No meat on expenses - forced vegetarianism?
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Anyone remember this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zvng-MGoaY
Ahh, Mark the Sparrow, back in the day when people were quite happy to pay the BBC fee to watch creative thought provoking telly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zvng-MGoaY
Ahh, Mark the Sparrow, back in the day when people were quite happy to pay the BBC fee to watch creative thought provoking telly.
A wonderful demonstration of the dictatorial eco-bully mindset. We're right, you're wrong, tough s
t if you don't like it.
Here's hoping that one of the "dissenters" brings about a precedent-setting legal case that puts this type of over-the-top virtue signalling fkwittery to an end...
t if you don't like it. Here's hoping that one of the "dissenters" brings about a precedent-setting legal case that puts this type of over-the-top virtue signalling f
kwittery to an end...
captain_cynic said:
21TonyK said:
If they voted for it then so be it. No big deal, its only meals on expenses.
This.Last time I checked being reimbursed for a meal isn't a human right and every company I've worked for has had rules regarding reimbursement.
Also, if you have an issue with company policy, you have options to redress said issues and not the least of those options is resigning and working at a different company.
Absolutely no one is being forced to do anything, contrary to the thread title.
However the professionally offended here just want to be offended by a company they don't work for.
stopit with that sense, and just allow piss to boil over the clickbait!abzmike said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: I really don't understand how people can't manage for a day without eating meat 
A day is fine, but why should the choice be removed for 3, 5, maybe 10 days or more?Jesus. Pistonheads has become snowflake central; home of the easily offended / easily triggered.
abzmike said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: I really don't understand how people can't manage for a day without eating meat
A day is fine, but why should the choice be removed for 3, 5, maybe 10 days or more?I get that food is a personal thing to many people but if you travel a lot and feel you simply can't survive without eating meat employment is a two-way street and perhaps it might be a hint that they aren't the employer for you.
grumbledoak said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: I really don't understand how people can't manage for a day without eating meat
I eat meat every day. Almost every meal, in truth. My health, my money, my choice.Cotty said:
chrispmartha said:
Cotty said:
Bit stupid. Apparently a sausage can be meat or vegetarian (which I don’t agree).
You don't agree what?And why does it matter?
What about a Burger?
poo at Paul's said:
How far can companies go with policies like this I wonder. If a company said they would only reimburse "meat" based meals, I suspect there would be lot's of reaction.
And what about taking it a step further and ONLY employing vegetarians....or vegans say, ie discrimination against omnivores? Is that allowed under law as it is not a race or religion?
ButAnd what about taking it a step further and ONLY employing vegetarians....or vegans say, ie discrimination against omnivores? Is that allowed under law as it is not a race or religion?
What's to stop meat eaters from identifying as vegans ?
So a company decides it will only reimburse meals that don't exceed a certain calorific value or items that contain no red warnings on the food contents list because obesity is one of the biggest killers and one of the largest strains on our NHS.
Or they decide that plastics are bad for marine life and only natural textiles can be worn at work.
How do you like them apples?!
It's nothing to do with whether one can manage a day without meat. It's the principle of the matter. We've left behind the Victorian era of employers ruling the lives of employees. Employees should fight against any attempts by employers to control aspects of their lives and this is one such case.
All that should matter is how I do my job and how I work with colleagues and clients. What I eat is a totally separate thing, none of their business. I resent the idea more because, as others have said, there's likely a million and one ways that company can adjust its direct operations to make a real difference instead of this token bullst. They'll waive it when they're entertaining someone important who won't play ball anyway, which will make a mockery of those that play by the rules.
Now, if they've a canteen where you can bring whatever you like or buy something from the canteen then crack on with making the canteen vegetarian as the choice remains and nobody is forced to make a choice as a result of financial coercion.
Or they decide that plastics are bad for marine life and only natural textiles can be worn at work.
How do you like them apples?!
It's nothing to do with whether one can manage a day without meat. It's the principle of the matter. We've left behind the Victorian era of employers ruling the lives of employees. Employees should fight against any attempts by employers to control aspects of their lives and this is one such case.
All that should matter is how I do my job and how I work with colleagues and clients. What I eat is a totally separate thing, none of their business. I resent the idea more because, as others have said, there's likely a million and one ways that company can adjust its direct operations to make a real difference instead of this token bulls
t. They'll waive it when they're entertaining someone important who won't play ball anyway, which will make a mockery of those that play by the rules. Now, if they've a canteen where you can bring whatever you like or buy something from the canteen then crack on with making the canteen vegetarian as the choice remains and nobody is forced to make a choice as a result of financial coercion.
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: Lots of employers will have lots of policies that staff will either like or won't like.
I get that food is a personal thing to many people but if you travel a lot and feel you simply can't survive without eating meat employment is a two-way street and perhaps it might be a hint that they aren't the employer for you.
Geez there a lot of folk getting triggered by opinions of others on here. I was simply expressing I’m not keen on being effectively dictated what I have for dinner whilst away for work. There are a few irritants in my company’s travel policies, but they don’t dictate what I choose to eat, within financial limits, and not paying for booze. I get that food is a personal thing to many people but if you travel a lot and feel you simply can't survive without eating meat employment is a two-way street and perhaps it might be a hint that they aren't the employer for you.
abzmike said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: Lots of employers will have lots of policies that staff will either like or won't like.
I get that food is a personal thing to many people but if you travel a lot and feel you simply can't survive without eating meat employment is a two-way street and perhaps it might be a hint that they aren't the employer for you.
Geez there a lot of folk getting triggered by opinions of others on here. I was simply expressing I’m not keen on being effectively dictated what I have for dinner whilst away for work. There are a few irritants in my company’s travel policies, but they don’t dictate what I choose to eat, within financial limits, and not paying for booze. I get that food is a personal thing to many people but if you travel a lot and feel you simply can't survive without eating meat employment is a two-way street and perhaps it might be a hint that they aren't the employer for you.
And you accuse others of being ‘triggered’
abzmike said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: Lots of employers will have lots of policies that staff will either like or won't like.
I get that food is a personal thing to many people but if you travel a lot and feel you simply can't survive without eating meat employment is a two-way street and perhaps it might be a hint that they aren't the employer for you.
Geez there a lot of folk getting triggered by opinions of others on here. I was simply expressing I’m not keen on being effectively dictated what I have for dinner whilst away for work. There are a few irritants in my company’s travel policies, but they don’t dictate what I choose to eat, within financial limits, and not paying for booze. I get that food is a personal thing to many people but if you travel a lot and feel you simply can't survive without eating meat employment is a two-way street and perhaps it might be a hint that they aren't the employer for you.
I don't think you're being dictated to what you have for dinner you're being dictated to what they'll pay for.
I'm one of those weird people who actually feels a little bit guilty claiming for food from work because I figure that I have to eat regardless of who's picking up the bill.
If it bothered me that much I'd just pay for something rather than be forced to eat a free dinner.
I actually don't think it's a great policy but it's their choice and I tend to think that if that sort of thing is a deal breaker for someone there are probably going to be a few other things about the company culture that means neither are a good fit for the other.
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