Raised terror threat - reason not to go to work?

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In a big city ((not Manchester), all need to be in to do the job and need three people inat a time, anyhoo just this one colleague is saying they wont come in and didn't come in yesterday and today didnt due to terror threat. Shes a good colleague been here a while but team is , why just her that doesnt make it in, everyone is sad and scared but cant all just not go in for that, has anyone else had this at their work...?

I teach children who were at the concert and they were at school the next day so if they can do it, your colleague can (diagnosed anxiety issues are another kettle of fish)

I worked in Birmingham when the IRA were active in the same building as the CPS, so an obvious target. We regularly had scares & had to be locked down, move away from windows etc. It never occurred to me not to go in.
My DH now works in a well-known building in London, goes via Liverpool St, where terrorism has happened before. I do worry, but I would never expect him to stay away. The threat level could stay at that level for weeks or months now.

Unless an anxiety disorder is involved then it's a crap excuse.

Spirit of the Blitz, feel the fear and do it anyway. Hold yer head up, keep going, stand together, light a candle, it will be fine.

It is not fine for many people. But they are afraid to say it or cannot articulate their fear for fear of being ridiculed, as evidenced here. That is terrorism of a different sort really.

I agree though that the person needs to see a doctor and get signed off for however long it takes to get back to equilibrium. We don't know either if the person has a back story associated with previous attacks.

A little compassion goes a long way.

Charming, walrus

JFC is she going to be off for the entire length of the time we're in 'critical'?

Maybe we should all stop going in. Yes, let's do that. I work Ina big city, I'm at risk, I think I'll take the rest of the week off. Fuck my colleagues they can risk themselves and do all my work

"Many people" can't just decide to not go to work. It's not terrorism to expect people to do their fucking jobs.

Doctors, police, ambulance workers etc....how would it all go if they just didn't go to work?

All workers and professions can get sick. That includes security and emergency services and hospital staff and the like. Doesn't have to be physical either.

But sell your souls to the company store and keep going down the mines.

You're not selling your soul if you're not going in, are you? But nor should you expect to get paid.

SIBU.

I work in Manchester by a huge international tourist attraction, and I live with another huge international tourist attraction behind my house. I have anxiety issues. I still went to work on Tuesday. I felt super anxious all day, because while I was there someone was arrested about a mile down the road in connection with the attack, and there was a police raid on someone's house opposite my place of work. I'm still really anxious about it, but then I'm sure everyone in my area is. What can you do other than carry on as usual?

I worked in London when there was an almost daily bomb threat, as in a coded call to say there was a bomb. We got let home early on days when the transport system was closing so much that it took three times as long to travel.

We were expected back the next day.

Don't want to deal with city issues? Leave and get another job. This isnt ever going away.

I thibk we should all work as normal if at all possible. Otherwise we're going to have other problems as well.

People in the U.K are actually less likely to die in a terror attack now than previously. Terrorist related deaths are at their lowest.

She does realise if everyone did that society would go into shutdown zombie apocalypse style?

That's up to the managers to manage, that's why they get paid the big bucks
[Sarcastic by the way]

Good graph @Crumbs1

The idea that simply explains "I have anxiety" or any other mental health issue and oh that's alright then... that's a puzzling belief.

Whatever we say about how it's supposed to work this can be the absolute kiss of death for a career, or even just kill workplace respect and relationships stone dead, and discrimination law/company policy are little more than a hollow joke.

Since people do, you know often have to work, for some with MH issues you say absolutely anything else rather than mention them.

'That an employee simply explains'

Why does every twat and pisstaker have to be diagnosed with mental health issues on MN?
Do you know what most people with anxiety did today? Went to fucking work
Vile.

I agree Kali! Just awful. Anxiety comes in many forms. I can't go out at its worst. You wouldn't know I had it on a good day. The ignorance or belligerent attitude is disturbing. I'm glad some pp's aren't my friends IRL! That's not to say your colleague has anxiety.
You don't know why she is off. She could be saying that to you but something else to her manager. We never truly know what is going on in other peoples lives.

FFS there was a head teacher on TV saying a bereaved sibling had come in to sit an exam. She went in why not this precious snowflake?

One of my husbands colleagues managed to skive off for a couple of months saying her cousin had died in 7/7. She admited later she barely knew the person and it was a much more distant.