Working Xmas again - can they do this to me?

[Orang Utan]

Because you're being discriminated against because you don't have children.

I'm not though

 

[miss direct]

Do you get paid any extra?

 

[Orang Utan]

Do you get paid any extra?

Only £150 for the Xmas Day, nowt for the others

 

[zenie]

I'm not though

Yeh you are

They're saying unless you have kids you're not receiving this extra payment, is that not discrimination?

Sorry for taking your thread OT this kinda thing just riles me that's all!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'd ask for extra pay for the entertainment value of your 'tache

 

[miss direct]

What hours do you have to work? I'd work Christmas Day for £150, you may even be home for a late Christmas dinner. But I agree that it is out of order to ask you to do it three years in a row.

 

[Orang Utan]

What hours do you have to work? I'd work Christmas Day for £150, you may even be home for a late Christmas dinner. But I agree that it is out of order to ask you to do it three years in a row.

9am-9pm

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeh you are

They're saying unless you have kids you're not receiving this extra payment, is that not discrimination?

Sorry for taking your thread OT this kinda thing just riles me that's all!

No, I haven't got kids, so I don't qualify for it - having kids is not an incentive for that extra £150 a month - I think it's quite a good thing for an employer to do for them as well as their staff, as it keeps skilled people in their jobs and helps out the employee. I may envy the extra £150, but I don't envy the bother of a kid.

 

[miss direct]

wow 9am to 9pm, that's harsh. Where do you work?

 

[Yelkcub]

No, I haven't got kids, so I don't qualify for it - having kids is not an incentive for that extra £150 a month - I think it's quite a good thing for an employer to do for them as well as their staff, as it keeps skilled people in their jobs and helps out the employer. I may envy the extra £150, but I don't envy the bother of a kid.

I'm not sure I agree it's right, but your altruism impresses. Someone who knows this chap buy him a pint please.

 

[Orang Utan]

wow 9am to 9pm, that's harsh. Where do you work?

Telly

 

[Pingu]

Don't be daft

so what happens if you really are ill?

either you are bothered enough about it to want to skive it off or you are not.

if not then whats the problem?

build up to it and make it a two week thiong not just some 48 hour bug

 

[Orang Utan]

so what happens if you really are ill?

either you are bothered enough about it to want to skive it off or you are not.

if not then whats the problem?

Then they'd get cover or deal without
But I wouldn't be ill, would I?

 

[Orang Utan]

so what happens if you really are ill?

either you are bothered enough about it to want to skive it off or you are not.

if not then whats the problem?

build up to it and make it a two week thiong not just some 48 hour bug

You need a doctor's note for that, I don't do lying and I wouldn't want to work in a small team with you.

 

[miss direct]

Are you still going to be there at Christmas? It's a long time away.

 

[zenie]

Then they'd get cover or deal without
But I wouldn't be ill, would I?

Younever know when something might happen to you?

I'm not sure you're really that arsed about it OU

 

[Orang Utan]

Younever know when something might happen to you?

I'm not sure you're really that arsed about it OU

I don't understand the question

I AM bothered. I'm fucking pissed off - I want to spend my first Xmas with my nephew

 

[madamv]

Have you asked a work mate to swap shifts with you, explaining that this will be xmas number 3 working?

Edit - sorry, just seen that that didnt work.

Can your family do a special nephew xmas with you on another day? Not the same I know, but at least you could do a family meal and he could open pressies from you then, or something?

 

[Orang Utan]

Are you still going to be there at Christmas? It's a long time away.

I've been here for 6 years and apart from the Xmas working and the holidays I really like it. I do wnat to move on though, just don't have a clue where to as I can't afford a paycut

 

[Orang Utan]

Have you asked a work mate to swap shifts with you, explaining that this will be xmas number 3 working?

That's what I'm gonna do

 

[Belushi]

I've just started another thread re the parents getting paid more thing.

 

[Yelkcub]

I'm not sure I agree it's right, but your altruism impresses. Someone who knows this chap buy him a pint please.

Can someone confirm they're buying the ginger prince a pint please? (The goodwill in this will further warm my cockles!)

 

[May Kasahara]

Next time I see him, I will fo sho

 

[Ms T]

Can you not book holiday over Xmas OU? The way our rota works here means your days fall over Xmas for four years in a row, but you can take leave. That normally means you end up working New Year though, so it's not ideal.

 

[Orang Utan]

Can you not book holiday over Xmas OU? The way our rota works here means your days fall over Xmas for four years in a row, but you can take leave. That normally means you end up working New Year though, so it's not ideal.

Only if someone covers, which is what I'm gonna ask about

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I've been here for 6 years and apart from the Xmas working and the holidays I really like it. I do wnat to move on though, just don't have a clue where to as I can't afford a paycut

There are probably vacancies at our place.

If you're going to get shafted, might as well get shafted while in receipt of a tax free salary in a country where the sun shines (apart from this week, because it's rainy season But it should start shining again soon! )

 

[Yelkcub]

Next time I see him, I will fo sho

Thank you May!

 

[scifisam]

That is shitty.

Would it be possible for someone to cover part of the shift at least? Or would that not be possible because of travel?

 

[Orang Utan]

That would be pointless as my family are in Leeds

 

[scifisam]

That would be pointless as my family are in Leeds

Ah. So just having Christmas Day off wouldn't help that much either then, I guess.