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To be worried about work with the temperature tomorrow

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Freakedoutandannoyed · 29/06/2025 19:10

I work in the NHS, based in a large open plan office. It’s pretty warm in there generally even when it’s cool outside. I’m really concerned about how hot it is going to be tomorrow and if I have any leg to stand on re working from home?

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pusskins06 · 29/06/2025 20:23

12 hour shift tommorrow on a ward that the designers thought would look good with huge panels of glass in the ceiling . Its like a greenhouse 😓

Comet33 · 29/06/2025 20:24

Well i like the heat but am thinking about working from home tomorrow - the air conditioning in the office is out of order and the large windows get full sun all day.

I don't need to be in tomorrow, and can keep cool at home - to go in would just be presenteeism

Parker231 · 29/06/2025 20:26

Freakedoutandannoyed · 29/06/2025 19:25

I do a mixture of face to face and online appointments. I think it’s wrong that our office gets so hot though as many of our patients take medication which means that they can easily overheat and then we expect them to come to a building with 30+ temperatures and stuffy.

What has (safe) workplace temperature got to do with caring responsibilities?

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If you think the office will be too warm, perhaps take your own fan and have it on your desk?

Gingernaut · 29/06/2025 20:27

Pricelessadvice · 29/06/2025 19:14

Do people always get anxious and concerned about these kind of things? It’s summer, it’s hot, you’ll cope.

Cool clothes, plenty of water, maybe take a little fan?

I work in an overcrowded office, with lots of computers and a uniform code

No cool clothing for us - Polyester aaaall the way baby!

Tumblingthrough · 29/06/2025 20:29

I work outside …

terracelane23 · 29/06/2025 20:30

Tumblingthrough · 29/06/2025 20:29

I work outside …

Me too.

londongirl12 · 29/06/2025 20:32

What did you do when it’s hot before?

LivingDeadGirlUK · 29/06/2025 20:33

5128gap · 29/06/2025 19:53

And it's a bit daft to force people who are able to WFH to spend the day sweltering if they could do their work in comfort at home. People are less productive when they're struggling due to their physical environment, and people who can't work from home aren't any worse off if the people who can do, so their situations are irrelevant really.

I have to go into the office tomorrow, but I still hope all employers who can allow their staff not to, do so. The fewer on the train or adding to the traffic pollution the better.

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I could work from home tomorrow but it will be much cooler in the office, I do have to commute but its worth it for 8 hours in the AC!

MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 29/06/2025 20:35

Try walking the streets in full police uniform, with a heavy stab vest on! I feel much more sympathy for people who actually have to work outside in heavy clothing than people moaning from an office..

I'll be on the train tomorrow, travelling to my London office. It won't be fun, it will be hot, sticky and sweaty but I'll go prepared. Cold lunch, ice packs, light clothing and a fan.

Youcallisimportant · 29/06/2025 20:40

I’m going to be in a south facing, glass walled classroom with 25 students and 13 ovens running for three lessons. No fans or ac.
On a positive note my house should feel relatively cool when I get home! 🤣

IberianBlackout · 29/06/2025 20:44

Can’t lie, I’m dreading going to work tomorrow, I seriously contemplated calling in sick and just chilling at home because it gets so unbearably stuffy in there.

I normally deal quite well with heat, but working in muggy, stuffy heat is a whole different type of hell.

Branleuse · 29/06/2025 20:44

I work in a school in the SE and only half the school has aircon. It has been absolutely hideous in our class.

Im menopausal and i am on several medications which make me sensitive to the heat.
I have been feeling so ill from it that i actually dont know what the hell to do about it.

steff13 · 29/06/2025 20:44

Greybeardy · 29/06/2025 19:44

This is a common problem throughout hospitals. It’ll be much nicer in your warm office than it will be on most of the wards. (I wear compression stockings when it’s particularly toasty at work to help stop the fainting).

Now that surprises me. Here in the US hospitals are always kept freezing. Is that not the case there?

Sandandsea123 · 29/06/2025 20:46

Stop being ridiculous! I was 37 weeks pregnant and working in a restaurant (so running around carrying heavy trays) and the temp was 27+

Toddlerteaplease · 29/06/2025 20:46

Datix if it goes above 25oc in your area. My ward is usually 28-30oC on a normal day. And we are now doing daily datix’s.

Toddlerteaplease · 29/06/2025 20:47

And yes. Being more sedentary in your office. Is so much better than on a busy ward. I’m incredibly relived I’m not working tomorrow.

