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anonttcer
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Re: You know, my job called me
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by snowbunny
Posted by quasi3
I agree, you do what you have to.
I don't need to give my employer any reasons to let me go!
Bingo
I think it is ridiculous to say that working from home on a snow day is grounds for dismissal....I may be the only one but I do not work at a place like that
I am considered a professional, as long as I get my work done, my job is safe (thank god)
You are not the only one... I do not work at a place like that either! And I guess I should be even more thankful for it now- if that is how other jobs are- where you can't even work from home in bad weather.... Damn!
Again- if you are WORKING and getting it done- how can they fire you over it....
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Re: You know, my job called me
Posted by anonttcer
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by snowbunny
Posted by quasi3
I agree, you do what you have to.
I don't need to give my employer any reasons to let me go!
Bingo
I think it is ridiculous to say that working from home on a snow day is grounds for dismissal....I may be the only one but I do not work at a place like that
I am considered a professional, as long as I get my work done, my job is safe (thank god)
You are not the only one... I do not work at a place like that either! And I guess I should be even more thankful for it now- if that is how other jobs are- where you can't even work from home in bad weather.... Damn!
Again- if you are WORKING and getting it done- how can they fire you over it....
I think the real problem is that depending where you work everyone will want that privelege. I work with a few people who live out in Ronkonkama and they got here, late, Today they they kind of gave me attitude (my colleagues) because I got to work from home. So I can see why employers get touchy on the subject.
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| Posted 1/29/09 10:36 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: You know, my job called me
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by snowbunny
Posted by quasi3
I agree, you do what you have to.
I don't need to give my employer any reasons to let me go!
Bingo
I think it is ridiculous to say that working from home on a snow day is grounds for dismissal....I may be the only one but I do not work at a place like that
I am considered a professional, as long as I get my work done, my job is safe (thank god)
I'm not saying someone would get fired for working from home. I am saying that when it comes time to look at the workforce, one thing they look at is who has put in more effort, who is reliable, etc. Working home on a snow day can be seen as not putting in the effort - particularly if it happens often. No one is going to get fired for working from home once.
Liza indicated that she already goes above & beyond at her job & that they look to her to keep things going in the office. That tells me that while she goes above & beyond, there is an expectation that she should be there in the office. She's also relatively new to the job (I think). Meeting those expectations is important - particularly in this economy.
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| Posted 1/29/09 10:55 AM |
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Re: You know, my job called me
Posted by nrthshgrl
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by snowbunny
Posted by quasi3
I agree, you do what you have to.
I don't need to give my employer any reasons to let me go!
Bingo
I think it is ridiculous to say that working from home on a snow day is grounds for dismissal....I may be the only one but I do not work at a place like that
I am considered a professional, as long as I get my work done, my job is safe (thank god)
I'm not saying someone would get fired for working from home. I am saying that when it comes time to look at the workforce, one thing they look at is who has put in more effort, who is reliable, etc. Working home on a snow day can be seen as not putting in the effort - particularly if it happens often. No one is going to get fired for working from home once.
Liza indicated that she already goes above & beyond at her job & that they look to her to keep things going in the office. That tells me that while she goes above & beyond, there is an expectation that she should be there in the office. She's also relatively new to the job (I think). Meeting those expectations is important - particularly in this economy.
ITA with this. and, especially in this economy, you have to remember that SOMETIMES, just SOMETIMES......Image Attachment(s):
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Re: You know, my job called me
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by snowbunny
Posted by quasi3
I agree, you do what you have to.
I don't need to give my employer any reasons to let me go!
Bingo
I think it is ridiculous to say that working from home on a snow day is grounds for dismissal....I may be the only one but I do not work at a place like that
I am considered a professional, as long as I get my work done, my job is safe (thank god)
I'm also a working professional with nearly 20 years experience and my MBA and in no way am I kidding myself to think that layoffs only happen to other people.
Plenty of people get their work down and still get cut, why give the boss any reason to put your name on the cut list?
Its not working for home thats grounds to be cut, its the making less effort than others to get in on a mostly rainy day.
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| Posted 1/29/09 11:15 AM |
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Re: You know, my job called me
Posted by anonttcer
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by snowbunny
Posted by quasi3
I agree, you do what you have to.
I don't need to give my employer any reasons to let me go!
Bingo
I think it is ridiculous to say that working from home on a snow day is grounds for dismissal....I may be the only one but I do not work at a place like that
I am considered a professional, as long as I get my work done, my job is safe (thank god)
You are not the only one... I do not work at a place like that either! And I guess I should be even more thankful for it now- if that is how other jobs are- where you can't even work from home in bad weather.... Damn!
Again- if you are WORKING and getting it done- how can they fire you over it....
NY is at at-will state
EOS
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| Posted 1/29/09 11:20 AM |
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anonttcer
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Re: You know, my job called me
Posted by snowbunny
Posted by anonttcer
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by snowbunny
Posted by quasi3
I agree, you do what you have to.
I don't need to give my employer any reasons to let me go!
Bingo
I think it is ridiculous to say that working from home on a snow day is grounds for dismissal....I may be the only one but I do not work at a place like that
I am considered a professional, as long as I get my work done, my job is safe (thank god)
You are not the only one... I do not work at a place like that either! And I guess I should be even more thankful for it now- if that is how other jobs are- where you can't even work from home in bad weather.... Damn!
Again- if you are WORKING and getting it done- how can they fire you over it....
