Another is work being unreasonable

[Damonlufc88]

OK so basically I work shifts, 6-2 & 2-10. This week I'm on 2-10. I work in a factory as a general operator.

Yesterday I was going in late as wife had a hospital appointment (around 3:40 I arrived)

I decided to use the office car park as its closer to the entrance and most of the the office staff are off site by 6pm and there were at least 8 spaces. Parked up, clocked in and was told that I used used the "office staff car park" which to be fair is signposted when you enter work.

I though it was a bit pathetic and explained that more staff will be leaving than arriving at the time of day it was. I ended up moving the car after explaining...

Anyway Im just wondering if the whole scenario of having office staff carparks and "other vehicle" car park spaces is a little bit pathetic and unneccesary.

@locotion
Yeah I'm in the union I am going to speak to my representative today. I was asking on here first to get people external to where I works opinion.

Thou must not park in the carpet walkers carpark.

Ridiculous. Where DP works there is a lot of antipathy towards the carpet walkers. They start later, finish earlier, take breaks when they like, get to eat nice food, have meetings, get the ear of senior management, and make decisions that effect the non carpet walkers. He is a desk based engineer, and gets to see both sides, two very different cultures.

I'd hate to work in an environment where it's us and them. But on the upside it could be said to be healthy. There is often better team solidarity in this sort of set up, because those that get the job done in the factory will hang together and see themselves not so much as pitted against each other, but as a collective pitted against "them"

And yes yes to going to your union rep.

Love the expression carpet walkers.

Smacks of unfair treatment with office staff being 'superior' to factory operatives. Leaves a nasty taste for sure.

I'd hate to work in an environment where it's us and them...

I’ve worked in manufacturing in roles all the way from stacking boxes on pallets on night shifts to being a director with responsibilities across a continent.

Without fail any ‘them and us’ culture I found was instigated by the shop floor staff.

Your DP’s thinking appears to back this up.

@minitheminx

Definitely got the US vs them vibe for a while. I do want to go the union but is it a storm in a tea cup? I did feel very frustrated at the time and definitely belittled

It's a local special carpark for local special people. We used to call them carpet people - we got to park on the concrete car park, the non-carpet people had to park on a unmade up mud field. Because of course they were all in safety shoes and overalls so the mud didn't matter, but we couldn't get mud on our suits or on the carpet.

DM had this in the 70s. 1st day in an admin job at a printing press, came in a bit later for the welcoming guff etc. Parked in an almost empty car park, there were 2, the other had been full and she logically went for where there was space. In the building 5min before someone came to ask her if the mini in the printers car park was hers, if so she had another 5min to shift it to the office car park or anywhere else nearby or the printworks would come out. They didn't care if nearby was not at all nearby or that their car park was routinely 3/4 empty. Some people are that petty ...