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Freakedoutandannoyed · 29/06/2025 20:49

Sandandsea123 · 29/06/2025 20:46

Stop being ridiculous! I was 37 weeks pregnant and working in a restaurant (so running around carrying heavy trays) and the temp was 27+

It’s not ridiculous to want to work in an environment that is safe for both staff and patients. 30 degrees inside is not.

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Freakedoutandannoyed · 29/06/2025 20:50

Toddlerteaplease · 29/06/2025 20:46

Datix if it goes above 25oc in your area. My ward is usually 28-30oC on a normal day. And we are now doing daily datix’s.

That would be a lot of datix’s. I know the nhs has lots of things to sort but they need to sort out the issue of overheating buildings so badly. It’s always the non patient facing, non clinical buildings that have gorgeous aircon!

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LittleBobbyDazzler · 29/06/2025 20:51

Freakedoutandannoyed · 29/06/2025 20:11

Ah yeah the fan debate in the nhs. We aren’t allowed to bring any in as they need to be PAT tested which can take a long long time. Might risk if for a 🍪 and bring mine in, would rather not have people (myself or patients) keel over mid therapy!

Buy a battery operated fan if they won't allow one to be plugged in. Are you not even allowed them plugged into a computer via usb?

N1cot1ana · 29/06/2025 20:51

dannyufcfan · 29/06/2025 19:47

We're always so dramatic about a little heat in this country.

I think it’s the reverse. We tolerate it too much and actually think we’re soon going to get to a stage in education where AC installation is going to need to be included in funding by the government. Our classroom is so unbearable some of the kids were feeling ill recently. I don’t feel great as in dizzy, nauseous and struggling to focus. 30 kids and 3 adults stuffed in a room facing the sun and only 2 cracked windows open isn’t really ok. Nobody is dramatic and we all just get on with it but it’s not providing good working conditions for kids or adults and if temps keep rising thanks to global
warning eventually it’s not going to be feasible. I’d love to see many in the higher echelons cope with it.

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Freakedoutandannoyed · 29/06/2025 20:52

LittleBobbyDazzler · 29/06/2025 20:51

Buy a battery operated fan if they won't allow one to be plugged in. Are you not even allowed them plugged into a computer via usb?

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No but I’ve decided to take one in anyway tomorrow. The worst that will happen is it’s confiscated and then I’m no worse off!

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N1cot1ana · 29/06/2025 20:53

Freakedoutandannoyed · 29/06/2025 20:50

That would be a lot of datix’s. I know the nhs has lots of things to sort but they need to sort out the issue of overheating buildings so badly. It’s always the non patient facing, non clinical buildings that have gorgeous aircon!

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This!

It’s those furthest away from the kids that have the coolest rooms in education. 🤔

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Freakedoutandannoyed · 29/06/2025 20:53

N1cot1ana · 29/06/2025 20:51

I think it’s the reverse. We tolerate it too much and actually think we’re soon going to get to a stage in education where AC installation is going to need to be included in funding by the government. Our classroom is so unbearable some of the kids were feeling ill recently. I don’t feel great as in dizzy, nauseous and struggling to focus. 30 kids and 3 adults stuffed in a room facing the sun and only 2 cracked windows open isn’t really ok. Nobody is dramatic and we all just get on with it but it’s not providing good working conditions for kids or adults and if temps keep rising thanks to global
warning eventually it’s not going to be feasible. I’d love to see many in the higher echelons cope with it.

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100% agree. It’s not conducive to learning or in my case, effective therapy, and is going to have to be dealt with as the temperate is likely to only keep increasing unfortunately.

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LlynTegid · 29/06/2025 20:54

Freakedoutandannoyed · 29/06/2025 20:49

It’s not ridiculous to want to work in an environment that is safe for both staff and patients. 30 degrees inside is not.

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I agree. This level of temperature is not a once in ten years event.

5128gap · 29/06/2025 20:54

MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 29/06/2025 20:35

Try walking the streets in full police uniform, with a heavy stab vest on! I feel much more sympathy for people who actually have to work outside in heavy clothing than people moaning from an office..

I'll be on the train tomorrow, travelling to my London office. It won't be fun, it will be hot, sticky and sweaty but I'll go prepared. Cold lunch, ice packs, light clothing and a fan.

Tbf, if the people moaning about working in a hot office wanted to try walking the streets in a police uniform and a stab vest, they'd have chosen a career in law enforcement. As it is, they chose office jobs, which should serve as a precaution against it. In much the same way police officers don't have to work in blast furnaces, and steelworkers don't stoke the flames of hell.

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