[scholar007]

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...316853767.html

Talk about achieving the impossible -

They must have torn the árse out of it entirely.

[mikemac1]

four-stage process: repeated warnings, letters, final warnings, but eventually it does reach the final stages

They were given every chance to get back on track


If they wanted out and didn't care why not go for redundancy when that was offered?

[muppetkiller]

Last September, the HSE’s Assistant National Director for Finance, Liam Minihan, said 1,100 HSE staff were out sick every day !!!!!
Sweet JEBUS !!!! No wonder the country is F%^ked

[Sponge Bob]

Originally Posted by mikemac1

If they wanted out and didn't care why not go for redundancy when that was offered?

They got redundancy is why, the uniion sorted them out with their payments even though they were fired (or would have been had they not gone quietly with the cheque in the póca)

[hondasam]

If you can't be bothered to turn up for work then leave and let someone who wants a job have it.
It's time sick days were dealt with in the Civil/Public service. I know a few myself who are abusing the system and it get's on my nerves.

[biko]

Reminds me of the German guy that hadn't lifted a finger in 10 years.
Just went to work and sat on his arse for 8 hours every day.

Not a Galway city issue per se so moved to AH.

[hondasam]

Originally Posted by Sponge Bob

They got redundancy is why, the uniion sorted them out with their payments even though they were fired (or would have been had they not gone quietly with the cheque in the póca)

Did they? were they fired or did they resign? how can you get redundancy if you are fired?

[seamus]

There's one thing about just not wanting to work and claim from the state, but there exists a breed of person who wants a proper salary but doesn't want to do any work. It's definitely not confined to the public service, though the union policies in the PS often make it easier for these people to hide there because it's harder to fire them.

We had a guy working with us (private sector) who went gung-ho for the first few weeks, and then it eased off. At first it was just wandering off to remote parts of the buildings with hardware under his arms for a couple of hours to do nothing and then claiming that they were working. Then it turned into taking a 2-hour lunch (and hour sitting surfing the web and an hour eating and reading the paper), and eventually coming in 30 minutes late and leaving 30 minutes early.

When all that sitting around and doing nothing was too much hard work for him, it was a matter of a sick day here and there, "My granny has died", "I have a doctor's appointment", all the usual stuff. Then it became long-term sick leave with doctor's certs posted in from dogy doctors. After a couple of months he arrived back into the office and confessed to his colleagues that he'd actually gotten a job somewhere else but didn't like it so decided to come back to us. Turns out that was his usual routine - get a new job somewhere while sending in sick certs to the old place while he decided if he liked the new job or not.

He was eventually made redundant and was delighted with himself, whooping and cheering while everyone else was devastated.

I'd actually love to encounter him in an interview now just to see him squirm. Utter scumbag.

[JONJO THE MISER]

Sounds like a legend to me.

[dolanbaker]

Originally Posted by biko

Reminds me of the German guy that hadn't lifted a finger in 10 years.
Just went to work and sat on his arse for 8 hours every day.

Not a Galway city issue per se so moved to AH.

There's many a middle manager who has delegated all his work to his staff, to the point where they become invisible to the workflow.
In effect they get paid for doing nothing, just walk around with a clipboard or similar and pretend to be busy.

[dolanbaker]

Originally Posted by seamus

There's one thing about just not wanting to work and claim from the state, but there exists a breed of person who wants a proper salary but doesn't want to do any work. It's definitely not confined to the public service, though the union policies in the PS often make it easier for these people to hide there because it's harder to fire them.

We had a guy working with us (private sector) who went gung-ho for the first few weeks, and then it eased off. At first it was just wandering off to remote parts of the buildings with hardware under his arms for a couple of hours to do nothing and then claiming that they were working. Then it turned into taking a 2-hour lunch (and hour sitting surfing the web and an hour eating and reading the paper), and eventually coming in 30 minutes late and leaving 30 minutes early.

When all that sitting around and doing nothing was too much hard work for him, it was a matter of a sick day here and there, "My granny has died", "I have a doctor's appointment", all the usual stuff. Then it became long-term sick leave with doctor's certs posted in from dogy doctors. After a couple of months he arrived back into the office and confessed to his colleagues that he'd actually gotten a job somewhere else but didn't like it so decided to come back to us. Turns out that was his usual routine - get a new job somewhere while sending in sick certs to the old place while he decided if he liked the new job or not.

He was eventually made redundant and was delighted with himself, whooping and cheering while everyone else was devastated.

I'd actually love to encounter him in an interview now just to see him squirm. Utter scumbag.

Originally Posted by JONJO THE MISER

Sounds like a legend to me.

How does that phrase go...






Ah yes

[snickerpuss]

Originally Posted by muppetkiller

Last September, the HSE’s Assistant National Director for Finance, Liam Minihan, said 1,100 HSE staff were out sick every day !!!!!
Sweet JEBUS !!!! No wonder the country is F%^ked

Working with sick people does often mean you get sick. Also when you are sick yourself it may not be appropriate to come in and care for people with delicate immune systems. You're not sitting at a desk, you're caring for people.

(Disclosure: occasional HSE care assistant who gets no sick pay )

[squod]

Support services? Probably not directly employed by the HSE so. Probably cleaning contractors or something.

[Jester252]

How lazy do you have to be?

[ball]

I'm surprised it made the news. Someone got sacked for not doing their job. Should that not be normal?