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TOTAL VENT...I JUST GOT FIRED-UPDATE
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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 88801" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>As a boss, I wouldn't let any employee interrupt a business meeting three times....man or woman. If there is a major problem</p><p>to deal with, the employee can be excused from the meeting and</p><p>deal with it.</p><p></p><p>One young man I know had a wife who played with his head by</p><p>"sharing" every feeling and moment of her pregnancy for the</p><p>duration. It was, as the experts call it, an "uneventful</p><p>pregnancy" BUT she called him at work to annouce "we are going</p><p>to take a nap" "we are going to take a shower" etc. etc. etc. ad</p><p>nauseum. He lost his job and although I felt sorry for him I</p><p>sure could understand the employer's point of view. </p><p></p><p>So...as a very veteran SMALL business employer...I think that</p><p>there are two different issues on this thread. One issue is</p><p>employees that HAVE TO lose time at work due to family health</p><p>issues and the other is employees who OPT TO lose time. The</p><p>healthy solution to both issues is the responsibility of the</p><p>employer to make sure there is a full understanding of the policies in place AND communicating with the employees.</p><p></p><p>Being the Boss is often very stressful. In theory, that is why</p><p>they get paid more. It's much like being "the" parent. There</p><p>has to a set of rules that everyone understands. No rules?? Big</p><p>problems. Nobody should be blindsided. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 88801, member: 35"] As a boss, I wouldn't let any employee interrupt a business meeting three times....man or woman. If there is a major problem to deal with, the employee can be excused from the meeting and deal with it. One young man I know had a wife who played with his head by "sharing" every feeling and moment of her pregnancy for the duration. It was, as the experts call it, an "uneventful pregnancy" BUT she called him at work to annouce "we are going to take a nap" "we are going to take a shower" etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum. He lost his job and although I felt sorry for him I sure could understand the employer's point of view. So...as a very veteran SMALL business employer...I think that there are two different issues on this thread. One issue is employees that HAVE TO lose time at work due to family health issues and the other is employees who OPT TO lose time. The healthy solution to both issues is the responsibility of the employer to make sure there is a full understanding of the policies in place AND communicating with the employees. Being the Boss is often very stressful. In theory, that is why they get paid more. It's much like being "the" parent. There has to a set of rules that everyone understands. No rules?? Big problems. Nobody should be blindsided. DDD [/QUOTE]
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