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Do you go to work when it snows..or call in sick?

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I go to work and my commute really s ux.

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Depends...

Depends on how secure I feel as a driver in the conditions. It's not worth baging up my car or losing my life to come into work...no job pays enough. To be honest, I know it's life, but I really have issue w/ companies that remain open during really bad conditions and jeopardize their employees so they may be able to squeeze out a couple of bucks. Half the time the head honchos stay within the safety of their own home, while making their employees risk their necks for them.

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i go in. i laugh...if one flake is on the floor, some people don't come into work by me. these are people that take mass transit

Message edited 2/25/2007 5:44:28 PM.

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Well. I didn't pick either. I normally would go into work and always have BUT I am 31 weeks pregnant and the last storm a couple of weeks ago put me over the edge. I spent 6 hours on a bus and was tiptoeing aorund the city.

DH and my mother pretty much put their combined feet down and said if it is as bad as they say, I am staying home tomorrow.

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I'm staying home, but I don't have set days, so I will go in another day and work from home tomorrow.

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It depends. We have a jitney service in my community to the train station. If they are running, I take the train to work, if not, I work from home. It's impossible to get up and down my driveway in the snow/ice as I live high up on a hill and have an extreamley steep driveway.

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I go in - I have a SUV - but it stinks b/c I drive to CT

Hubby does not - he has a rear wheel drive

if I come home early for some reason- he will take my SUV to the office if needed

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i will not drive in the snow so i call in. i don't call in sick per say, just say that i don't feel comfortable driving. IMO, no job is worth that risk.

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I work for an agency that is located on the campus of a college, and if the college closes, then we close. During the one bad storm we didn't close for last year, my co-worker picked me up in her SUV. She doesn't work with me anymore, so if it's really bad tomorrow morning, I may take a personal day. I won't drive if it's really bad. I'm not comfortable at all.

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It depends on the weather, if its really bad and they have not plowed by me and i cant get out i will stay home... if its not bad like the last storm which was 'nothing' really i will go in.

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I go in because I can walk to the train. Once we move though and I'll have to drive to the train, I'll probably be taking more snow days since I don't like to drive in the snow at all.

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I usually do but I have nothing going on at work tomorrow so I may take a personal day.

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If I thought I had a choice I would stay home... but unfortunately not the case...

Although, I only have 5 days left at my current job-- so, calling in snow is not really an option.

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I can't really answer because I have kids. If they are off, then I am off no matter if my job is open or not (they never close though). Before kids, it depended how much snow we got.

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Depends..tomorrow, if there is a lot on the ground when I get up, I will get right back into bed. If roads look clear and the traffic reports look ok, I will go. I don't like driving in the snow...that one time of skidding and slightly hitting a utility pole has scared me for life! Luckily I have a flexible job and if I have to call out I just have to make the day up..which I have from now til the end of June to do.

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I have the option but I haven't used it in a while.

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As long as the trains are running I used to go in. Now I have the added problem of dealing with school delays & closings so that throws a wrench in my plans.

eta. Either way I'm working it's just a matter if it's home or in the office.

Message edited 2/25/2007 7:06:15 PM.

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I always go and it's a 35 mile drive each way

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Both DH and I have really short commutes so I don't really mind....neither of us have 4 wheel drive though

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If it's really bad I work a full day from home!

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Staying home bc of snow isnt an option for me since I take the subway to work, but I do have a laptop and can work from home as long as I don't have any in-person meetings.

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Yes but if it was really bad and I couldnt' drive or get a ride I would not go.

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At my old job, except for my manager who lived in Manhattan, I had the quickest commute, so I always felt like I "had" to go in. Even when I hated my job and was on the verge of quitting, I'd go out of guilt. I figured, how would it look if someone from NJ or Suffolk County made it in, but I couldn't go from Queens?

But, I'd occasionally (sp?) take a "make-up sick day" for myself