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Aneirin -> RE: Not allowed to be sick? (6/9/2010 2:49:06 AM)
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Born to be slaves, people it seems are not allowed to be human, it is not good business practice.
In an ideal world the fact that employees are actually human beings is taken into account and working conditions allow for the human condition as everyone has off days, ill days and such where productivity may suffer.
I always went to work even if I was ill, and being ill was kind of a common occurrence in my workshop due to the equipment we came into contact with, the worst being uncleaned sewerage pumps ( the things we used to find inside those things ) and industrial vacuums, but all manner of industrial plant machinery. We all had a bug or something one day or the other, but we were dedicated because we got left alone to get on with it in our own way and we used to erect signs on the door to the workshop to advise other staff of the situation. When any of us were particularly bad, or a few of us had a bug, we used to erect a sign on the workshop door ; Beware ill and grumpy scorpios at work, for all five of us were the same star sign, and were very good at our individual job, but although we were all moody, we understood each other and knew when to keep clear, but signs ranged from the ill and grumpy scorpios to biological hazard area , please do not annoy and If you don't like the smell of garlic, keep away. I used to hear the footsteps of the boss approaching the workshop door, stop, shuffle a bit then turn and walk away, obviously the sign doing it's job, for we worked well unhassled, in our own way and with our own brand of humour.
That was a good working enviroment, as though we were employees, we all worked to promote the business, because we wanted to and felt adult enough to get on with it. The adult feeling came from the managers staying away, and we kept them away by ensuring the projected productivity was met or exceeded. We exceeded the projected productivity because we enjoyed the job and the enviroment, though it got a bit hazardous in there from time to time, tempers flying and such. Oh, and in five years there, I only took three days off sick, one was due to a crippling hang over and the other two due to a back injury gained at work.
As a result of my work experience in that place, five years of being left alone to be an adult and enjoy the work, I find I cannot work in any other enviroment now, any job I take where I perceive being treated as a child does not last long, and the management get to experience me before I go.
( Edited due to second cup of morning coffee not yet consumed)
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