Why is my NHS employed SIL 'working from home'?

[emptyfridge]

Really confused as to why the government are taking on thousands of volunteers to support the NHS and we are constantly being told of the immense pressure staff are under when my perfectly capable SIL is working from home apparently catching up on paperwork?

[Madein1995]

Because anyone who can work from home, should. Even a trip to work puts you at risk even if you're working in an office, let alone for the NHS.

I'm currently wfh even though my job is very difficult to do from home until I get some equipment which hopefully will arrive soon. I can only do limited parts of my job. It is still better I work from home as much as I can, going in only to check emails etc (and complete work off the back of those emails). I'm at risk before I even get to work - leaving my house, walking, catching the bus, walking to the office. And my level of risk is no where near your sil.

Unless of course you believe that anyone who works for the NHS, even if they do so as administration, should don some scrubs and start messing with catheters and drips?

[Shitsgettingcrazy]

Op, I get everybody is stressed. And I am WFH, have ds here. Inwoildnt send him to school of I didnt need to.

But, really? She isnt doing anything she isnt entitled to. They arent throwing all NHS staff to the front line. Paperwork does need doing.

Why would you waste energy on judging her. This really isnt any if your business.

[wonkytonkwoman]

She's entitled to school places and allocated shopping times because she is a key-worker, OP.

There are very strict NHS policies and protocols around WFH, OP. Ones which make such work conditional upon workers safeguarding patient data and privacy. I struggle to stop the cat walking all over the dining table where I'm trying to work, never mind a bunch of children asking for drinks/snacks/toilet/games/etc etc.

So go away and think again about your attitude.

[AndTheyLivedHappilyEverAfter]

Probably because she is working from home is doing her normal job remotely? I'm sure she will be on a redeployment list for if/when it gets bad.

Normal NHS work still has to go on in the background.

[TheWildWoods]

Why not just admit to yourself that you dislike your SIL and get on with your life instead of trying to start a lynch mob for her on here.

[Ninkanink]

I didn’t necessarily mean her role specifically is administrative. Within roles there will be aspects that are administrative in nature. If the job can be done from home, it should.

Spite and envy isn’t good for your soul. Best to let it go.

[Madein1995]

If a keyworker is wfh they shouldn't be allowed to send the kids to school. I think different schools have different guidelines though. A member of my team (while technically keyworkers who can be called in to support other teams, we've been able to wfh most of the time) has been offered a school place. Someone I went to school with, who is a keyworker (child protection social worker) and has to wotk from office, has been declined a school place and has luckily found a local nursery that are taking school aged kids. The two areas are 100s of miles apart.

[emptyfridge]

Surely allocated nhs supermarket slots should be for nhs workers on the frontline doing 12 hour shifts in hospitals and need stocked shelves. Not people working from home.

[HappyHammy]

Can you offer to shop for her that would ease up a space for a shift worker

[SpillTheTea]

You can't look after your children and work. Perhaps you should mind your own business and stop whining. Belittling her role is rude and unnecessary.

[emptyfridge]

Why should I? I’m working from home as well. Somehow I’m managing to look after 3 small dc whilst doing important conference calls.

[HoffiCoffi13]

It’s not a bloody competition.

[emptyfridge]

Can’t believe someone suggested I shop for her. FFS!

[T0tallyFuckedUpFamily]

Don't you bloody dare clap for the NHS ever again. They don't need jealous little weenies like you pretending to support them.

THIS! ☝️

There’s a lot more going on with your Sil and her role, than she’s prepared to share with you, OP. Have a wee think as to why that might be and why she doesn’t trust you enough to confide in you. Go on! You know why.

[Bella2020]

I can see your point, OP. Loads of people are working from home and taking care of their kids at the same time. I also assumed that the NHS hours at supermarkets were for frontline staff working long shifts.

[Ginfilledcats]

Wow. Jealousy is not a nice trait.
Everyone in my trust who doesn't need to be in the office to function has been sent home to work, on the understanding that kids are in school/nursery. If they aren't then you work from the office because you can't do work from home and manage your children.

If she's working from home she can't just swan off to the shops when she feels like, she'll still be doing 8-4 or whatever her hours are.

[ColdTattyWaitingForSummer]

Maybe Scotland is different, but I’m sure our guidance said those wfh could use the school places, but only if it was absolutely necessary (which I’d say could well cover your sil if she’s handling sensitive data).
I think in the midst of this we should all be trying to give each other the benefit of the doubt wherever possible.

[Wineislifex]

She is perfectly entitled to use the key worker childcare and shopping hours. And I say this as a front line worker doing 13 hour shifts.

We are a team, we are all NHS regardless of role or if we are WFH or not.

Hope you don’t turn green from all that jealousy tho 🤣

[STAYTHEFUCKHOME]

So @emptyfridge what does SIL do, specifically?

[emptyfridge]

She’s told me what she’s doing - paperwork. She doesn’t know I’m with her and is not making that up.
We normally get on but I am annoyed she is taking advantage of her nhs key workers status when the rest of us are struggling to work with the kids and unable to get anything from the shops.

[Ninkanink]

If you’re managing why is this such an issue for you? What actually is your problem?

I imagine your ‘important’ conference calls aren’t to do with sensitive subjects like things of a medical nature, are they? Not likely, I don’t suppose.

Do you begrudge her the shopping she’s doing during NHS hour? Or the fact that she doesn’t have to try to work whilst looking after her children? Or the fact that she’s staying away from a hospital where her presence isn’t actually vital?

Or is it just that you don’t like her? You don’t have to like her - there are plenty of people I don’t like - but I’d still say let it go because it’ll only make you more bitter every day, and less happy.

[HoffiCoffi13]

So because it’s shit for you it should be shit for everyone?

[Mummyoflittledragon]

Why can she still get this help? Because her job is vital. Unlike yours.

Interesting first post btw. Did you name change through embarrassment?

[Chienloup]

For goodness sake. Just what NHS workers need, people questioning their jobs. I work as a psychological well-being practitioner. I am working from home, delivering therapy sessions by Skype to vulnerable teenagers. Is that okay with you?