Dogs in the office

I don't know how a new starter can come in and demand that they change things that have worked in the past without pissing people off.

Because the workplace has an obligation to make reasonable adjustments for disability and health conditions!

It’s not rocket science.

A woman in my work has loads of reasonable adjustment due to PTSD from having a very prolonged and torturous attack by an ex. To others (twats) she has a cushy little number because she gets to WFH loads, she gets more regular breaks and her desk takes up a larger space where she can see everyone else (because she scares easily when approached from the back so has to have her back to the wall). People don’t like it but Anyone who isn’t a twat sees it’s perfectly reasonable for a woman suffering from an acute condition.

I wouldn't like it (and we have a dog!).

FGS @kisstheblarney literally no one is advocating for kids to be in offices 🤣 they are saying a kid wouldn’t be accepted so why should a dog be

Gross! What a horrible way to treat a colleague.

I stopped going to SILs because she once expected me to sit on the floor when the dog was on the sofa.

Assistance dogs are an extension of employees so it would be equal, actually. And adjustments would have to be made for both

But if that's how you treat your children..... like a dog.... says more about you than me!

WTF. Did you touch the moon with that massive reach?

What a weird thing to say.

Im not the one treating some mutt like a baby.

Quite common now to have an office dog. I'm not a fan of it but do like dogs usually, just not in the workplace

Oh yay, comparing dogs and children.

Children are humans and cannot be left at home. The end.

I find it hilarious that you think a child in an office is more acceptable than a dog.....

Well you’re easily tickled then! Like I said it depends on the child ms the dog. I’d much rather have a well behaved child than a yappy disruptive dog. In fact I’d rather have neither on the office - neither belong in the workplace.

I’m sure it was the Trafford Centre that recently tried allowing dogs in the premises and then they reneged because they found that poor behaviour from dogs and their owners was too much. They found piles of shit laying around 🤮

I find that people saying “You don’t like dogs do you?” Are saying it with the same accusatory astonishment than if they’d said “You don’t agree with women being in the workplace do you?”

Disliking dogs is absolutely fine and very understandable. It’s not some human rights violation, it’s about preference and people are allowed to not love dogs and even find them irritating. As they are with any animal. How can you not understand that?

Also in OPs case the dog is already in the office, so it would seem the consensus is that people are happy with it!

I'm not missing any point at all! You said kids should be allowed in an office as well as dogs, that they were no more distracting.... not true!

You also think that kids should not be stimulated etc, they should!

Just because @KarenNotAKaren child would sit counting for hours, doesn't mean it's a good idea all day long, dog in an office sleeping all day long isn't going to be detrimental to their well being.

@kisstheblarney you keep missing my point, maybe the dog is distracting you, as I have said, I don't believe either have any place in the office but if people want their fur babies there as we are constantly told on MN how they are just like children then why not children, you may not like children, but plenty don't want dogs in the workplace either.
You don't need to concern yourself with my dcs welfare thanks, perhaps you should consider your colleagues welfare and how they have their needs in a work environment placed below what you perceive as your dogs need or your lack of budgeting for doggy daycare.

Well it doesn't matter to me so I'm not worried. I do think that OP should have been told when she was offered the job so she could have declined it. I don't know how a new starter can come in and demand that they change things that have worked in the past without pissing people off.

I knew my boss had dogs at work sometimes as I met them on interview day. So I could easily have said I didn't want to work there. I don't think for one minute I would have been hired if I'd have said I can't be around them and expected him to stop bringing them in.

Yes. There’s no reason to have one unless it’s a service dog or for work purposes. Otherwise they’re just a smelly nuisance and only there because owners are selfish and/or irresponsible. It also a symptom of the odd way our society treats dogs and expects others to

I would've got the dog to sit on my lap!

I woud have picked the dog up and dumped it on the floor.

we had a big meeting with our owners in our office and plus guests from other offices .. we were pushed for space and the dog sat on sofa where as I had to stand for 1.5 hours leaning on a desk!

The person in charge of the meeting should never have allowed that to happen.

Could you explain how a dog sitting there would be as distracting as a child..... does your child just sit there? Well trained if not a bit misguided if they do! Do you use a lot of screen time for them?

The mind literally boggles.

I'm now exceptionally relieved that I don’t work in a dog-friendly office.

@TiredCatLady yes but you know, as long as those dogs aren't lonely and there is not financial downside for the owner, who cares about anyone else...is very much the MN dog owners rhetoric.

Dog friendly offices are a thing?

Surely that’s a massive distraction if the animal is roaming around and there has to be some sort of health and safety implication/risk assessment in place?

And how is it managed? Surely it’s wouldn’t be long before there were multiple dogs in and then people wanting to bring other pets/their toddlers/etc.

I can’t imagine taking the cat to work. I mean for a start it would shred the office plants and probably get stuck behind the coffee machine or somewhere equally ridiculous😂

@Secondstart1001 I like dogs but would not be stood up when a dog was sat on a sofa.

That's ok @Menomeno because you know you can go and work from home and become socially isolated/lonely instead of the dog(owner) because you know they are faaarrrrrr more important than any tax paying society contributing human
💐 Not nice to have that fear.

Someone brings dog to office and I don’t like it. I love animals however our office is small and tends to smell of him. Also there is nothing worse than a dog sniffing out your period! Also of more annoyance was we had a big meeting with our owners in our office and plus guests from other offices .. we were pushed for space and the dog sat on sofa where as I had to stand for 1.5 hours leaning on a desk! I think now and again it’s ok and in my old office which was way bigger it wasn’t so much of an issue.