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How much freedom do you get in your job
neil_harwood
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As in when it comes to holidays/free use of social media/internet use etc
are staff allowed to take time off whenever they feel like it or when it comes to public bank holidays staff and bosses get a day off or bosses are too strict and remain open and if time off comes off your holiday rostar
also do you get free play or time to use internet/social media/check personal emails or is the company still stuck in the old times and ban internet like it doesnt exisit and not allow staff to listen to radio while they work and no news cutting them off from the outside world and only do stuff when they go home
are staff allowed to take time off whenever they feel like it or when it comes to public bank holidays staff and bosses get a day off or bosses are too strict and remain open and if time off comes off your holiday rostar
also do you get free play or time to use internet/social media/check personal emails or is the company still stuck in the old times and ban internet like it doesnt exisit and not allow staff to listen to radio while they work and no news cutting them off from the outside world and only do stuff when they go home
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1. We close bank holidays
2. They can use social media or whatever else provided they don't take the piss or do anything that could look bad on the company or get the company into trouble.
3. iPods etc are fine, compulsory in fact.
4. As long as the work gets done and is to a high standard and on time then that's the most important thing.
We work bank holidays, well I say work, we are in while the managers etc get it off. We can book days off if you have the doctors or something, anything else is refused and of course its unpaid as is being sick. Computers have a WAN connection only with no connection to the internet. Radio is also banded and wearing iPods etc will get you a warning. So a joyful place to work.:(
Sometimes these updates can be in the middle of the night - but I wouldn't have it any other way.
I do have an ideal job but live in the wrong country.
Not allowed to use the loo or have a drink of water.
If I didn't love the people I work with I doubt I would still be there.
If I have not got any work to do(the long summer holidays) I can really get away with not doing much as no one is in anyway I listen to the radio, watch a bit of Wimbledon or any other sport that may be going on. It does get extremely boring in the Summer not having anything to do and no one to talk to though and I try and save as much holiday as possible to take over July and August.
I have the radio on if I am the only one about as well.
We all have work mobiles so can divert our deskphones to the mobile and go do work away from the office if we want to.
We can take lunch, breaks etc off pretty much whenever.
We have TVs all around the office, we can listen to music, use social networking etc. As long as the work gets done and there's always cover then we're left alone to work things out ourselves.
It's just a shame that it is such a crap company to work for.
WTF?
Why not?
did I mention I am self employed and work from home?
We usually close on Xmas Eve, so that's a free holiday, and no one works bank holidays (deadlines permitting). No big rules about holidays except longer ones need to get signed off at the top, and you're not supposed to clash hols with someone in the same discipline without getting it cleared as there could be a cost implication if we need to get cover in.
We've also had loads of free food thrown our way this week. It's a good, non-Draconian place to be.
I vote for can it and buy houses or something.
I work in publishing and get the usual office benefits, though my company's very funny about sick leave. Internet use is monitored, but no one's said anything yet.
Always been like that, I dare say I could have taken all of next week as well.
I can't book days off unless they are during the holidays and god forbid I have a dentist appointment during working hours or more recently, a funeral! No "How are you doing? Are you going to be alright in work?" just "What is their immediate relation to you? How much did you know them!?" Absolutely pees me off to no end!
If I do have an appointment, I can forget about going, I need to book them out of hours or over the holidays which is an absolute pain because they are all booked up! Not even 20 minutes to nip out and have a check up, It's physically impossible for me to make it back to the dentist because I take the bus and it's shut by the time I get there during the week. They just need to lighten up a bit.
My attention span is short, so this way of working works for me and my boss is happy with my work rate. I will get the report done before the day is out though and will do some housekeeping to get my desk/filing cabinets clear so nothing to worry about over a lovely bank holiday weekend
I actually have management who understand that if you treat staff well they will perform well:eek:. As a result we all work well with each other and we all respect each other. It is a nice place to work and I enjoy (ish) going to work. I have worked in some awful place, and know other people who still work in awful places so it's quite nice to be somewhere nice.
It's no utopia though, there are some bad points, just none to do with the other staff.
Every morning people who came in the office made a brew at a desk in silence, and I made the mistake once of asking a colleague on the way back to my desk whether he had had a good weekend. Mr Manager came flying out the office and pulled me in. "Listen. There's a time and place for socialising and it's not here!"
We also had a blip in and out time card to get in and out the office. At the end of the week he would print off the records and calculate everyone's hours to the minute.
I left in the end, I couldn't hack any more.
Spend too much time on here though