Weather

Fiona59 · Dec 20, 2012

Would you have made it into work if it had been a regular shift?

Sorry, I don't agree with not making it in to work because of the weather. I live in northern Canada and have never missed a shift due to weather. I drive a 4 wheel drive with four snow tyres and carry my block heater cord with me. I've made it to and from work in blizzards.

BrandonLPN, LPN · Dec 20, 2012

Well, I think not coming in on a day you agreed to pick up is the same as not coming in on a scheduled day. Actually, I'd have been *especially* careful not to call in during an orientation/training period.

And I agree with Fiona, if you live in a snowy area you have to deal with it. I used to live/work in Winnipeg for a few years (not as a nurse, but still) and I never missed work d/t snow.... despite more snow then I'd ever seen before or since.

Mewsin · Dec 20, 2012

A couple of weeks ago we had 3 people call in on one shift because they couldn't make it through the snow. I'm in northern Saskatchewan, we get a lot of snow. We're usually prepared but in this case people were literally snowed in on farms and reserves.

It happens.

Fiona59 · Dec 21, 2012

A couple of weeks ago we had 3 people call in on one shift because they couldn't make it through the snow. I'm in northern Saskatchewan, we get a lot of snow. We're usually prepared but in this case people were literally snowed in on farms and reserves.
It happens.

Hear you, I have one coworker who lives on an acreage and until her husband ploughs out to the highway she's trapped.

The rest of us just battle through the blizzard. I have days where it has taken 1.5 hours to do a 20 minute drive.

The OP seemed to think that bad weather made it acceptable to cancel part of her orientation, an extension they had asked for.

Mewsin · Dec 21, 2012

Hear you, I have one coworker who lives on an acreage and until her husband ploughs out to the highway she's trapped.
The rest of us just battle through the blizzard. I have days where it has taken 1.5 hours to do a 20 minute drive.
The OP seemed to think that bad weather made it acceptable to cancel part of her orientation, an extension they had asked for.

I don't disagree with you. I believe if my boss said I needed extra help I would have at least attempted to go in. I was always taught it was better to attempt to go in to work than to call in without trying. That being said, I know that we are prepared for snow with plows and sanders that start almost as soon as the storms do.

I also believe it depends on where you live and what your workplace expects to happen during a storm. For example, I moved "across the bridge". Now my work doesn't expect me to come in when there is a storm. I think its a joke and I drive the whole 10 mins across the big bad bridge and go to work.

sbergmann17 · Dec 21, 2012

Okay I understand work is work and normally I would of stayed in town. This shift I said I would come in for was to do some bs training when I have done two other days and have other days set up. I guess I am up set about the fact my boss gave me the 3rd degree threw text. She will never answer her phone text is the only water can get a hold of her.

nurseywifeymommy1 · Dec 21, 2012

I think you should have went in.

sbergmann17 · Dec 22, 2012

And what would I of done if I would of went into the ditch with a tow band. Or I got into a crash a was killed over trying to go into work to train an extra day.

nurseywifeymommy1 · Dec 22, 2012

You asked a question and that was my reply. I live in the north also and try to be prepared. I would hv made an attempt- went slow and got there when I could.

nurseywifeymommy1 · Dec 22, 2012

If u think u would have been killed- then why would u post ur 1st post? I'm not being mean, just wondering why u posted the question if it was dyer conditions?

amoLucia · Dec 22, 2012

Too Late! You may have set an anticipatory precedent already.

The next time when you ARE on the schedule and it snows again just as it just did, what will you do??? Your employer operates on a 24/7 basis and it expects its employees to be there to provide that 24/7 care and other services. You weren't hired with an exemption for only good road condition travelling/driving. That's the reality of healthcare!

They're not going to care what the DOT or Weather Channel says, and all those ditches will still be there all the same whether it be REAL scheduled work day or a training day.

You've got ONE strike against you now. I don't know how well you'll be able to straighten it out with mgt.