My position at work means I have to go 500 metres to the nearest (out of 2 available) wc. Last year we used to have blocks of portable toilets (portacabin type) all across the site. Eventually they all have been removed - "HMRC wants to save money" I was told *. There are a few different departaments on site and they all have got dedicated buildings and toilets inside these buildings.
I lost the count how many times I spoke to various supervisors, managers, HR, H&S people about toilets being too far. Nobody cares. Last time was today and after a usual "you can go as many times as you need and to whichever wc you want" I really wanted to spit it out into site manager's face - "It's too far you idiot, I will sh1t myself 20 times before even reaching it".
Twice portaloos appeared on site only to be locked up almost immediately - "it's not for you, it's for lorry drivers". I wonder how a lorry driver would use a locked wc.
After a couple of weeks those portaloos then have been removed from site.
So our people started secretly urinating at the positions where they are assigned to work. I saw it myself and I also can smell it.
There also were some cases when people had to go home to change their clothing because of ... (oh yes, it actually happened). It happened to me too and I was furious after all.
Toilets that are available for us to use are both men/women so most of the time they are filthy (some people don't know what's a wc). Cleaners do their job but they can't clean them after every person. I asked why toilets are not separated and the answer was "new law says toilets must not be separated anymore". Yeah, sure ...
So it's 21st century. United Kingdom. Government site. New one - it just had been finished.
I've never ever thought that I will work in such a place where people can be humiliated (that's how I see it).
I have MH problems and was taking medications for this. Side effects were diarrhoea. I stopped taking it and now I can see my MH declining.
* - if I tell you how my workplace actually waste taxpayers money - you guys simply won't believe it.
I don't think anything will change. I just needed to let it go. Rant over.
I lost the count how many times I spoke to various supervisors, managers, HR, H&S people about toilets being too far. Nobody cares. Last time was today and after a usual "you can go as many times as you need and to whichever wc you want" I really wanted to spit it out into site manager's face - "It's too far you idiot, I will sh1t myself 20 times before even reaching it".
Twice portaloos appeared on site only to be locked up almost immediately - "it's not for you, it's for lorry drivers". I wonder how a lorry driver would use a locked wc.
After a couple of weeks those portaloos then have been removed from site.So our people started secretly urinating at the positions where they are assigned to work. I saw it myself and I also can smell it.
There also were some cases when people had to go home to change their clothing because of ... (oh yes, it actually happened). It happened to me too and I was furious after all.
Toilets that are available for us to use are both men/women so most of the time they are filthy (some people don't know what's a wc). Cleaners do their job but they can't clean them after every person. I asked why toilets are not separated and the answer was "new law says toilets must not be separated anymore". Yeah, sure ...
So it's 21st century. United Kingdom. Government site. New one - it just had been finished.
I've never ever thought that I will work in such a place where people can be humiliated (that's how I see it).
I have MH problems and was taking medications for this. Side effects were diarrhoea. I stopped taking it and now I can see my MH declining.
* - if I tell you how my workplace actually waste taxpayers money - you guys simply won't believe it.
I don't think anything will change. I just needed to let it go. Rant over.
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