XmisterIS said:Why don't people get snowchains in this country? I got mine off Amazon, a pair for the front wheels only, cost me all of £30 with the delivery!
Rhythm Thief said:Having driven home from work in four inches of snow on Tuesday night in a two wheel drive car with no snowchains and no real bother, I'd say they aren't really necessary. They'd take all the fun out of it.
Wigsie said:Although after having a powerful rear wheel drive car for the last 3.5 years and recently changing for a 4x4 its just no fun at all to drive in the snow anymore, so I walked to work today.
I had a chat with my MD once and he told me that he'd been going over the company records and had spotted an employee who was "taking the piss".jeltz said:Hopefully the management will be sharp enough to notice who's taking the mick, who's had genuine problems and who has made it in no matter how difficult. When it comes time for promotions/redundancies that should be remembered.
ColinJ said:He would never be promoted and he would get smaller pay rises than he otherwise would have had. In the end he was at the head of the queue when the company had to make redundancies.
ttcycle said:This is a useful link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8442851.stm
To the poster who mentioned that there pay was being docked - legally they're not allowed to do that ie make deductions from pay without your agreement as the snow is outside of your control
ttcycle said:waffly - the short answer is you do it collectively so the employer can't pick people off one by one and probably with the support of a union in the workpalce- that's a very short answer mind you.
Legal action doesn't necessarily make you unemployable and with workplace deductions it doesn't necessarily need to come to legal action - taking a stance together is sometimes enough but it doesn't stop there sometimes, better that than letting them do something that is illegal
ttcycle said:oh trust me - I know it's a pile of crap
edit: employers/jobs not the statement relating to working rights -lol