Totally agree. I’ve driven myself into the ground supporting colleagues in all kinds of home situations over the past year, and when I think of the fights I’ve fought to get support for staff the way the OP been treated has made me furious - that is just so wrong and they should escalate this.
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I hope so. I'll certainly strike. Needs must x
It'll be interesting to see what happens over the weekend to schools. Such a difficult situation. I can completely understand the importance of education, routine, social interaction, mental well being etc but can also completely sympathise with the teachers having real concerns. And the parents having concerns too. I wonder if anything will change for tier 4 areas today / tomorrow.
Also sending a virtual hug to everyone struggling. This situation is hard, whether it's had a major impact or lots of little impacts, the whole thing is so difficult. Life has changed enormously and what happens next still remains unpredictable. It's totally normal to be feeling crap or anxious or fed up. I think the vast majority of people are suffering from a mental health perspective. It's so sad. Try to do anything you can enjoy, even if it's just appreciating a cup of tea or having a long soak in the bath and talk on here as much as you need to. We're all in this together and it's good to talk x
Also sending a virtual hug to everyone struggling. This situation is hard, whether it's had a major impact or lots of little impacts, the whole thing is so difficult. Life has changed enormously and what happens next still remains unpredictable. It's totally normal to be feeling crap or anxious or fed up. I think the vast majority of people are suffering from a mental health perspective. It's so sad. Try to do anything you can enjoy, even if it's just appreciating a cup of tea or having a long soak in the bath and talk on here as much as you need to. We're all in this together and it's good to talk x
This is such a lovely, sensible and touching post. I hope you are coping well during this horrible time.
Is anyone else starting to feel claustrophobic being stuck indoors so much? I miss meeting up with my friends both during the day as well as going out for a relaxing chin wag over a meal. I also miss getting out of the house with OH driving to the coast and enjoying watching the dog run around carefree while we stroll on the beach. I don't ask for a lot, but oh how I want this way of living to end.
Completely agree! I’m furious reading how OP has been treated!
Never ever forget: this is YOUR HOME, not their workplace. They have absolutely no right to reprimand you for a member of your household being in their house!!!
If your MIL was walking into their meeting rooms on their office space, okay. However, your MIL clearly has care needs and you’re her carer. As your employer they should be offering you support. Absolutely livid for OP!We have 2 managers (weird split team set up) and the first thing one of them said was never to apologise for not being on camera or if your children, family members, pets etc “interrupt” I apologised once for my cats jumping into frame and he stopped me mid sentence to highlight this is MY house and not my employers work space. He feels quite passionately about this. Which is amazing to have a boss like that. OP take this further, do not let it lie. Remember, if your company really can’t take you being interrupted they could offer you flexible hours, part or full furlough, changes to meeting times that work around your care duties etc.
This behaviour is sexism alive and well. Women hold most care responsibilities for vulnerable family members, women are expected to “do the childcare” and homeschooling when kids are off. I appreciate there will be examples of Dads being amazing. However, make no mistake, women still carry this burden and employers disciplining women this way is another form of sexist behaviour. Led by policy that benefits men. Again.
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Couldn’t love this any more!!! Totally - you’re not working from home you’re working at home in a pandemic - this is different!Completely agree! I’m furious reading how OP has been treated!
Never ever forget: this is YOUR HOME, not their workplace. They have absolutely no right to reprimand you for a member of your household being in their house!!!
We have 2 managers (weird split team set up) and the first thing one of them said was never to apologise for not being on camera or if your children, family members, pets etc “interrupt” I apologised once for my cats jumping into frame and he stopped me mid sentence to highlight this is MY house and not my employers work space. He feels quite passionately about this. Which is amazing to have a boss like that. OP take this further, do not let it lie. Remember, if your company really can’t take you being interrupted they could offer you flexible hours, part or full furlough, changes to meeting times that work around your care duties etc.
This behaviour is sexism alive and well. Women hold most care responsibilities for vulnerable family members, women are expected to “do the childcare” and homeschooling when kids are off. I appreciate there will be examples of Dads being amazing. However, make no mistake, women still carry this burden and employers disciplining women this way is another form of sexist behaviour. Led by policy that benefits men. Again.
I am away to burn my bra
Sorry to hear so many of you are feeling down. I always feel a bit blue after Christmas, but I think this year it's even worse. I'm in London so was T4 at the last minute, and only planned to see my sister and her gf on Xmas day itself, but it was still something to look forward to, I love all the decorations etc.
I'm WFH, which i prefer, and I'm an introvert so not a big social animal, but I miss yoga classes, being able to potter around the shops and TRAVELLING etc. It's just incredibly boring.
