[waterhog]

working through lunch - never off duty pressure - metro 19.09.17




　




we are all being squeezed




every business is competing




will the pressure be eased




my lunch break gets no sweetening.




you have got your load




it may not be reachable




staying late makes you explode




by choice a working lunch makes you liable.




your boss does not care




they just want profit on the sheet




complaining about enthusiasm will spare




its called manipulation through deceit.




jumping with pleasure




this news paper build me like lego




never off duty here but no pressure




in bed in early hours i cruse metro.

[Crimson Dynamo]

half hour is fine, 2 tea breaks a day 5 mins each. Work on a sunday. One day off a week. Get Britain working again.

[Niamh.]

An hour lunch break for me, absolutely no weekend work

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

half hour is fine, 2 tea breaks a day 5 mins each. Work on a sunday. One day off a week. Get Britain working again.

Nobody can afford to pay their workers as it is.

And if we're working Sundays, which one is our day off?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Nobody can afford to pay their workers as it is.

And if we're working Sundays, which one is our day off?

Saturday - 4 days off a month is perfectly fine, if people were honest most dont even know what to do most sundays. Get the kids in school Sunday too to learn about budgeting, how to live in relationships and helping the elderly.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

half hour is fine, 2 tea breaks a day 5 mins each. Work on a sunday. One day off a week. Get Britain working again.

Yeah take us back to 1917!

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Saturday - 4 days off a month is perfectly fine, if people were honest most dont even know what to do most sundays. Get the kids in school Sunday too to learn about budgeting, how to live in relationships and helping the elderly.

Speak for yourself, I know exactly how to relax and enjoy my time off. Infact I think we all should have 3 day weekends

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Saturday - 4 days off a month is perfectly fine, if people were honest most dont even know what to do most sundays. Get the kids in school Sunday too to learn about budgeting, how to live in relationships and helping the elderly.

Work/life balance and an appropriate amount of rest and relaxation time has been pretty conclusively proven to increase productivity, while overworking reduces it. I'd have thought you would know that, LT... it's pretty basic business economics. Maybe a Uni refresher course would help you?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Work/life balance and an appropriate amount of rest and relaxation time has been pretty conclusively proven to increase productivity, while overworking reduces it. I'd have thought you would know that, LT... it's pretty basic business economics. Maybe a Uni refresher course would help you?

working 6 days in a coal mine yes

sitting on your arse moving a mouse no

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

working 6 days in a coal mine yes

sitting on your arse moving a mouse no

You don't need a home or family life if you work in an office, only manual workers are entitled to spend time with their partners and/or children?
Work related stress in not possible anywhere else than a coal mine ( of which there are now none)

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

You don't need a home or family life if you work in an office, only manual workers are entitled to spend time with their partners and/or children?
Work related stress in not possible anywhere else than a coal mine ( of which there are now none)

well we could start a trial with teachers and then go on to council workers

tackle to problem areas one after the other

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

working 6 days in a coal mine yes

sitting on your arse moving a mouse no

Incorrect, in fact mental fatigue decreases productivity even more than physical fatigue. A person doing heavy manual labour (assuming they are fit to be doing it, and are doing it correctly and not injuring themselves) will see their body adjust to the amount of physical activity required of it (thus, the more hours spent doing it, the easier the job becomes).

Mental fatigue results in apathy, brain-fog and "autopilot mode" and significantly decreases human resource productivity per hour of manual labour. And yet, the companies have to pay for more hours... the result being a HIGHER cost to the company per hour of work.

I hope you're not planning on branching out into a larger business LT, you won't last very long .

[user104658]

Also the idea of opening up schools on a Sunday is hilarious even if you take all of that other stuff out of the equation... the government can't bloody fund schools adequately as it is! LT's solution: "Let's go from 5 days to 6 and instantly add 20% to school budgeting requirements!"

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Also the idea of opening up schools on a Sunday is hilarious even if you take all of that other stuff out of the equation... the government can't bloody fund schools adequately as it is! LT's solution: "Let's go from 5 days to 6 and instantly add 20% to school budgeting requirements!"

any excuse to avoid hard work i see TS

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Saturday - 4 days off a month is perfectly fine, if people were honest most dont even know what to do most sundays. Get the kids in school Sunday too to learn about budgeting, how to live in relationships and helping the elderly.

They're boring people with no home life or hobbies.

It's time some people realised there's more to life than work.

[DemolitionRed]

I know plenty of people in the care industry that work from 7:30 to 20:00 without a break. They have their coffee and lunch/dinner whilst on the go which isn't ideal. Such workers normally get minimum wage salaries. I don't know how they do it but think its a case of needs must.

As for needs must, has anyone else noticed the sudden drop in staff in supermarkets and large shops. Even Waitrose has radically reduced its staff. Food prices are souring whilst customer service is dropping off a cliff.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

They're boring people with no home life or hobbies.

It's time some people realised there's more to life than work.

without work you have no home or hobbies

work provides both

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

without work you have no home or hobbies

work provides both

without time off you have no life or hobbies

[Daniel-X]

I do seven/eight hour shifts most of the time on weekends (I go to college full time and do part time work at a cafe) and have one fifteen minute break for my dinner, it's illegal and it's a joke.

[RileyH]

yey

I don't work but I'd go insane if I didn't get one at school

[Daniel-X]

I should get at least half an hour for the job I'm doing too, some of my friends do like six hours at Primark and get an hour lunch break for a much less stressful job.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

without work you have no home or hobbies

work provides both

Work to live, not live to work.

Obviously you have to work, but if you're entire life is working then there's no point to it.

[Vanessa]

I work four days a week, so I get three days off.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I work four days a week, so I get three days off.

Lucky, that's the dream

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Work to live, not live to work.

Obviously you have to work, but if you're entire life is working then there's no point to it.

and then when you retire and your life has no point, you tend to die