Is finishing early on a Friday an outdated perk?
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Pothole said:
turbobloke said:
Pints said:
Eric Mc said:
Never been a factor in my working life.
Very much this. I work to the job, not to the clock.Nurses/Doctors - shift work, no early finishes
NHS admin - flexitime
Schools - sod all flexitime, holidays are (perceived to be) good
Local Authorities - usually flexitime, possibly no core hours,
IME "Early finish Friday" has only applied to "Manual factory Shift Work" where the production line closes down en masse.
Back in the early 1980's we left at 4 on a Friday. There wasn't much point us hanging around, we'd been in the pub from 12 to 2:30 and were generally too pissed to do any useful work.
That was in the days when my then employer's terms and conditions stated that 'Persistent drunkenness' was a disciplinary offence. Occasional drunkenness didn't seem to give anyone a problem...
That was in the days when my then employer's terms and conditions stated that 'Persistent drunkenness' was a disciplinary offence. Occasional drunkenness didn't seem to give anyone a problem...
I work in manufacturing and it is very common to work short days on a Friday, I currently finish at 1. I work longer hours in the week and I've not really taken a 'lunch break' for 15 years although officially I get 30 mins.
It's great and I would really miss it. Given the choice I would always take longer days Mon-Thurs and short luches for a short Friday.......
It's great and I would really miss it. Given the choice I would always take longer days Mon-Thurs and short luches for a short Friday.......
obob said:
Yeah bit then how would you play games of one-upmanship on the internet?
It’s the people who authorize my paychecks and the people who fund them I want to keep happy.billzeebub said:
My previous office in summer the men are all there in suits and ties. In a morning meeting on an especially hot day I am sitting there with jacket on chair and tie on table in front of me. Director tells me to put my tie on at work. As she is saying this female broker enters in see through summer dress, no bra and high heel mules..not a word said.
We have a young lady who often wears a tie, how confident is that? I really must find an excuse to work with her.True about the difference in styles and standards of dress at work even if on the street women dress more fashionably than men. Have to agree with your former director on the tie, I've only once taken mine off once at work and that was because the air conditioning went spastic when the temperature was over 30 degrees Celsius outside.
Pints said:
speedy_thrills said:
Have to agree with your former director on the tie, I've only once taken mine off once at work and that was because the air conditioning went spastic when the temperature was over 30 degrees Celsius outside.
Why? Do you work more productively when wearing a tie?
Some years ago, I worked for a company that sought to implement a "dress code," part of which involved male staff wearing ties whilst, or so it seemed, female staff could wear what they fecking well liked. I was not happy with this and made my objections plain at every possible opportunity, especially the day when the female Finance Director came in wearing an outfit that would look fine on the beach ....
After a particular incident that I shan't bore you with, I decided to ignore this dress code and told the CE exactly why I was doing it (together with the rest of the company, which is something you can do fairly easily these days if your internal email system has an "all employees" option
).Suffice to say, my services were clearly deemed more valuable than the dress code, which was quiety dropped some time afterwards.
What should be important to an employer is what value an employee brings to the company, not what the blokes hang round their necks.
/rant over
billzeebub said:
YesItsAVW said:
We don't have "dress down" days, but the women can wear what they like all week.
My previous office in summer the men are all there in suits and ties. In a morning meeting on an especially hot day I am sitting there with jacket on chair and tie on table in front of me. Director tells me to put my tie on at work. As she is saying this female broker enters in see through summer dress, no bra and high heel mules..not a word said. Quite glad I no longer work for the company for the general ethos, but this wasn't one of my happier days!..Regarding finishing earlier on a Friday?..in theory yes, half an hour earlier at 4.30pm, but in reality most people at desks till gone 7 even on a Friday..that's life!..YesItsAVW said:
We don't have "dress down" days, but the women can wear what they like all week.
This really p****s me off. In my last job I went to work one day in a suit and polo shirt.
My boss told me to go and buy a shirt because the owner would not be happy if I wasn't.
So I bought an M&S shirt. Which looked less smart than the polo shirt because it needed ironing.
The next day the owner came in from a client meeting with a colleague. She was wearing a denim jacket and what can best be described as a vest.
Later in the week a guy came in wearing a polo shirt, the owner passed no comment.
In my current job I've seen women wearing shorts, jeans, and one girl in a dress only suitable for an Ibiza nightclub. Seems there are double standards in a lot of places.
As a contractor doing a manual job in offices I tend to get a bit warm, as offices tend to be at a comfortable temperature for sitting still.
So from about May to October I wear shorts. But certain offices have a 'no shorts' rule for contractors. While female staff can wear skirts that barely cover their behinds, or indeed shorts.
Still, every cloud has a silver lining.
So from about May to October I wear shorts. But certain offices have a 'no shorts' rule for contractors. While female staff can wear skirts that barely cover their behinds, or indeed shorts.
Still, every cloud has a silver lining.
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