ETA: i realise how incredibly lucky I am that boredom is my main complaint.
I'm WFH, which i prefer, and I'm an introvert so not a big social animal, but I miss yoga classes, being able to potter around the shops and TRAVELLING etc. It's just incredibly boring.
ETA: i realise how incredibly lucky I am that boredom is my main complaint.
In some cases it's "trying " to work from home
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Finally some realism. The government plan to give doses 3 months apart that there is no proof it works as it wasn't tried in trials. They also plan when doses are short to mix and match them but that idea wasn't tested in trials either. We still don't know if it can be spread even after a vaccine or how long the protect lasts.
At the start of the pandemic I read somewhere that ’you’re not working from home, you’re at home, during a pandemic, trying to work’. It’s so true and it’s frustrating that people are forgetting that.
To be fair to my work, they have tried to help but decisions have been made from a very middle-class, managerial perspective with little thought for those who are in different situations - the experience of the pandemic for someone who owns their own home, has a garden, a home office and perhaps older or no kids will be very different from someone who’s in rented accommodation, or a flat or bedsit with little indoor or outdoor space. Or that of a single parent or carer (and I know it’s not binary and people could be any and all of those things but some people do have it harder - we’re in the same storm, but some people are in a super-yacht and others are in leaky dinghies). We’ve had policies like ‘buy your own equipment and claim the cost back’, which is fine for some but assumes access to spare cash or credit, which not everyone has. We’ve had managers getting frustrated with staff because they just aren’t understanding why people are ‘still’ struggling - yes, this has been going on a while but situations are changing all the time and someone who might have been ok last month might not be ok at all now. This whole situation has really highlighted to me how blinkered some people can be, and it’s frustrating.
It's going to be interesting to see how the number of new cases change over the next week, as there will be different factors contributing to this.
Schools have been closed for the Xmas break - numbers should fall
Stricter restrictions imposed - numbers should fall
Some people now receiving the vaccine - not sure whether it's too early to make much of a difference yet
Family get togethers over Xmas - numbers could increase
Some people breaking the rules and partying - numbers could increase
The new variant spreading more quickly - numbers increase
Some people travelling abroad for Xmas breaks - numbers could increase
Schools have been closed for the Xmas break - numbers should fall
Stricter restrictions imposed - numbers should fall
Some people now receiving the vaccine - not sure whether it's too early to make much of a difference yet
Family get togethers over Xmas - numbers could increase
Some people breaking the rules and partying - numbers could increase
The new variant spreading more quickly - numbers increase
Some people travelling abroad for Xmas breaks - numbers could increase
Omg I’m furious my mother in law has been in close contact with her sister who tested positive for covid yesterday.
Mother in law has still gone to work her shift in a local cafe! She think it’s fine because she’s working in the back?!
Is there anyway I can report her? I’m fuming she’s putting so many at risk
Mother in law has still gone to work her shift in a local cafe! She think it’s fine because she’s working in the back?!
Is there anyway I can report her? I’m fuming she’s putting so many at risk
This pandemic has really really made me hate most influencers
I would report her to employee. She should be isolating!
Theres so many variables.
I worry the odds are against
Mass travel. Xmas meet ups. Many breaking rules combined with more contagious virus.
Whys the next review 13th thats ages away.
Theres tier 3 areas now with higher cases or similar to tier 4.
Was anyone surprised the other day when speaker of the house in Parliament had a go at Jeremy hunt over his dress code working from home because he wasent wearing a tie?
Hugs you anyone who needs it.
Loved the Clarkson price theres being pessimistic and being a realist.
I'm not feeling at all pollyanna.
If I keep my expectations low I can't be disappointed.
I often feel like we can't sink any lower then theres schools reopening and mixing vaccines and I think wtf.
We should be panic mode number cases and deaths we have .
Nearly all other countries in lockdown.
What makes England and schools so special and immune to covid.
Both my parents have it , my dad felt ill last Monday then it was bearable for 4 days then he was so ill abs is now in hospital with covid strain 6 , pneumonia and liver and kidneys are not working properly, then the next day my mum had to go in hospital as she couldn’t walk or breath. It’s really is awful this virus . My mum went out twice
. They feel like absolute tit.Has her employer pushed her to come in? My MIL is a manager for a supermarket chain and said her store manager is asking colleagues to disregard any isolation messages via the app and to just delete it.
The unis going back too. Exeter have said testing is available for any students who want it
I’ve been contacted by track and trace 
Gotta self isolate till Friday 8th x
Gotta self isolate till Friday 8th x
Ah man. Can you pin point the contact?I’ve been contacted by track and trace
Gotta self isolate till Friday 8th x
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