Avoneer
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 11:43 AM |
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Didn't get the bast*rd job!
How does "You would have got the job, but you have had 9 separate days of sickness absence in the last three years" sound?????
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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ned
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 11:54 AM |
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pumel their heads in?
seems luicrous, that's nothing compared to some of the wee takers around here -and then there's those that don't even actually do
any work... (present company excluded  )
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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phelpsa
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 11:56 AM |
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It sounds like you've got a bad immune system
Anyway, just because you've been ill nine times doesnt mean you're gonna be ill another nine times necessarily (how do you spell it??).
Adam
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Triton
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 11:58 AM |
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Sounds like Pants.......
It's that age old.....them n us......Office and shop floor syndrome...always get rid of the people that actually do the work to earn the money
rather than the prick wearing a tie trying to look important.....That's why i work for myself....
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ned
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 12:02 PM |
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Mark,
From your pearls of wisdom (no blue smarties in sight) can i deduce that you don't wear a tie and you're not a prick?
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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bob
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 12:02 PM |
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Pat,thats a dreadfull response from any company for not getting the job,its obvious man management skills are in short supply at your firm.
wierd isnt it,in the 70's a response to an employee like that would have lead to the entire factory walking out.
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carlgeldard
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 12:07 PM |
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Was the sickness stress related because of the Avon building or working for the magistrates.
Carl
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Dillinger1977
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 12:09 PM |
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average of 3 sickies a year sounds pretty good to me. almost commendably low compared to some of the people i (used to) work with!
its such a nitpicky response i'd say that theres another reason for it, that they cant legally use. like 'the other guy that gets it is a
mate of the person hiring' etc..
-Rog
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Avoneer
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 12:09 PM |
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Bit of both!
That was for a job with the bloody Police!
So you can't be sick for 3 days a year??????
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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carlgeldard
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 12:14 PM |
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That should be fine:-
One day off for the DVLA inspection
One day off for the SVA (Just hope you pass first time)
Only used 2 days where the problem?
Carl
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locoboy
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 12:15 PM |
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a job WITH the police or a job as a BOBBY?
ATB
Locoboy
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clbarclay
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 12:44 PM |
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Would you realy want to work for people with that kind of attitude??????
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locoboy
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 01:04 PM |
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If thats the only thing seperating 2 candidates then i would choose the one who has less sickdays too - who wouldnt????
Harsh but fair too.
ATB
Locoboy
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DarrenW
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 03:19 PM |
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What is amazing is that being off a day at a time on 3 occasions is seen as being worse than stopping offf once for 3 days!!!
A company i used to work for wouldnt pay people unless they were off for 5 days or more. Something to do with people getting drunk on Sundays and
stopping off Mondays with hangover. They just stopped off fo rthe week instead!!
Strange rules. Especially if you are off for one day then come back when not recovered to show commitment then get penalised for it.
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Mix
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 03:59 PM |
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Victim of the matrix.
Mick
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 04:51 PM |
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couple of points here,
40% of absence is on a monday or friday!
(the other 60% is tues, weds, thurs)
The average is 5 days sick per year for office based employees
I wear a shirt and tie and look important
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gazza285
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 05:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
couple of points here,
40% of absence is on a monday or friday!
(the other 60% is tues, weds, thurs)
So that works out at an average of 20% Monday and 20% Friday, with the other three days running at 20% as well? So having a day off sick is as likely
any day of the week.
[Edited on 21/4/05 by gazza285]
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 05:06 PM |
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yep - but when you say 40% of absence is monday or friday people automatically assume the worst!
(guess who's company sent all its managers on a absence management course!)
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steve m
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 05:38 PM |
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I would show my dismay, and go sick
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 05:53 PM |
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Thats the most S**** excuse Ive heard Pat for many a day.
My wife was fired for being in hospital!
ANOTHER TIME SHE WAS TOLD YOU CANT BE ON HOLIDAY AND BE SICK AT THE SAME TIME.
I got a manger sacked when I worked for Macs flipping burgers wilst I was back at college. She thought she was smart when she gave me a hard time
everyshift. What she didnt know was I knew the regional manager on first name terms having worked with him ten years before.
Her career in fast food was cut very short.
But the one that got me was "How about a porno video of you and I wont fire you"
A complaint to the HR brought a responce that was very unexpected. They backed the manager!
HIS FACE WILL BE SORTED WHEN SHE NEXT SEES HIM.........SHES A KARATE NUTTER NOW!
The list goes on and on........ The rise of unions will return if you have management like this.
If you think its bad in normal salary jobs the females in the lowest paid jobs get it the worst.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 07:12 PM |
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If you're not white, gay and religious you could have had him on descrimination. Shame, but a fact of life. Very poor excuse Pat I must say -
but no easier to swallow. As a previous poster said "who would want to work for an employer like that anyway?"
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Northy
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 07:21 PM |
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Pat, as you know our lass works for the Police and they're very keen on this! 
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 07:30 PM |
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possibly part of hte problem is that hte police have a real issue with sickness.....
now could that be cause they employ slackers or perhaps cause they are all over worked, over stressed and under appreciated?
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 09:11 PM |
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it was on the news today that ryan air have banned staff from charging moble phones on company electricity cos it costs 0.5p a time, and it all adds
up.
nothing like keeping the workers happy!
atb
steve
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JoelP
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 09:28 PM |
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3 days a year is a very reasonable amount of time to be sick on. admittedly you could take less, but 3 days is entirely realistic. 7 or 10 days i
would call idleness or selfinflicted (unless backed up by a real docs note), but 3 really isnt too much. unlucky.
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