People who don’t take annual leave and prefer to work?

Emmia

Doshwaster said:

route101 said:

Had a few at one of my workplaces, usually single men. They would take maybe a week off at most, didnt go on holiday, gamed or watched netflix. I was young and single, and was it was strange to my co workers to go on holiday or go daytrips.

We once had a young chap who even when he was told to take a weeks holiday would still pop into the office every day to see if anything needed doing because he was bored at home and would just hang around the break room until he was told to go home.

I managed someone who wouldn't take holiday, and as well as coming into the office would also send emails / do work from home.

Eventually I had to have his building access pass and IT suspended for a week to enforce a break.

A couple of years ago he survived a minor heart attack, and that seems to have been a bit of a wakeup call to take rest and holidays.

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Some folk really are weird. Bored at home? Maybe I’m a lazy sod but I can always find something to put my time in even if it is Netflix. Perhaps having to much free time on your hands gives people a chance to sit and reflect / evaluate life, maybe it’s not going as planned, maybe there is sickness or loss or whatever, work is a good distraction. 

birdofafeather

I haven't got time to read all 9 pages, but they may be functional or recovering addicts. They don't take holiday because it's an opportunity to relapse and undoing all the good the work has done for them. 

route101

wannabe_a_saver said:

Disappointing to see the assumption that living alone/being single means having no life outside work!!

Yeah, I went on holidays as a single person and went on daytrips. Anyone else who was single did not! 

marmite1979

wannabe_a_saver said:

Disappointing to see the assumption that living alone/being single means having no life outside work!!

Don't know where they get that from, I'd have thought the exact opposite; Outside work.
Who can pick their annual leave to suit themselves, who can use them during the school year and take cheaper more adventurous holidays that don't involve catering for others.  
Who can on a whim chose to go to the football/concert on saturday without worry?
Who can get !!!!!! and stay out with whom and wherever they like and not care about the next morning? 
Who's got the more interesting story on the Monday the parent staying in watching Ant & Dec, Or the single one who got so !!!!!! on Friday, got laid and cannot remember how they ended up in Aberdeen?
Who has more freedom on the same salary to do as they wish, who can justify buying a two seater sports car over a dull, safe family car?
Both are responsible for their actions on the last day off, but who can stay in bed all day to sleep the fun off?

 You aren't of course completely free to do as you wish on your days off certainly the last one as you still need to be fit for work the next working day. A good employer will ensure your rest days are sufficient so that rest is achieved. Poor ones will use your day off as a chance to rotate your shift often at the expense of a good rest. Finishing a night shift 6am finish - 24 hours off - and 6 am early is not really a proper rest day.
In terms of annual leave it's compulsory in many safety critical jobs your also restricted in the hours and continuous days you work.The NHS and Rail industries(Hours per week have been reduced significantly and the strong unions have not allowed this to be at the detriment of pay) are two. Try justifying an accident through tiredness and it's been seen you've not had a day off, worked excessive hours because you wanted to impress a boss by working all the hours you could.

marmite1979

Manxman_in_exile said:

wannabe_a_saver said:

Disappointing to see the assumption that living alone/being single means having no life outside work!!

From my experience I believe it's a reasonable assumption that the majority (not all) of people who live alone and are single and who spend all their time at work and don't take holidays, don't have much of a life outside work.  It's sort of true by definition - if you have an enjoyable life outside work why spend more time at work than you literally have to? Whether that is an active choice or outside their control I don't know.

And for those who could have a life outside work but have to work all the hours god sends either because they live a lifestyle they can't otherwise afford or because they just want more and more money, it's not really the OP's fault if the OP "inconveniences" them by choosing to take the holidays they are entitled to.

Have no idea who you know, but those I know who live alone certainly don't have a boring life outside work, even during the pandemic they've been free to enjoy the outdoors when they like, can walk any route they wish, can hang around until they get cold and not once the others with them do and are not stuck at home schooling kids. 

 But if they are alone and find company in work, then unless it's not impacting their own work to the detriment of the business or safety, then isn't it better for them to be with real humans rather than stuck at home with only internet forums for company?

You only need to read a few commentators here and elsewhere that they are breeding grounds for developing ill informed, bizarre and often disturbing views on the world. Mental Health has certainly worsened since the internet became the place of contact rather than personal. 

marmite1979

ushjr said:

I've never understood why people feel the need to go to work to stop getting bored. I spent around 6 months unemployed last year with limited money and limited leisure options available but still managed to find plenty of things to do to occupy my time, all much more interesting than going to an office and sitting at a computer all day which really is boring.

The irony in your post will be lost on many here! just replace going to the office with sat at home.
They will not understand what's wrong with some choosing human company over a week on the internet at home

marmite1979

In addition those who take time off for minor ailments will be more justified now, and employers will be more reluctant to punish them, who wants someone with a runny nose in work? It's already compulsory for stomach complaints to stay off if they are in close contact or in a catering profession, that might be extended to the above.

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marmite1979 said:

In addition those who take time off for minor ailments will be more justified now, and employers will be more reluctant to punish them, who wants someone with a runny nose in work? It's already compulsory for stomach complaints to stay off if they are in close contact or in a catering profession, that might be extended to the above.

You've clearly never worked in a factory or job with no sick pay.  A runny nose is a daily occurrence. I know myself I have worked through various colds and bugs over the years even when I felt like death. You generally only take off if you are incapacitated in some way.

marmite1979

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marmite1979 said:

In addition those who take time off for minor ailments will be more justified now, and employers will be more reluctant to punish them, who wants someone with a runny nose in work? It's already compulsory for stomach complaints to stay off if they are in close contact or in a catering profession, that might be extended to the above.

You've clearly never worked in a factory or job with no sick pay.  A runny nose is a daily occurrence. I know myself I have worked through various colds and bugs over the years even when I felt like death. You generally only take off if you are incapacitated in some way.

Really you got my CV with you??  I've worked in plenty, the crap ones who don't value staff go under their products are becoming increasingly unpopular as they're usually of an increasingly poor standard and people are moving back to local, quality, clean food producers. Just look at the bread industry. The big brands are not only losing sales due to the trend for low-carb diets, but when bread is bought consumers are increasingly going for good smaller craft bakers these also care for their staff better.

If you go to work in a food environment with a stomach complaint you could be sacked. Even a big American company insists on 48 hours compulsory absence if you've reported a bad stomach.
Do you often turn up with your runny nose, it might be landing into the product.  Do you turn up  A Cough and Sore Throat? With Covid symptoms too? 
See which sectors outside the NHS and care homes have seen it spread amongst staff, then the community. It's not a coincidence that factories with limited space are often the source. Food factories that failed to implement social distancing, never had proper rest and change facilities so staff could have room to move and remove PPE.
What better way to decimate your workforce then discouraging that one sniffly nosed employee to take the time off, to then turn up and going onto infect twelve others.