote: »

Btw, many people are under the illusion that if you clear snow from the pavement and someone slips, they'll be suing you. This is an urban myth as stated by both the transport secretary in Parliament, and in the Lords a few days ago. They stated that people should make an effort to clear snow. That gives you indemnity from prosecution.

I actually work for a local council, and they've recently given me loads of bumph about snow, one of the statements said something about people who do clear their driveway/paths etc if they do not do it correctly and someone injurs themselves from the snow, i.e. it stacked up on the path or they didn't clear it properly and slip then they could be sued for negligence

Takoda

ihatebt wrote: »

Shame some people just saw it as an excuse to have days off. Even had work colleagues still off on the following Monday some 6 days after the snowfall. The main offenders in my company are the younger generation, none of them live in remote or rural areas.

Ok, Wednesday and Thursday last week were exceptionally bad and most people genuinely couldn't make it in. Abondoned cars everywhere, roads completely blocked, lack of gritters, etc. But by Friday, many roads were passable and many of us got back to work after a couple of days working (genuinely) from home. I was purposely sending emails to colleagues to test if they were working from home. 2-4 hours to reply proved they were not working from home. My boss was bcc'd in on each email I sent, and 2 people (complete p155 takers) have already been disciplined as a result, one of them now on a final warning as I also drove up his road to see what it was like. Ha ha. (For the record, these 2 people regularly let me down, and have caused large amounts of extra work for me, but that's another story).

My point here is, after 6 days of being at home, why haven't people shovelled the snow from their driveway and down their road, so they could get out onto the main roads. Is 6 days not enough to make an effort???? Or do people expect the council to clear the snow from their little cul-de-sac and even their garden path? Perhaps the council could even brush the snow of your windscreen whilst they're at it. :rolleyes:

I bet if every company in the country said "Not here, then no pay", you would see thousands of people clearing the streets and pavements with shovels.

Btw, many people are under the illusion that if you clear snow from the pavement and someone slips, they'll be suing you. This is an urban myth as stated by both the transport secretary in Parliament, and in the Lords a few days ago. They stated that people should make an effort to clear snow. That gives you indemnity from prosecution.

Hope you drove down your colleague's road in your OWN time and didn't do it when you were supposed to be working from home. :rotfl:

Saddo.

cubegame

If I told you I spent 3 days at home because of the snow and then when we finally all got back to work on monday we spent most of the day sledging would you have a fit?

Jeez, some people must hate their jobs.

Kirri

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Indeed, work is work. It is utter nonsense to run a business based on "ooh, they're my mates".

And if anyone was working from home, I'd expect them to check their e-mail every hour!

It's not exactly that productive to do that, although most do, but you can't exactly get on and get stuck into proper work doing that. I actually find the instant reply expected by other people quite irritating and counter productive, especially when it's not usually that urgent!


As to the OP, what a bitter person, just seeing a small chunk of your personality on here, I probably would ignore your emails rather than reply to someone just checking up on me.

I guess you know exactly what type of car they drive too?

rupee99

ihatebt wrote: »

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What's your job title? Attendance police? Make sure everyone is working snooper?