When companies encourage a 'singles' environment and negatively impact on workers with families
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Am hacked off big time with the attitude in dh's company that's all for single folks without families and puts unfair pressure on those who have families ...
For example, DH got asked sarcastically 'did you have a good time last night' a few weeks back by boss when he didn't go to a summer party that finished at 0100 and then had people going back into london to then make their way home ... he said, 'yes it was great hanging out with my family ... especially as I was away all the week and weekend before and hadn't seen them properly for 10 days with work stuff'
boss was a bit astonished actually
it really fecks me off
also regularly gets told to participate in TCs that START at 8pm etc etc etc
and eyebrows raised if he leaves work 'early' at 1830 to get train (hours are 0900--1730)
and a few weeks ago the senior group were told that 'the lash club; (yes they have a budget and an actual club dedicated to the art of getting pissed) had complained to HR that senior people weren't going to the lashy-events ... and the boss agreed that they should attend more
there's FUCK ALL for families/partners etc
and yet they are in the sunday times top10 list as being a great company to work for and were recently on tv as having great benefits and good employee atmosphere
yes -- if you are 23, single, want to get pissed a lot or want to be at work/with work colleagues all the time
AIBU to think there need to be some changes and respect for people who work there who have families? What should be suggested?
For MN Towers : if you are taking this thread for part of the Home Front research then there also other posts on the parallel thread in AIBU
here.
cali gives up and thinks she really should go to bed
but might have just worked it out
HM FORCES
why wont things work for me?
*hm forces*
will try again

*HM FORCES*
My DH is in recruitment,and his company is very singles orientated. they have regular nights out which they go straight from work and stay out until the early hours. They also have a weekend away every year which is disguised as a sales conference but is actually just a weekend on the lash. Not as bad as some though.
On the other hand, I'm a teacher. Now it isn't 9-3 with 13 weeks off as it's sometimes percieved, but they are,on the whole, very supportive about family life. Although I have several hours per day of work to do outside the classroom, it is often my choice as to whenI do it. For example, I can pick my DCs up early and spend a few hourswith them, as long as I'm happy to start marking once they're in bed. Only downside is that I'm always at work during school hours, which makes things like assemblies, sports days etc difficult.
Just wanted to post a contrasting situation really!
i work in media, and i think its the same as the ad industry, everyone without exceptions over here is a big drinker/partier. all of the mothers who work here (and its the same in the worldiwde offices), all of the fathers, and all of the bosses included!!
it is not part of the job so much as it is part of the mood of the industry.
at our office i just dont get it. people who are married will stay and drink beers with their colleagues until very late, every day.
i always wonder - doesn't your partner want you to come home?
there are also always, lunches, dinners, parties, events, awards, lots of trips overseas where we party all night long, and spouses or partners are never present.
i work with my dh so we just go hang out with everyone togehter.
MrsSprat - I so agree.
Don't get me started. The agency-side does have a deserved criminally poor reputation for this sort of thing. Most people I know in the age bracket have either gone client-side, freelance or even down-shifted one way or another. I am currently contemplating whether to go back or look for somewhere that might place a little more value on grown-up behaviour. It's craziness.
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