Posted on 01/15/2009 7:15:15 AM PST by Stoat
“But, this is not just about the money. If you have people taking time off for surgery then who is going to do their work? Their colleagues will probably have to cover for them but I doubt they will be able to do 2 people’s work without there being a backlog and if that happens in say the Social Services department then we are going to end up with more kids being abused by adults but slipping through the system because of lack of staff.”
My experience working both in private business and for the state is that most people preparing for a planned absence, whether for vacation or elective surgery, end up working much harder before they leave and after they return to make up the lost time. Of course this depends on what type of position you hold, but both my wife and I work our tails off before a vacation.
That sounds like something that should be implemented as policy in your place of work...as a goodwill gesture.
What does it matter that work doesn't get done or your coworkers have to make up for your absence?
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All British local councils are bent backwards, and corrupt as all Hell.
Just thought you should know this....
I believe that’s become apparent even to those of us who pay scant attention to their various nefarious activities....although good news about anything is rarely remarked upon the the Press, the sheer deluge of specific and tangible events involving a breathtaking level of near-Fascist dictats, cheerfully implemented under threat of stiff fines and punishments is so massive that only the least curious among us are likely to have missed the growth of these fiefdoms whose purpose appears mainly to keep a steady, even and increasing pressure of an iron bootheel on the necks of our British Friends.
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