In reply to aussiesmg:
You shouldn't be stunned. I explained it for you.
The workers are retards because they are allowed to be. Call them out, and you're calling out the boss, and making him look bad/stupid.
It's pretty simple.
By the way, the advice is, do your job, and keep your head up, not down.
Mediocracy rules, sometimes LCDs. Don't lose sleep over it. Slow down, blend in, do what you're told.
the Peter Priciple says that people will rise to a level equal to their incompetenece.. it sounds like your co-workers already found their level
Datsun1500 wrote:DirtyBird222 wrote: I've contemplated going to management or HR because I've also gotten a talking too about using the gym facilities during my shift yet these guys smoke every hour on the hour and its not an issue. I'm just afraid it will fall on def ears.Every time they leave for a smoke break, do push-ups, stretches, etc. until they return. Or get up and stand by the door that they are near, if someone asks what you are doing, gesture towards the smokers and say, "it's break time, I'm not a smoker, so I stand in here"
when I was working pizza I was the only person in the shop that didn't smoke... at some point I took a "I don't smoke break" when they took their smoking break... granted I was a closer and my managers all knew I busted my butt so they didn't care
Just a thought: I have no idea what kind of business you're in, but if there's a way for the chronic absence/slacking to be considered an insurance issue by some stretch of the imagination, you MIGHT be able to get things fixed. In my experience, when the insurance provider or the risk mgmt dept says something needs to change, it changes remarkably fast, because NOBODY wants to explain to the CEO or the Board why the company's coverage was reduced/denied/messed around with in any way. Everybody hates the L-word ("Liability.")
donalson wrote: when I was working pizza I was the only person in the shop that didn't smoke... at some point I took a "I don't smoke break" when they took their smoking break... granted I was a closer and my managers all knew I busted my butt so they didn't care
One of my co-workers at one point had a job where smokers were allowed cigarette breaks and non-smokers did not have a similar allowance. He took to "smoking an imaginary cigarette" there. Same situation as you - management knew he was working hard and agreed to let him do that.
Stealthtercel wrote: Just a thought: I have no idea what kind of business you're in, but if there's a way for the chronic absence/slacking to be considered an insurance issue by some stretch of the imagination, you MIGHT be able to get things fixed. In my experience, when the insurance provider or the risk mgmt dept says something needs to change, it changes remarkably fast, because NOBODY wants to explain to the CEO or the Board why the company's coverage was reduced/denied/messed around with in any way. Everybody hates the L-word ("Liability.")
that is a good point. If these people are on the clock they are covered by the Business' insurance.
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