2010/9/9 David Mann <[email protected]>: > >> However, it seems to me that >> you shouldn't be working under these circumstances - take some sick leave. >> If the boss gets snotty about it, bring up the subject of the non-existent >> BC/DR plan and his duty of care towards the people who work for him. If >> you're in a union, involve them. > > No union here for people in IT (as far as I know), and to be honest I don't > like the unions much. They've been responsible for some very good progress > in the past but they sometimes tend to cross the line with their > negotiations. My opinion is swayed a bit by some of the strikes. We had a > radiographer strike just recently and it really screws the patients over.
Bosses. I didn't like unions much either for crossing the line but I've come to learn that they do it for a reason. Employment especially of skilled laborers and more particularly of IT people has become a form of modern slavery with most people being asked to do at least 1.5 jobs for the price of barely one. If employees don't strike it is them who get screwed over. In the olden days employers had a sense of responsibility towards their employees, nowadays all they care about is shareholders or whoever is recipient of the profits which of course can't be big enough. No cow would survive that kind of milking twice. > I have plenty of things to get snotty about but the boss is already aware of > them. Bombs away, I say. I'm just glad you and your family are well and I hope you can stand your ground against your boss and stand up for your personal obligations as they arise. Wishing you all the best Ecke ----------------------------------------- Cameras don’t shoot people. Photographers shoot people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
