Having gone back to work following ML I am in a new location which is not yet finished.
The facilities are pretty dire even if you weren't pregnant. You have to climb uo two flights of stairs which are rough concrete and so bad and uneven that your feet catch as you walk- there is no natural light, no handrail (which is safe)at best if you lost your footing you would break bones at worst who knows. None of the other staff are happy about using the space but they won't speak out. I've had to because I am pregnant again, peeing like a drunk fish and have suffered form dizzy fainty spells since.
My employers have said there is no money to refit the stairs and have told me that I have permission to leave the building to use the public loos (which are a 5 minute walk away and mank- when I used them one time none of the loos had seats and there were turds on the floor- nice) However we have a rule in place which means that no single member of staff is allowed to be in the building alone. Anyone who does this would get the sack for endangering their collegues (oh the irony )
I have not gone in today and have told them that I will return when the stairs are fixed. They have responded by telling me that I am breeching my contract in my refusal to return, I in turn have expressed my concern that they too are breeching thier contract in providing me with a safe place to work.
It is so bad that I almost considered peeing in a bloody plastic cup rather than crap myself going upstairs.[pardon the pun emoticon]
I hope there is someone here who can advise me. My dh just goes through the roof with anger and has insisted I go to the press if they cause a fuss.
It's awful, I feel really sidelined and very worried especially as i have only recently returned and had to tell my employers I am pregnant again