Comments on: In the UK, potential bosses consider your womb http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/ news, notes, & tips about spirituality and religion in the workplace Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:48:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: h sofia http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/#comment-3094 h sofia Thu, 08 May 2008 15:39:30 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/#comment-3094 Ms. T - good point - current business models to tend to treat sickness, death, and pregnancy as "abnormalities" although ... when I think about it, that makes absolutely zero sense. A real case of doublethink .... Ms. T - good point - current business models to tend to treat sickness, death, and pregnancy as “abnormalities” although … when I think about it, that makes absolutely zero sense. A real case of doublethink ….

]]> By: Ms. Theologian http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/#comment-3090 Ms. Theologian Wed, 07 May 2008 22:34:14 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/#comment-3090 I'm not particularly arguing with you as thinking in comment form....so forgive. :) In places I've worked and consulted, "normal circumstances" are few and far between, so to me we have to consider all those times when someone has to leave early, or is sick, or on medical leave, or on maternity leave as part of "normal" rather than exceptions to the human experience in the workplace and then staff accordingly. Because the alternative seems to be that we discriminate against people or resent them for perfectly normal human behaviors.... Perhaps there's some middle ground here? I’m not particularly arguing with you as thinking in comment form….so forgive. :)

In places I’ve worked and consulted, “normal circumstances” are few and far between, so to me we have to consider all those times when someone has to leave early, or is sick, or on medical leave, or on maternity leave as part of “normal” rather than exceptions to the human experience in the workplace and then staff accordingly. Because the alternative seems to be that we discriminate against people or resent them for perfectly normal human behaviors…. Perhaps there’s some middle ground here?

]]> By: GhostGirl http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/#comment-3089 GhostGirl Wed, 07 May 2008 22:04:48 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/#comment-3089 Speaking from experience, having pregnant people in the group SUCKS--either you have to get a temp (it generally takes three months to train a person in our group, so that's out) or you have to divide up the work and cover for them. I'd say we have exactly enough people to get the job done in normal circumstances, so it's not only affecting understaffed companies. For the people left behind, it can be really, really stressful. BUT, I understand also that it could easily be me. Or it could be someone with cancer, or with a sick parent, or whatever. It's the risk you have to take when you hire humans and not machines. Speaking from experience, having pregnant people in the group SUCKS–either you have to get a temp (it generally takes three months to train a person in our group, so that’s out) or you have to divide up the work and cover for them. I’d say we have exactly enough people to get the job done in normal circumstances, so it’s not only affecting understaffed companies. For the people left behind, it can be really, really stressful.

BUT, I understand also that it could easily be me. Or it could be someone with cancer, or with a sick parent, or whatever. It’s the risk you have to take when you hire humans and not machines.

]]> By: Ms. Theologian http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/#comment-3083 Ms. Theologian Wed, 07 May 2008 16:07:18 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/#comment-3083 I'm thinking that it's really part of a larger issue about businesses being run with such lean staffing (read lean = understaffed) that there is scrambling around when anyone is sick, not to mention extended leaves. I’m thinking that it’s really part of a larger issue about businesses being run with such lean staffing (read lean = understaffed) that there is scrambling around when anyone is sick, not to mention extended leaves.

]]> By: h sofia http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/#comment-3081 h sofia Wed, 07 May 2008 15:14:18 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/07/in-the-uk-potential-bosses-consider-your-womb/#comment-3081 It's unfortunate, but it makes sense. They are thinking about the business's immediate needs - most likely because that is what their performance is rated by. I wonder what the numbers would be like if the question was phrased more generically to refer to any kind of medical procedure with prolonged leave? It’s unfortunate, but it makes sense. They are thinking about the business’s immediate needs - most likely because that is what their performance is rated by. I wonder what the numbers would be like if the question was phrased more generically to refer to any kind of medical procedure with prolonged leave?

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