NY is at at-will state
EOS
Of course. Of course they can fire you, lay you off, get rid of you for ANYTHING. I understand that. I've seen it done here.
However, maybe I'm just looking at it from a different perspective because my particular case is so much different.
I know what's expected of me, I know what privledges I have and what my boss will put up with and what he won't. I know what will have me looked at as "not putting in the effort"- and working from home is not one of those things- IN MY CASE.
However, if I worked someplace else or for someone else- then HECK yeah I would agree and do everything possible to make it in....
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QuoteTheRaven424
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Re: You know, my job called me
Going to make a couple of comments here. I agree and disagree with parts of what everyone is saying.
I do agree that working from home needs to be handled on a case by case basis. Obviously, you need to take into account if everyone in the company gets the same luxury. In my case, 99% of us can.
You can't nor you should abuse it - and should always make sure that your ability to do the job isn't impacted by working from home that day. For example, there are certain meetings I need to be here for, so I couldn't work from home on those days. I always give advance notice of my plan to do so whenever possible, and always ask if there's any problem with me doing so (there may be a meeting being scheduled that I don't have on my calendar yet). I think the most times I did it was when Boosh was PG and she had afternoon sonograms. I'd log on early and work until the time we had to leave and then would log on when I got back home. I also usually brought my BB with me, in case of something urgent. Yesterday, I did go in because it didn't look too bad, but if it was, I wouldn't have thought twice about working from home. As long as my stuff gets done, no one cares. Again, I realize not everyone's company is like this and I understand that.
As for the issue of "pulling out all the stops" in this economy. I agree to an extent. You have to make yourself indispensable and reliable and do great work and all that stuff. But, IMO, if layoffs are going to happen in my place (hasn't been discussed at all - so I'm pretty good right now) - and my name is going to be considered to be laid off over a co-worker who lives out in Suffolk because he made it in and I worked from home, even though my job performance was great and I was 100% accessible all the time, no matter where I was, well, then I hate to say it, but that's not a company I'd want to work for. I'm not naiive enough to think that it can't happen that way - but it's petty reason, IMO.
Again, I'm basing this on my experience with my company.
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Re: You know, my job called me
Posted by QuoteTheRaven424
Going to make a couple of comments here. I agree and disagree with parts of what everyone is saying.
I do agree that working from home needs to be handled on a case by case basis. Obviously, you need to take into account if everyone in the company gets the same luxury. In my case, 99% of us can.
You can't nor you should abuse it - and should always make sure that your ability to do the job isn't impacted by working from home that day. For example, there are certain meetings I need to be here for, so I couldn't work from home on those days. I always give advance notice of my plan to do so whenever possible, and always ask if there's any problem with me doing so (there may be a meeting being scheduled that I don't have on my calendar yet). I think the most times I did it was when Boosh was PG and she had afternoon sonograms. I'd log on early and work until the time we had to leave and then would log on when I got back home. I also usually brought my BB with me, in case of something urgent. Yesterday, I did go in because it didn't look too bad, but if it was, I wouldn't have thought twice about working from home. As long as my stuff gets done, no one cares. Again, I realize not everyone's company is like this and I understand that.
As for the issue of "pulling out all the stops" in this economy. I agree to an extent. You have to make yourself indispensable and reliable and do great work and all that stuff. But, IMO, if layoffs are going to happen in my place (hasn't been discussed at all - so I'm pretty good right now) - and my name is going to be considered to be laid off over a co-worker who lives out in Suffolk because he made it in and I worked from home, even though my job performance was great and I was 100% accessible all the time, no matter where I was, well, then I hate to say it, but that's not a company I'd want to work for. I'm not naiive enough to think that it can't happen that way - but it's petty reason, IMO.
Again, I'm basing this on my experience with my company.
ITA - there are a lot of people that come to work and are just warm bodies. I would hope that companies, in this economy, would be looking at productivity. I know of lots of people who will drive through a snowstorm and then sit on their butts at work.
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| Posted 1/29/09 11:41 AM |
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Re: You know, my job called me
Posted by anonttcer
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by snowbunny
Posted by quasi3
I agree, you do what you have to.
I don't need to give my employer any reasons to let me go!
Bingo
I think it is ridiculous to say that working from home on a snow day is grounds for dismissal....I may be the only one but I do not work at a place like that
I am considered a professional, as long as I get my work done, my job is safe (thank god)
You are not the only one... I do not work at a place like that either! And I guess I should be even more thankful for it now- if that is how other jobs are- where you can't even work from home in bad weather.... Damn!
Again- if you are WORKING and getting it done- how can they fire you over it....
Honestly, you guys are lucky.
My job does not allow anyone to work from home when the weather is bad. If you don't come in you're charged a PTO day. They don't care what your reason is, there is no reason in their opinion for you (the collective "you" not you specifically) to not come into work.
They also don't send us home early. In the 4 years I've been here I think our supervisor has let us leave at 4:30 about 3 times.
I'm a good employee (IMO  ), I stay late if a project needs to get done, I come in early if it's needed, I travel all over the country if asked and I've even offered at times but I've also been "spoken to" for coming in late - mind you the time sheet that was printed out said I swiped in at 9:01 and 9:02am. Oh and I'm an exempt employee.
So, yeah, not all companies are flexible like that.
Liza - Ultimately, what you did is a judgement call. If you didn't feel safe driving then you so be it, you made that call. I went into work, I drove the entire way in 4WD but it was what I felt was the right thing to do.
Being pizzed that they made you take a day? Well, that's your job's call.
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