How can a work away day be mandatory??

DKLS

Despite dreading these things, I have attended many over the years and they are usually good fun as long as the HR/L&D hasn't played with the format too much.

Its part and parcel of the game of work, the best has been a week long conference in the Caribbean and the worst is a toss up between a wet weekend in the brecon beacons with some ex-sas type dude and 5 days of 8hr powerpoints.

If you really can't face it book it as holiday but don't expect to go far in that company.

Mistral001

Is this some sort of "team building" course? I can see how many people who are unattached, would actually like getting out of the workplace and going on that sort of thing and others would see it as a chore. If there are others who have families asked to go on this day, they are probably thinking the same as the OP. Are they going?

maninthestreet

So how far away from both your workplace and your home is this 'Away day' location?. How can you be 100% sure there is no mobile signal at that location?

Polarbeary

Out of interest...if the OP was a single parent with young children and nobody to look after them how could they make her stay overnight? A lot of people don't have family/friends nearby.

Undervalued

Polarbeary wrote: »

Out of interest...if the OP was a single parent with young children and nobody to look after them how could they make her stay overnight? A lot of people don't have family/friends nearby.

Many employment contracts have a clause requiring the employee to travel on business, including overnight stays, as required.

If that applies to the OP (it may not) then she would be breaching her contract by refusing.

In other words, be careful what you agree to!

Polarbeary

Undervalued wrote: »

Many employment contracts have a clause requiring the employee to travel on business, including overnight stays, as required.

If that applies to the OP (it may not) then she would be breaching her contract by refusing.

In other words, be careful what you agree to!

Hmmm! It's tricky. And people wonder why some mothers want to work but can't.

hcb42

lots of jobs do not have this kind of expectation or clause so it won't stop the majority of mothers working.

I think the best thing to do is go with the flow myself. I travel a lot and always have, and it isnt always convenient, but it's necessary