We have had a little bit of ice and snow to deal with the last few days. It was still pretty slick going to and from work today. We had to take an alternate route due to what we believe was an accident ahead on the road. The traffic was backed up and stopped so we were just able to turn onto one of the few roads that lead to an alternate route home.
It doesn't make much sense to me that employers would rather have their employees risk injury or death to come into work than pay them for the day. It was senseless for me to make the 14 mile drive into work since I could have done what I did at work, from this very chair at home. My employer does allow me to take leave if I don't think I can make it in. There are other workers that do not have the same advantage I do. They must take the risk or face not making any money for the day.
We used to get the afternoon off on the day before Thanksgiving. The snow and ice could have given the executive management a good reason to let us go on an early release. The missed a chance to give a little boost to the morale with a valid reason to give the public. I don't think they care much about morale or the safety of their workers.
I suppose someone will tell me that I should be thankful to have a job. This is true in these tough economical times. It does bother me that some businesses and bosses are taking advantage of the job shortage to take advantage of their employees. That's alright, they will pay for this once the job market turns around.
I've go some of the driveway shoveled and hope the rain predicted for tomorrow finishes the rest for me!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Take a minute to visit Old iSkool and The Goal Farm too!
I am sticking with this hands-free data-entry device and still would like someone to volunteer to edit this blog. I'm doing the best I can but it's hard to catch my mistakes and all the times the software doesn't understand me.
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