Employer want me to attend meeting outside hours

FBaby

why should I gave up my Sunday day off and be out of pocket even further to attend some crappy meeting which could be held at work during working hours. I like to spend my day off going out with family and friends doing stuff, why should I sit in all day ready to go to some crappy meeting at 6pm.

And then you have some posters who come and moan that they still have a nmw job after 20 years working and that it isn't fair as not their fault...

Like how it goes from an hour on Sunday to giving up you whole Sunday. How about your boss? Does he normally works Sunday? Do you think he will enjoy taking that time to come and lead a meeting to disgruntled and moaning employees? What do they do it? Because they accept a level of dedication to the company? Oh, that might be why they ended up manager rather than on a mnw job!

DandelionPatrol

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

If the employee has an issue then htey raise a grievance, your poor advice in being as rude as you want is very poor and likely to get the OP in trouble if they took it when there are better ways of raising issues.

You have mis quoted there. I did not say 'as rude as you like' implying rude to the manager. I did say 'as rude as you like about the meeting'.

So if you say to the manager 'you are a useless waste of space' perhaps what you say might be true. But if you say 'your meeting was a complete waste of my Sunday evening, it was a dull as ditchwater and I would rather have been at home watching paint dry' it is all defensible on grounds of being your genuinely held opinion. If challenged, you just say 'how could the manager improve his performance unless he is given feedback'.

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FBaby wrote: »

And then you have some posters who come and moan that they still have a nmw job after 20 years working and that it isn't fair as not their fault...

Like how it goes from an hour on Sunday to giving up you whole Sunday. How about your boss? Does he normally works Sunday? Do you think he will enjoy taking that time to come and lead a meeting to disgruntled and moaning employees? What do they do it? Because they accept a level of dedication to the company? Oh, that might be why they ended up manager rather than on a mnw job!

He is at work today and then doing the meeting straight afterwards so it's probably no skin off his nose.

Giving up just one hour of my Sunday, ha! Like I say it stops me doing what I want to do. I may well want to go out for the day where I will not get back until well after 6pm. Also stops me going out having a few beers with my Sunday lunch. Working a job a just above NMW I have to have some pleasures in life.

And believe me I do not want to be a manager within this company, I've held more senior/supervisory roles before in previous jobs but they ended due to redundancy etc. You do not no my life history to be able to comment on why I'M not a manager and he is.

silverwhistle

You mentioned some people who would have difficulties with Sunday (non-existent) bus services. Are there many and how will they cope? Presumably a 10pm meeting would be equally difficult for them?

If it's the first one in 4 and a half years I'd probably have gone, and that's someone who when teaching very part-time at FE colleges was quite definite with my "Sorry, previous commitment" if I had to.

EmmaAbby

If it don't so so on the contract then don't go. I said the same to my bf they wanted him to go into work on Sunday to do some paperwork but he don't get paid for it and he has EVERY right to have that as his day off. U let them do this to u then they won't stop!

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silverwhistle wrote: »

You mentioned some people who would have difficulties with Sunday (non-existent) bus services. Are there many and how will they cope? Presumably a 10pm meeting would be equally difficult for them?

If it's the first one in 4 and a half years I'd probably have gone, and that's someone who when teaching very part-time at FE colleges was quite definite with my "Sorry, previous commitment" if I had to.

They will most likely have difficulties with the 10pm meeting also. I highly suspect it is just to bully people into going to the 6pm Sunday meeting as it might seem more favorably than attending a 10pm meeting.

I did not not attend this evening.

gingerdad

Deleted_User wrote: »

They will most likely have difficulties with the 10pm meeting also. I highly suspect it is just to bully people into going to the 6pm Sunday meeting as it might seem more favorably than attending a 10pm meeting.

I did not not attend this evening.

Good Luck in your futrue job hunt, casue it'll come sooner than the manger goes...

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gingerdad wrote: »

Good Luck in your futrue job hunt, casue it'll come sooner than the manger goes...

I don't just bend over and take it from bully boy managers. Tories would love that.

Stevie_Palimo

Deleted_User wrote: »

I don't just bend over and take it from bully boy managers. Tories would love that.

If you was a member of staff I was managing then I would have a red card against you, It really it is not difficult to do something so simple as a meeting and it would hardly be the end of the world for you.


I am afraid your card is marked and when sackings happen at your Company you will be at the front and rightly deserved to, I cannot see why you chose to be so awkward and it is a stupid mentality to have when jobs that are few and far between.

gingerdad

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

If you was a member of staff I was managing then I would have a red card against you, It really it is not difficult to do something so simple as a meeting and it would hardly be the end of the world for you.


I am afraid your card is marked and when sackings happen at your Company you will be at the front and rightly deserved to, I cannot see why you chose to be so awkward and it is a stupid mentality to have when jobs that are few and far between.

Me too, don't think it'd take me long to get rid legally. but then to the OP i'm just a bully boy manager - Though have very little staff turnover and i'm sure all would turn up for a meeting out of hours if it was required. but i'm guessing that Lee will be remaining in NMW jobs or unemployed with his attiude.