Re: Going To Work In Bad Weather.

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@NicksmomESQ, the few times I did have to drive in it I was white knuckled. Absolutely petrified but if I wanted to go home it was the only I was getting there.

I don't know why I'm like that either, never was involved in or had an accident because of bad wether.

CatsyCline · ‎07-24-2013

When you live in and work in New England bad weather is a given. This is an essential consideration when you accept employment. What seems like an easy commute in July can be pure he# in January. Corporate expects their workers to show up regardless of the white stuff . Only 2x was there a statewide emergency declared by the Governor and we got robocalls from corp facilities early in the morning.

sometimes the snow got really heavy while at work and we could use our own judgement and go home early. that one was tough as i had a 4wd vehicle and my boss knew it and she was of course working from home.so it was a matter of did i want this mentioned in my performance review. she was a stickler about attendance.

The reality is the state sends the trucks out immediately to get the roads cleared. i only spun out once when the road iced just as the flakes had just started and that was on a weekend.

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

It's not just driving on the bad roads it's people who don't adjust their speed for snow and/or ice.

One morning I got 1/2 to work and a slight drizzle suddenly became freezing rain. Since I was 1/2 way I continued on to work knowing the state had all day to treat the roads. Going home was not an option. I live 2 miles off the main road and our road would have been even more nuts to go on.

There were 4 cars and myself going slowly when a big pick-up truck blew by me and those ahead of me. Idiot. It's ice. I don't care how big your truck is, it's ice.

Well, a mile up the road there was "Mr. Mine's bigger Than Your's" both his drivers side tires in a ditch in the southbound lane. He had been going north. He was standing outside his vehicle so I knew he was ok.

He's lucky he didn't get killed or worse kill someone else. Drive for the conditions for Pete's sake.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

A couple of times while I was at work in a hospital there were really bad snowstorms that hit during the day...they hit after I got to work. So that meant I couldn't leave and that also meant no one, almost no one, could get in to report to work for the next shift. The people who were working during the storms had to stay there and some of us worked for almost 3 days in a row with very little sleep. They had set up beds for us to sleep in shifts and also gave us free meals. When we finally got to leave there was so much snow covering the cars in the parking lot that we all had a difficult time finding our own cars. One guy actually came in on his cross-country skis and then went home on them, too! LOL! He didn't live that far away.

qualitygal · ‎10-04-2010

I think most people are required to show up unless like a school closes. But firemen, doctors, nurses, emergency people, have to show up. It's not always easy, you may get there late, but if you serve people, your boss will no doubt want you there.

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

@Annabellethecat66

Half day off for Federal Govt employees well that is news to me my Dad worked for INS for 30 years back until the late 70's (old system) and my Dh works for the Federal Govt now.

Both never got any time off before a holiday it they took time it came off their vacation days

@Annabellethecat66 wrote:
I (and everyone ( really...everyone) I know either works for or indirectly works for the Government.

When I worked for the government we didn’t get off constantly like they o now.

A lot of people don’t know that the day before a holiday the government gets a 1/2 day off.

We are now entering the “ loose or use” era for government workers.

This area has been declared pretty much “recession proof” because so many people are employed in some way by the government.

Why am I mentioning this? Well...because if a little snow falls, they either don’t go or get off early.

It didn’t used to be like that. I remember when I finally quit it was because I’d driven home in a snowstorm. I finally told my boss ( a Lt Colonel) I was leaving.

I always think about people who don’t get paid if they don’t work.

As far as I’m concerned, it’s the private sector that keeps this country going.

Then there are the single mom’s who have to find a babysitter because the school is out and they must go to work.

My heart goes out to them. Again, unsung heroes who are raising future citizens and get very little credit for what they do.

I was a stay at home mom. I never minded helping out friends that were stuck in snowstorms and/or had to go to work when school was out.

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@I am still oxox wrote:
@Annabellethecat66

Half day off for Federal Govt employees well that is news to me my Dad works for INS for 30 years back until the late 70's (old system) and my Dh works for the Federal Govt now.
Both never got any time off before a holiday it they took time it came off their vacation days

@Annabellethecat66 wrote:
I (and everyone ( really...everyone) I know either works for or indirectly works for the Government.

When I worked for the government we didn’t get off constantly like they o now.

A lot of people don’t know that the day before a holiday the government gets a 1/2 day off.

We are now entering the “ loose or use” era for government workers.

This area has been declared pretty much “recession proof” because so many people are employed in some way by the government.

Why am I mentioning this? Well...because if a little snow falls, they either don’t go or get off early.

It didn’t used to be like that. I remember when I finally quit it was because I’d driven home in a snowstorm. I finally told my boss ( a Lt Colonel) I was leaving.

I always think about people who don’t get paid if they don’t work.

As far as I’m concerned, it’s the private sector that keeps this country going.

Then there are the single mom’s who have to find a babysitter because the school is out and they must go to work.

My heart goes out to them. Again, unsung heroes who are raising future citizens and get very little credit for what they do.

I was a stay at home mom. I never minded helping out friends that were stuck in snowstorms and/or had to go to work when school was out.

@I am still oxox Yes, I know what you are saying. Both my parents worked for the Federal Government. Dad was a mailman and was out in his four wheel drive mail truck in tons of snow. Mom worked for NOAA and unless the roads were impassable, she was at work in the lab right on the Atlantic Ocean. Also was out on our (US) ships or ships from other countries for weeks at a time collecting data from the Atlantic Ocean.

They both worked hard and were not given any big perks courtesy of the Government.

kitcat51 · ‎09-15-2016

When you live in an area with nasty winter weather you simply deal with it so many times instead of leaving for work at 7am I left at 4 or 5am to get there by 8am, you do what needs to be done to get there on time.

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@CrazyKittyLvr2 One of the best parts of retirement is not having to worry about getting to work because of bad weather or because I am sick. My last boss for the the last 25 years of my employment was not a happy camper if anyone called in saying they could not make it. I DREADED making THAT phone call....

I still appreciate now 7 years retired not having to make THAT PHONE CALL. that I would not be in. When it snows... I enjoy looking at the beauty of the snow and not worrying about my boss and having to say I can not make it in today.

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

@SeaMaiden I know what you mean about not having to worry about going out in nasty weather. One of the best things about retirement.

I will say that no attorney I worked for insisted you risk your life to get to the office. They knew that no one would abuse it either.

Although we did have 2 new hires that stood at the front wondow every time a flake of snow started. I had 14 miles just to get home. Unless it got really bad I stayed to the end of the day unless the boss closed the office.

The 1 worry wart lived 3 miles away and the other lived about the same distance as me. One would check the weather on the computer while the other counted snowflakes at the window. Drove me crazy, just leave for Pete's sake.