Bank Holiday backfired on the Boss

downfader

Where I work there has always been the agreement with my immediate boss that those of us not needed on bank holidays, and those of us living far enough away etc.. that we would automatically be booked in as annual leave. This was always in prior verbal agreement.

My Boss's Boss (if you get that) came in last week and apparently went into a rant about why we weren't putting in annual leave forms for the bank holidays. It turned out she demanded that all of the workers who havent put in a form cant have the bank holidays off.

Looks like its backfired on her though. BHs are notoriously quiet days with minimal trade (as theres much less hospital staff to serve for one), so we're getting time and a half for being there. Secondly all those screwed over by this are going to now save up the leave and book it off in a lump amount during busy periods and weeks. So they will end up with no staff at busy times of year (eg when the students do their exams) and paying for too many when they dont need them.

Sometimes I wonder about management. Are they really thinking straight..?

Wogan

When I was an impoverished, malnourished student I used to work all the holidays going at double-time rates. Sitting alone in the office, phones silent, I would stand up every hour on the hour and shout "ker-ching!".

Just make sure you take a fully loaded iPod/magazines/books/Wii in to the office that day.

cougie

Ha ha ! Stupid bosses !

Frank the tank

In my experience gaffers fall into two catagories

Those who know the score.

And those who jobsworths.

The former get far more out of the employees than the latter.

Anonymous

Heh heh, foolish manager!

Awesome.

greasedscotsman

Couple of years ago the company I worked for wanted people to work the Bank Holiday so offered double time AND the day back as annual leave. It was like triple time. Sign me up for that one...

Kenjaja1

I nearly always work bank holidays. Even without the incentives I prefer to have my time off when others are working so I can do what I want without the crowds & traffic jams.

Johnny G

I used to have a photocopied page from a dictionary above my desk, with one of the definitions of "boss" being "a decorative knob".

downfader

Johnny G wrote:

I used to have a photocopied page from a dictionary above my desk, with one of the definitions of "boss" being "a decorative knob".

nwallace

Courtesy of Chambers

boss2 noun (bosses) 1 a round raised knob or stud on a shield, etc, usually for decoration. 2 archit a round raised decorative knob found where the ribs meet in a vaulted ceiling. 3 mech a thickened part of a shaft, to allow the attachment of other parts, or for strengthening. verb (bosses, bossed, bossing) to ornament something with bosses. bossed adj embossed, or ornamented with bosses.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French boce.

chuckcork

Makes me think, due to start a job with the NHS on wednesday, must ask if I can come in on the BH's, could do with a bit of extra money for nothing!

Would be in the facilities are though so likely no go. :?

downfader

chuckcork wrote:

Makes me think, due to start a job with the NHS on wednesday, must ask if I can come in on the BH's, could do with a bit of extra money for nothing!

Would be in the facilities are though so likely no go. :?

Pretty much the way its worked has always been that the medical staff have some peeps stay on. Very, very few office and admin staff, less domestic and pretty much about a third of the catering.

dialforclown

I work in a bank, so I don't get a choice. (I don't work for a bank.)

nwallace

Public Holidays are just cumulate onto the holiday entitlement where I am, today was great, the public NHS areas were deserted but the Uni doesn't do Public holidays so the eye candy, er med students were in.

_Brun_

downfader wrote:

...Secondly all those screwed over by this are going to now save up the leave and book it off in a lump amount during busy periods and weeks. So they will end up with no staff at busy times of year (eg when the students do their exams) and paying for too many when they dont need them.

I'm fairly certain an employer has the right to refuse requests for annual leave if they would be left understaffed.

downfader

_Brun_ wrote:

downfader wrote:

...Secondly all those screwed over by this are going to now save up the leave and book it off in a lump amount during busy periods and weeks. So they will end up with no staff at busy times of year (eg when the students do their exams) and paying for too many when they dont need them.

I'm fairly certain an employer has the right to refuse requests for annual leave if they would be left understaffed.

We're always understaffed under normal days.

pottssteve

Downfader,
You're not in Winchester hospital, are you? If so, I must congratulate you on the finest "hospital food" I have ever had, whilst the wife was in giving birth!

Sirius631

pottssteve wrote:

Downfader,
You're not in Winchester hospital, are you? If so, I must congratulate you on the finest "hospital food" I have ever had, whilst the wife was in giving birth!

So whilst the missus was sweating, puffing and panting, and screaming with the pain, you were off down the canteen? :roll:

pottssteve

Sirius,
Technically, no. She was inconsiderate enough to give birth at midnight so the canteen was shut. I did however avail myself of the food counter on subsequent visits. Thoroughly nice sausage and mash, if I remember correctly.

downfader

pottssteve wrote:

Downfader,
You're not in Winchester hospital, are you? If so, I must congratulate you on the finest "hospital food" I have ever had, whilst the wife was in giving birth!

Nah sadly not. Though I hear its gone downhill of late there. They're going through the same financial problems as we are iirc.