Who sleeps at work?

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platypus said:
I nap regularly.

What a silly thing to say. What is your business?
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I work in the security services.

It's not a silly thing to say, I don't pay my staff to sleep.

Let's be clear, my comment was obviously a little OTT done purely for a reaction, whilst I wouldn't throw them out, they'd certainly be disciplined, given a warning and a note put on their record.

If it were to re-occur, I'd address the issue with them and inquire and ascertain whether or not they are suited for the job. Depending on how flagrant they were or how business critical their role is, it may/may not lead to dismissal - certainly an investigation, and evaluation of their job role and hours they do (and ergo how much they earn.)
 
I do. I work a mix of days and nights and the nights can be hard going. One of the managers even told me that if theres no work to do then we can't be expected to stay awake.

I wasn't well at work the other night (headache/been sick) so I got my inflatable airbed, sleeping bag and pillow from the car and slept for 3 hours on the floor. Woke up feeling fine :)
 
platypus said:
It is a ridiculous thing to say, given that research shows power naps boost productivity.
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Well I live in the real world I'm afraid.

I know all about sleep cycles, and whilst I'd love to have a power nap as I used to in the Med, it's just not feasible within a major multi billion pound company. It's just not professional in this industry. Whilst I understand that some companies offer sleep facilities for their staff, this encourages long days and excessive work and stress on the person. Doing a shorter day, say, 10hr day, and getting the job done is far more important in my eyes.

I'd rather only be at work for say 10hrs or so and get everything done, then go home, gym, socialise, read a book etc... at home rather than spend more than 1/2 a day at work, although refreshed.

Hey, each to their own, we have our policies you have yours. Whilst I know that short 15min powernaps are good, we dont' cater for such things and so it's clearly a breach of procedure for us.

Different rules for different companies. However I personally feel that I wouldn't want to pay for people sleeping. a 15min powernap is one thing, but a full on sleep is quite another. Furhtermore, how would one enforce it without crossing the murky ground of HSE and/or other such legistlations?
 
platypus said:
It is a ridiculous thing to say, given that research shows power naps boost productivity.
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If I was on my lunch break for 40 mins and had a sleep, thats my own time which I don't get paid for, so hell yeah I will sleep if I want to. which I don't though.
 
Locky said:
If I was on my lunch break for 40 mins and had a sleep, thats my own time which I don't get paid for, so hell yeah I will sleep if I want to. which I don't though.
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Was about to say the same thing ^ MY lunch time, not the companies.

I have had a quick nap at my desk at lunchtime, although I don't do it that often.
I do work annualised hours though, so my start time and finish time can differ everyday depending on work load.
 
Not me, too much work to be done / Money to be earnt. I just make sure i go to bed at a reasonable hour....no need for sleep then :D
 
Freefaller said:
Well I live in the real world I'm afraid.

I know all about sleep cycles, and whilst I'd love to have a power nap as I used to in the Med, it's just not feasible within a major multi billion pound company. It's just not professional in this industry. Whilst I understand that some companies offer sleep facilities for their staff, this encourages long days and excessive work and stress on the person. Doing a shorter day, say, 10hr day, and getting the job done is far more important in my eyes.

I'd rather only be at work for say 10hrs or so and get everything done, then go home, gym, socialise, read a book etc... at home rather than spend more than 1/2 a day at work, although refreshed.

Hey, each to their own, we have our policies you have yours. Whilst I know that short 15min powernaps are good, we dont' cater for such things and so it's clearly a breach of procedure for us.

Different rules for different companies. However I personally feel that I wouldn't want to pay for people sleeping. a 15min powernap is one thing, but a full on sleep is quite another. Furhtermore, how would one enforce it without crossing the murky ground of HSE and/or other such legistlations?
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Oh thats right, I live in a fairy world with a company that doesn't make any money.

Doing a 10 hour day and getting the job done is far more important? Of course it is. So much the better if you can take 15 minutes out and get it done to a higher standard, rather then getting the bare minimum done because you're tired.

Like I said, powernaps yes. Sleeping, no.
 
In an old job I was on a contract for a large bank. The IT room I was stationed in was shared with the mail and the mail guy left at 1PM. It was the QUIETEST job ever as 99% of support was redirected to another country, I was only there for physical intervention and daily server tasks.

I caught a 3 hour nap from 2 till 5 a couple of times, even set my mobile as a home time alarm :D
 
platypus said:
Oh thats right, I live in a fairy world with a company that doesn't make any money.

Doing a 10 hour day and getting the job done is far more important? Of course it is. So much the better if you can take 15 minutes out and get it done to a higher standard, rather then getting the bare minimum done because you're tired.

Like I said, powernaps yes. Sleeping, no.
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There there, no need to get in a tizzy little fit.

I'm not tired doing my hours, some days I do 8, some I do more, some I do less. I expect my managers and staff to get their job done - I have a duty of care for them of course, but it's not my problem if they're not sleeping at home or whatever - if they are not fit for work then I see to it that I am aware of it and take necessary action.
 
I've never slept at work. Never really felt tired enough to sleep at work. Since working two jobs though I could often have an hour. Today especially after a heavy Friday to Sunday weekend away.

Kay nackered!
 
I used to take a 10-15min nap in my car during lunch break. Don't anymore, I'm only ever tired at work if I have been out/up late the night before, which is my own fault anyway :p
 
i sleep at work on occation as i work 12 hour shifts based around ships so there is a lot of downtime, i.e. when its discharging/loading cargo, waiting for it to berth/arrive so i could be on a night shift have a ship to start loading at 1930 then once thats sorted have nothing to do until 0400 so if i get chance i get my head down.

this isnt always the case some nights you come in and start straight away and dont stop until you go home so its a case of taking the rough with the smooth and some nights are easy some are **** some nights there is no shipping on so i stay at home on call and claim 4 hours instead of the 12 i get should i need to come in.

other parts of the job is offshore work on the ships and your on the ship and pay for 24-36 hours (so far the record is >100h due to 'problems') so its only fair i get a cabin and sleep, also the only work we have is a couple of hours at the start and an hour or so at the end so the rest of the time im just available should anything come up urgently.
 
I have done a 20 minute sleep at lunch before if I am really tired. The option of having a nice boss like FF who would send me home early as I was flagging does not apply to where I work.

This only occurs though if I have had a busy work day, the day before. Last time I did it, I had got up at 2.30am drove to Exeter (5.5 hours), had an 8 hour meeting, travelled back and got in at 11.30pm that night. Up for work at 6am again (no coming in late allowed:() so by lunchtime I really needed a power nap.

I would be ****** off if I was told off for that.
 
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