The do I or don't I, go to work thread

Jimmy1983 said:
A work collegue has said if we dont go in we have to take the day of as annual leave. :( Anyone anyone else in the same situation?
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Seems perfectly acceptable to me, christ it's a bit of snow for FFS.

Always makes me laugh how this country crumbles with a light blanket of snow.
 
Spie said:
There's no such thing as "bullying" people to come to work.

People should turn up for work, by any means available to them. Unfortunately many don't even bother to try which is indicative of the poor attitude to work of many people in the UK.

I have personally experienced this a few times when a member of staff said it was impossible to get into work only to find that it was actually rather easy and they hadn't really tried at all.

Nobody is off at OcUK today due to the weather. Nobody risked their life - they just left a little earlier.
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So you think people should risk their health and saftely and the health and safety of others to get into work?

The fact is, is that many people who live in residential areas and largely unused roads simply can't get there cars round them or , quite rightly, don't want to risk it.
 
Jono8 said:
So you think people should risk their health and saftely and the health and safety of others to get into work?

The fact is, is that many people who live in residential areas and largely unused roads simply can't get there cars round them or , quite rightly, don't want to risk it.
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Then walk to a bus or train route and use that instead to get as close as you can to work then walk again, you know like you'd have to if you didn't have a car.
 
Yeah brilliant idea...sadly the buses aren't running in my area and there are heavy delays on the trains, or no service at all.
 
Jimmy1983 said:
A work collegue has said if we dont go in we have to take the day of as annual leave. :( Anyone anyone else in the same situation?
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Sort of, we work on flexi-time so it just means I have to take a day's worth of hours off my flexi-time, so I'll make up the hours on other days. It's reasonable enough though, and it provided sufficient incentive for me to at least TRY to get into work.
 
Jono8 said:
So you think people should risk their health and saftely and the health and safety of others to get into work?

The fact is, is that many people who live in residential areas and largely unused roads simply can't get there cars round them or , quite rightly, don't want to risk it.
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Did I say I wanted people to risk their safety? No, I didn't.

What I am saying is that a number of people make little or no effort to get into work when weather conditions are bad. They look outside at their drive and give up. That's wrong.

People should get to work by any means possible including - walking, lifts, taxis, buses or trains. A lot of people don't even bother to consider these alternatives.

There is over 2 feet of snow where I live and there are some very steep hills. People park as close as possible to where they live but if that means leaving their cars at the bottom of hills they do so. They then walk the rest of the way. In the morning you see people with snow shovels just in case their cars are stuck. They make an effort and they all get to work.
 
My girlfriend got up this morning and was seriously hoping that she wouldn't be able to get in to work. Considering she takes the tube to central London and that we live about 200m from the tube station, this was going to be pretty unlikely.

I take two buses to work in the mornings and I guess it took me maybe an extra 10 minutes this morning. I don't really see why anyone should skive off work just because it's snowing. If it's impossible for you to make it, then fine, but if you just can't be bothered to sit in the traffic and it's slightly slower than normal, then there really is no excuse. You're being paid to be there.
 
Ace Modder said:
A previous company I worked for gave an annual bonus of £100 at the end of the financial year, if no time other than pre-booked holiday was taken. Ie. No sickness, No staying home due to snow etc.

This encouraged most of the staff to try to make it to work. However if you take pride in your work - this should not be neccessary.
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+1

If the buses / trains / roads are accessible then people should go in to their place of work. If they are late through no fault of their own (buses running late for example) then that's fair enough.
 
mollymoo said:
Then walk to a bus or train route and use that instead to get as close as you can to work then walk again, you know like you'd have to if you didn't have a car.
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But if you live in residential area (like me), the nearest bus stop is a 30 minute walk away (probably more like 45mins in this weather). Then i would have to get the bus (assuming they are even running) to a train station. Then get a train (assuming they are running as well). then it would be another 30 - 45 minute walk to work from the train station. So it would probably take me a few hours..and thats if the trains and buses are running..and i would probably end up with a broken ankle.
 
Ace Modder said:
A previous company I worked for gave an annual bonus of £100 at the end of the financial year, if no time other than pre-booked holiday was taken. Ie. No sickness, No staying home due to snow etc.

This encouraged most of the staff to try to make it to work. However if you take pride in your work - this should not be neccessary.
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That would seriously suck if there was one occasion where you genuinely were stuck in despite having made a lot of effort to get in the rest of the time the unexpected occurs.
 
Spie said:
Did I say I wanted people to risk their safety? No, I didn't.

What I am saying is that a number of people make little or no effort to get into work when weather conditions are bad. They look outside at their drive and give up. That's wrong.

People should get to work by any means possible including - walking, lifts, taxis, buses or trains. A lot of people don't even bother to consider these alternatives.

There is over 2 feet of snow where I live and there are some very steep hills. People park as close as possible to where they live but if that means leaving their cars at the bottom of hills they do so. They then walk the rest of the way. In the morning you see people with snow shovels just in case their cars are stuck. They make an effort and they all get to work.
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But doing that is still a big risk for their own safety and others if you ask me.
 
Jono8 said:
But if you live in residential area (like me), the nearest bus stop is a 30 minute walk away (probably more like 45mins in this weather). Then i would have to get the bus (assuming they are even running) to a train station. Then get a train (assuming they are running as well). then it would be another 30 - 45 minute walk to work from the train station. So it would probably take me a few hours..and thats if the trains and buses are running..and i would probably end up with a broken ankle.
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But you would have made the effort.
 
I didnt go in today as it was a nightmare getting home yesterday evening and the snow was no where near as bad as it is right now. Infact it just started snowing thickly again. I think its irresponsible to pressure employees to come in if they genuinely are unable to come in.
"Be a man" just doesnt wash when youre in a ditch holding onto your dear life wondering whether you are going to die from blood loss or the cold.
I drive 15 miles to work and 15 back, the area is on a farm so whilst some of the roads might be fine now later on im not going to do very well considering it might snow again.
 
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