Comments | severe_delays: Which side are you on?

severe_delays

Which side are you on?

Dec 28, 2010 23:50

I have repeatedly said (although perhaps not on here) that the people on my line are all insane or on drugs or something. Frequently I do not understand what is going on and yet it somehow all works and usually works well. Long ago I resolved to never question it and just trundle off where they told me to. Someone else can keep an eye on the big ( Read more... )

hrmmm, strike, easter eggs, irony - i duz it, weirdness

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jamesb December 29 2010, 00:23:41 UTC

Just left me units at the depot - and this makes me smile so much.
Med screen the mgrs!!

severe_delays December 29 2010, 00:25:45 UTC

And the union reps too?

jamesb December 29 2010, 13:41:36 UTC

Hmmmmmm our reps are drivers so get screened anyhow.
But in your case - yup!!

At least you won't loose a days pay.

J

nmg December 29 2010, 01:08:07 UTC

Given that LU are trying to get you to forego a day's pay, ASLEF's advice is sound; we had a similar situation here at the University of ___ a few years back when UCU (then AUT) called for industrial action.

(a rather larger problem is that the University tried to dock 1/280th of our annual pay rather than 1/365th - you'd think that we didn't get paid holidays, or didn't spend most weekends working for that matter)

severe_delays December 29 2010, 01:18:50 UTC

It is less about Big Bad LU doing things and more about a simple screw up. I think what has happened is that the manager who OK'd the leave forgot to put it in SAP at the time. Everyone assumed I was striking on the 26th and only realised what had happened when I also failed to turn up yesterday. By which time SAP had been amended to comply with the embargo on annual leave for the 26th ( ... )

jamesb December 29 2010, 21:17:44 UTC

I smell a bodge!
If your SAP is anything like our ED, you know there'll be a fix up.

nelsolidarida December 29 2010, 15:33:22 UTC

Sounds like one of the tunnels goes into a parallel dimension, hope you get out of it ok...

techiebabe December 29 2010, 16:10:24 UTC

Oh dear, what a mess!

If it was me I would gently insist that I was not striking, but was on leave. Nobody told me that I should not be on leave. Furthermore, the reason that I was on leave was because there was no transport to get me to work.

So, was I on leave because LUL had failed to tell me it had not been approved, or was I not at work because LUL had failed to provide a taxi so I could attend work? Either way it's their fault. :-)

severe_delays December 30 2010, 15:07:17 UTC

Yup, that's what I'm doing. The main problem is that I think the manager who authorised it is going to get it in the neck which I don't want to happen. I'm pretty sure if he'd remembered to put it through in November then it would have been fine. There's been a big stirabout with management roles in LU and he's in a role where he's currently inundated with work so if he forgot something like that then I'd not be surprised.

Union rep's plan is to tell SAP I was on a rest day then and put my rest day for the week down as annual leave. That *should* sort things out but who knows.

techiebabe December 30 2010, 15:54:24 UTC

So you could have been striking, truanting, holidaying or resting? Wow!

Sounds like rest day is a good idea... I hope the manager learns from this though, and realises you've been nice.

Gosh, nothing's ever simple. Dare I ask if you're working on NYE?

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