Every person didn't have the same travel conditions - even the gov't was closed for 4 days
Betcha there will be some suits - and rightfully so.
The hospital admin staff had the same forecast everybody else did. Solution: reserve rooms at a nearby hotel, add babysitters for those who need it.
how were they supposed to get there? The same way our ancestors did for thousands of years! WALK!
I bet there is more to this story.. So don’t jump to conclusions just yet.
These nurses likely already had lousy attendence records.
I have tons of co-workers who have used up their 3 personal days for 2010 by the end of February. A few of them by the end of January!! A few years ago one was out of their personal days and was already had a couple of other writeups for various things, a bad March snowstorm hit for about 15 inches. He didn’t show up. Fired.. and I don’t feel bad for him.
Very likely the case here IMO. Many nurses and employees missed their shift during these snowstorms. Only a small handful were actually fired.
When the federal government closes in DC, all announcements say that Emergency Personnel are to report to duty. It’s an occupational mandate.
Whether they work for the government or a private corporation, medical personnel at a hospital (which in the case of the Washington Hospital Center is actually SEVERAL hospitals), would be considered ‘emergency personnel.’ They really should be responsible for figuring out how to get to work under any circumstances, even if it means they go in a day or two early and plan to camp out until the emergency is over.
The article mentioned that several thousand work there and all but a handful managed to make it to work. This storm was not unexpected and everyone knew for two days before the first flake fell that it would be measured in feet. Everyone in the DC Metro area knows what just snow flurries do to the city. They had plenty of warning.
Imagine the howling at this site if nurses or other health care providers didn’t show up at Walter Reed or Bethesda Naval.