Should she stay or should she go

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Belly35's avatar
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Feb 16, 2016 5:59am
The wife works in Akron, she has the option to go to work or not ....
So far she has ask me 5 times if she should make the drive in this weather conditions...

what is your criteria for making a the desisions to go into work in inclement weather?
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Wally
Posts: 481
Feb 16, 2016 6:21am
Do I want to keep the job or get fired?

But then I'm a man and I like driving in challenging conditions.

Unless it's a level 3, I'm going to work.
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Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Feb 16, 2016 6:31am
Because she has the option , computer link to her files and log-ins, printer ... I told her that if the drive time increases goes from 30 minutes to over an hour plus it not worth the effort to go to work the fact that others will be late, clients, business and the overall office operation skewed productivity will be hindered and the safety danger stay home.
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wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Feb 16, 2016 6:32am
If she has the option of staying home, why is it even a question?

If I could do my job from home, I would never go in.
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Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 16, 2016 7:36am
I stay whenever possible. Today is one of those days.
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HitsRus
Posts: 9,206
Feb 16, 2016 7:45am
Not worth taking the chance of driving in bad weather conditions if the option exists to be productive at home
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GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Feb 16, 2016 8:32am
This is why I love living 3 miles from my job.

Stay the heck home. Like Wildcats said, why would this even be a question?
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Feb 16, 2016 8:52am
If the weather is really bad, I have the option to work from home. I was fighting something (felt like strep throat but not sure) Sunday night and was hoping I'd be better for work yesterday because I knew this weather was coming and didn't want to miss two days in a row. Sickness won out yesterday so I made the drive today. My area got hit pretty hard with snow.

EDIT: As an FYI, we probably got between 7-10" of snow and the commute wasn't that bad. Got better as I headed North.
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like_that
Posts: 26,625
Feb 16, 2016 12:24pm
wildcats20;1781726 wrote:If she has the option of staying home, why is it even a question?

If I could do my job from home, I would never go in.
This. When our office is given the option to telework due to weather it's an easy decision for me.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Feb 16, 2016 12:27pm
wildcats20;1781726 wrote:If she has the option of staying home, why is it even a question?
This. When the weather is bad, I can have half a day of work done in the time it would take just to get there.
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Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Feb 16, 2016 12:32pm
I can do a lot of stuff (not all, but a decent amount) from home, so if it's truly bad, I won't go in and will just give my superiors the option as to count it as me working from home (letting them know what I can/will get accomplished) or as a personal/vacation day.

Since I live roughly two minutes from work and on a US highway, this really doesn't come up very often -- maybe every few years at most -- but that's been my personal procedure on things.
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Classyposter58
Posts: 6,321
Feb 16, 2016 8:28pm
I have to be present if it is not level 3 and if the 3 is dropped at all during the shift


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MontyBrunswick
Posts: 846
Feb 16, 2016 10:25pm
surprised belly let's his wife make decisions for herself
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Belly35
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Feb 17, 2016 7:17am
MontyBrunswick;1781851 wrote:surprised belly let's his wife make decisions for herself
my wife has the freedom to do whatever she wants, she her own boss I'm just a backboard for her ideas and thoughts....
as crazy as some of stuff is ... I believe and trust her in those 45 years