Some bosses need to take a kindness pill!

NikNox

denla wrote: »

Lesson of the day is whenever you're taking personal calls in public, use vague words so no one knows the nature of your telephone conversation. Then ask for advice anonymously online before deciding on things. Don't go telling your employer, colleague, or your suppose best friend or relative anything before you do this!

Good lesson. Only problem was they needed an answer asap. But, in the future if another similar call comes, no-one will know anything & a sickie will be thrown

CFC

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

Go on, which generation are you talking about? If it's so important to you to play the generation card, at least let us know who we are all upsetting by suggesting that phones can be left on at work.

You're upsetting anyone who works in a place where people are not allowed to use their mobile phones at work.

In fact if I see a phone on someone during work hours more than 3 times, they go to disciplinary. That's the way it is.

And yes, my first reaction too would be - how did you get that phone call, not 'how lovely for you'.

A few other points - if the boss wants to allow people to book Olympic tickets at work, that's his prerogative. Also, if Nix's husband wants to work to rule, feel free. But I suspect you will find he is cutting off his nose to spite his face. Unless, of course, he doesn't actually want to keep his job.

CFC

NikNox wrote: »

Rosa, thank you. I hope he gets another opportunity too. I'm appalled that this boss said there's to be no idle chit chat in the office. All offices have idle chit chat throughout the day. But, we think it may be purely directed at my husband because his boss told him he has to choose between his hobby and his job (because he leaves at 5pm to come home and go in his studio, 5pm being his,leaving time but boss wants him to stay on every night), so it will certainly be diarised as its blatantly bullying.

Sorry, I can't let this one go. It's not blatant bullying. Your husband has made his hobby into the issue.

I am guessing that your husband has spent quite a bit of time idle chit chatting about his music and this has annoyed the boss, possibly it's a limited amount of time but the boss has become aware of it.

By your own post, your husband leaves at 5pm on the dot every day so he can come home and do his hobby. The needs of a business do not always dictate that someone can work to their exact hours, especially if the job is as well paid as you imply.

If your husband loves music so much, he may well have to decide between a well paid job that required flexibility and the freedom to drop everything when the clock reaches 5pm.
If he's very lucky he may find a well paid job where he can walk out the door free and easy at 5pm every day; but it obviously isn't this one.
You need to stop whinging and have a reality check. The boss is the boss - and this is far more true in small companies than in bigger corporate ones. Annoy him at your peril.

Sambucus_Nigra

CFC wrote: »

You're upsetting anyone who works in a place where people are not allowed to use their mobile phones at work.

In fact if I see a phone on someone during work hours more than 3 times, they go to disciplinary. That's the way it is.

I wasn't asking you for your thoughts. I was asking Torry Quine which GENERATION they are from as they stated more than once that they are from a GENERATION that does not have their phone on at work. I'm intruiged as to which particular GENERATION this is, as I know many people of all GENERATIONS and have never heard of this unwritten rule that Torry seems to have made up.

I think on the topic of phones at work, you need to remove the cork.

Dunroamin

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

I wasn't asking you for your thoughts. I was asking Torry Quine which GENERATION they are from as they stated more than once that they are from a GENERATION that does not have their phone on at work. I'm intruiged as to which particular GENERATION this is, as I know many people of all GENERATIONS and have never heard of this unwritten rule that Torry seems to have made up.

I think on the topic of phones at work, you need to remove the cork.

I can't speak for TQ but it seems to me that it's mainly younger people who feel the need to be contactable every single minute of the day on a mobile phone, whereas most other people see it as an aid to their personal, out of work life. There are obviously exceptions to this where people need to have their phones on because a family member is in hospital or similar.

Just my take on the subject.

Dunroamin

NikNox wrote: »

I would say yes, because you're using the loo & not physically able to work at that precise moment, so using hands to text is fine. Only problem could be if the phone got dropped in the toilet. Not good!

When he's just been in trouble for taking a personal call in the office, it seems a particularly foolish thing to do to disappear to the loo and start texting!

westv

I've never worked at an office where you aren't allowed to have your mobile on. Don't really see the difference between taking calls on your mobile and taking them via the work phone. As long as you aren't taking personal calls all day long of course.
As to the generational thing, I've worked with people from their 20s to their 60s who have used mobiles in the office.

teajug

NikNox wrote: »

It's easier said than done to get a job that pays as well though isn't it? We can't afford for him to leave, simple as that. He also can't go sick tomorrow because otherwise he'd get the sack. Besides, its too late now anyway, the chance has gone. He is looking though, for another job.

When he becomes famous he can mentioned his company not given him a days leave to do the session for BBC. :cool:

93123

NikNox wrote: »

Radio 1 only had our landline number & his mobile number. There was no-one home to answer the landline so they phoned his mobile. I think if someone was asking for the next day off because the weather forecast said it would be sunny so they wanted to go to the beach, then the answer would and should be 'no'. But to deny someone a fantastic opportunity like this is just mean and horrible, and I think that most reasonable bosses would say yes, as long as the time was made up.

I agree. A job is important, we all know that, but above that we're also human. We don't live to work and we deserve to have lives. And like you said... it wasn't a trip to the beach he wanted a day off for. I dare say said boss would take the day off himself if the same opportunity arose.

Sambucus_Nigra

Dunroamin wrote: »

I can't speak for TQ but it seems to me that it's mainly younger people who feel the need to be contactable every single minute of the day on a mobile phone, whereas most other people see it as an aid to their personal, out of work life. There are obviously exceptions to this where people need to have their phones on because a family member is in hospital or similar.

Just my take on the subject.

Younger than what? When you say 'most other people' who are these other people?