Fair enough, would you pay for a member of staff to stay in a nearby B and B or hotel to make sure they can get in if the weather when they got to work got much worse? This is if they commute a distance. It would also make sure they would be in the next day as well?
The do I or don't I, go to work thread
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Fair enough, would you pay for a member of staff to stay in a nearby B and B or hotel to make sure they can get in if the weather when they got to work got much worse? This is if they commute a distance. It would also make sure they would be in the next day as well?
No way am I going to leave the car somewhere more accessable, it'll get twoc'd.
It stays on my drive for my security. There are 14 hmrc buildings closed across the country.
What a shame it is working in such a workshy country. (aren't we top of the league in europe for average weekly working hours?) oh if only it made sense...
It stays on my drive for my security. There are 14 hmrc buildings closed across the country.
What a shame it is working in such a workshy country. (aren't we top of the league in europe for average weekly working hours?) oh if only it made sense...
I've stayed home today as half my street looks like they have as well.
Took me 2 hours to drive 8 miles yesterday and it looks like it's torville and dean weather today.
Was going to get the bus but the website is down and my friend said all services were suspended.
I will probably have to take today as a holiday but dreading tomorrow as don't want to waste all my holidays due to this evil white stuff.
Took me 2 hours to drive 8 miles yesterday and it looks like it's torville and dean weather today.
Was going to get the bus but the website is down and my friend said all services were suspended.
I will probably have to take today as a holiday but dreading tomorrow as don't want to waste all my holidays due to this evil white stuff.
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Believe it or not, the country does have different areas which do not always have exactly the same weather conditions
Yes you were probably prepared for the french alps because you knew about the conditions and it is something the people have lived with since they were born.
Countries that get a lot of snow are good at coping with it shocker
Thats amazing that. People in the French Alps being more prepared for snow and all...
In the south of this country we get snow normally for a few days of the year, so it would be silly to spend loads of money preparing for it. better to lose a few business days.
But can you put your finger on exactly why the UK comes to such a grinding halt after 5cm whereas other countries do not? It's not like the UK has no road salt? Just because people born in a country where it snows lots are used to it?!
It's not my responsibility to ensure staff get to work. It's theirs.
Employment is a 2 way deal - people work - I pay wages. They are not doing me a favour by coming to work , nor am I by paying them. It's a deal we have agreed between us that benefits both parties.
Are you reading the papers?
Scotland has an ounce of salt between all of our councils.
MANY roads are blocked, trains are derailing and whatnot... but its only a bit fluff mind you.
Didn't even try today as I knew it would be impossible (1.5 miles of a single track lane with hills and lots of snow which caused a 4x4 driver to end up in a ditch...albeit it was because he thought 4x4 = invincibility) however the only reason I didn't even try was I can work remotely...and am doing...ignoring this brief break.
If the UK hadn't spent £30 Billion on housing benefit last year, it might have a few quid left for enough road salt.
My boss won't let me drive if the snow is more than a couple of inches. Sounds a bit protective but we are a consultancy firm, and only there is only me and her. If I crash and injure myself due to the bad conditions half the revenue is lost if I have to take time off to recover, but if I work from home (if possible on those days) only a small amount is lost as we will charge the remote fee as opposed to the on site fee.
If I can travel in by train then I am expected to do that, as I am only a 20 minute walk away from the station
If I can travel in by train then I am expected to do that, as I am only a 20 minute walk away from the station
But what if it is actually going to cost your staff more in travel than they get paid?
Again, that's their problem.
^I thought that would be the response! 
So if it would actually financially disadvantage your staff where they would struggle to heat or eat it wouldn't bother you? (I don't know what you pay your staff, this is conjecture)
You know it doesn't work like that Mark.. national government and local government spending and revenue are very different things.
What if we hadn't spent the billions on trident? Subsidising the banks etc?
I too can pull out an unpopular aspect of government spending and hold it high.. doesn't make everything directly comparable does it.
So if it would actually financially disadvantage your staff where they would struggle to heat or eat it wouldn't bother you? (I don't know what you pay your staff, this is conjecture)
You know it doesn't work like that Mark.. national government and local government spending and revenue are very different things.
What if we hadn't spent the billions on trident? Subsidising the banks etc?
I too can pull out an unpopular aspect of government spending and hold it high.. doesn't make everything directly comparable does it.
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So basically, you are saying that they should do their damnedest to get into work and if they can't get home again tough?
Glad you're not my boss.
but i thought neither of you were doing each other any favours...
No I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying it's not my responsibility to ensure employees fulfil their contractual obligations just as it's not their responsibility to ensure that I fulfil mine.
We aren't just talking about 5cm or "a flake of snow".
Love your suggestion about a taxi when the taxi firms here are closed. Brilliant, true light bulb moment.