My boss asked me to help in the warehouse tomorrow and I said "no way", was I right?

You don't need to be on a manual handling course, that's union bull crap.

Here's your course:

"Lift with your legs, if it's too heavy ask for help"

There, are we happy now?

Now stop being precious and do your ****ing job.
 
Try lifting 25kg boxes and 100s of them, tbh why wouldnt you want to make the day go quicker, ask for a quick demo of unloading a lorry.
 
apatia77 said:
I am worried that once I help them I will be asked all the time to help in the warehouse as they are constantly short staffed and very busy. I didn't sign up for this s..., even though I don't mind helping others in the office with some admin work.
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I would phone him and say that you can help out in the warehouse if they're desperate - but you have a history of back problems so it can't be a regular thing. Or don't even make an excuse.....just be honest and say you're not interested in helping out there unless it's an emergency. He'll respect you for giving it a shot at least.
 
Amazed that if your in a job and feel it's quiet yor refusing to help out
Surely you've just made your boss think your not interested in helping the company when their in a spot what I mean is that maybe if it does get quieter they will just think staff cuts
 
Aedus said:
>Heavy
>10kg
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When I say heavy lifting, I meant in the vein of manual labour. I know that's a bit incongruous but most people will know what I meant in the context of things. To most (including HSE), anything that's heavy lifting is pretty much just more than having to carry an office binder around :p There isn't actually a definition on what constitutes 'heavy' - one person can find 10kg heavy while another finds even 25kg is a bit of a joke. It's not just how heavy the object is, it's how easy or how difficult it is to move it around.
 
Telescopi said:
You don't need to be on a manual handling course, that's union bull crap.

Here's your course:

"Lift with your legs, if it's too heavy ask for help"

There, are we happy now?

Now stop being precious and do your ****ing job.
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This is pretty much all you would learn on the so called "course" that they drag our for hours :rolleyes:
 
Neodite said:
This is pretty much all you would learn on the so called "course" that they drag our for hours :rolleyes:
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Yeah I remember this. We had to sit down and listen to a presentation for three hours. Got paid time and a half for it at least. But it's still the law that if you hadn't had this (pointless) presentation you cannot do manual labour in that workplace.
 
I don't know exactly the weight of the boxes, they might be between 10-20kg.

Also I don't think that I can impress my boss or the management in any way here. They all are only interested in themselves. My manager also let me down on numerous occasions already and never sticks to his promises.
 
Just do it :p My managers always mess me about with things, but when they want a favour i do it, because i want my job and i don't want to be on "that" list
 
KNiVES said:
Yeah I remember this. We had to sit down and listen to a presentation for three hours. Got paid time and a half for it at least. But it's still the law that if you hadn't had this (pointless) presentation you cannot do manual labour in that workplace.
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Company police != the law

They may want to send everybody on a course to help them offset liability but apart from being risk averse there is no good reason why you can't be given a 5 minute briefing by a supervisor.
 
So, you will be in work tommorrow anyway?
You claim there is not enough to do, yet you are not able to help out lifting a few boxes for a couple of hours?

Yer, you sound like a real prospect!! Keep that attitude up, and you will be prime for a top public sector job in no time at all!
 
Lets weigh up the facts:

1, Your boss is asking you a favour.
2, You're bored, nothing to do.

Why the hell would you say no? You get something to do, possibility to earn free brownie points with the boss, and makes you look better overall than just flatout saying no. Saying no when someone asks for help is just nasty.
 
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