Duvet days..

KatiexKOUTURE--

Just wondering what people's opinions are on duvet days? I'm in favour of them but it would be a pain in the ars3 if half your office didn't turn up on a rainy monday morning..

Steve_o

KatiexKOUTURE-- wrote: »

Just wondering what people's opinions are on duvet days? I'm in favour of them but it would be a pain in the ars3 if half your office didn't turn up on a rainy monday morning..

In the US i'm pretty sure you have to give notice for a Duvet Day, so that doesn't happen....

biko

Had to google it.
Sure, take a day off if you like but don't expect me to pay you.

Rob_l

What the hells a duvet day?

JimmyCrackCorn!

Bring you bed sheets to work day? :rolleyes:

Where do i sign

KatiexKOUTURE--

Rob_l wrote: »

What the hells a duvet day?

Basically taking a day off to spend the day in bed without being sick or having a good reason...

pvt.joker

....never heard that phrase before. So its basically just taking a sick day because you're too hungover to go to work?

Xavi6

Had me one today. Super.

TeletextPear

me too i think the american idea is kinda dumb tho, if i was allowed to have 4 duvet days a year or whatever, id totally use them all in the first week

Rob_l

so its an extra leave day but you ring in on the day instead of planning it, Hmmmmmmmmmmm I do that already whats new about this

TeletextPear

as far as i know they take it out of your annual leave

Americans have personal days for whne they are teetering on the brink of a nervous breakdown.

I don't do duvet days, I think it is unfair to co-workers.

Consequently I get really pissed off if someone suggests I am trying to pull a fast one when I'm actually sick.

Creamy Goodness

Moonbaby wrote: »

Americans have personal days for whne they are teetering on the brink of a nervous breakdown.

I don't do duvet days, I think it is unfair to co-workers.

Consequently I get really pissed off if someone suggests I am trying to pull a fast one when I'm actually sick.

tbh working in america you'd need them, the constant fake niceness you have to do and endure others fake niceness would actually make me kill myself within hours.

TequilaMockingBird

Cremo wrote: »

tbh working in america you'd need them, the constant fake niceness you have to do and endure others fake niceness would actually make me kill myself within hours.

I'd love that. I like fake niceness. Better than honesty.

I've been having duvet days since January - is that a record?

The Artist

i have load of duvet days,depression:o

Sherifu

Alan Ford wrote: »

i have load of duvet days,depression:o

Chip up young fellow.

The Artist

Sherifu wrote: »

Chip up young fellow.

il be be ok thanks for asking;)

Creamy Goodness

sueme wrote: »

I'd love that. I like fake niceness. Better than honesty.

it just feels like they are buttering up to you just so you can pay their wages tbh.

Ross_Mahon

They use it to make people work harder, i probably make up for a duvet day by dossing all the time!

mru

Steve_o wrote: »

In the US i'm pretty sure you have to give notice for a Duvet Day, so that doesn't happen....

Notice for a duvet day! Doesn't that defeat the purpose, I thought a duvet day is where you just decided to not go to work because you were too tired (or some other lame excuse).

'Ol Jack Chance

so lemme get this straight duvet day = sickie that your boss is aware of?

mru

'Ol wrote:

so lemme get this straight duvet day = sickie that your boss is aware of?

thats what i thought - strange though

'Ol Jack Chance

mru wrote: »

thats what i thought - strange though

yeah why not just take a sick day without losing a days leave?

Rb

Why do Duvet days when you can just ring in sick and get paid?

pvt.joker

rb wrote: »

why Do Duvet Days When You Can Just Ring In Sick And Get Paid?

+1

mru

if my boss caught me reading this - christ I'd be fooked.

TequilaMockingBird

Cremo wrote: »

it just feels like they are buttering up to you just so you can pay their wages tbh.

But here they make it perfectly clear they think your a pain in the arse, and still get their wages. Fake niceness FTW!

I think the idea of Duvet Days, is you get a couple of days built in to your annual holidays, where you can wake up and say f*ck it, I'm not going in today. The purpose of it, was to discourage staff from doing it as a "sicky" and be honest about it i.e. I can't be arsed going in today, and not being worried about any ill feeling when you go back to work. Therefore building an attitude of "my employers are so cool, they understand me, I could never leave them in the lurch by ringing in sick when they need me".

Never work here.


Fake niceness, I'm tellin ya, its the way forward.

titan18

Did anyone else think that this was where all the employees bring in their duvets and mess about for a day in work?like a team bonding exercise or something.

flanum

titan18 wrote: »

Did anyone else think that this was where all the employees bring in their duvets and mess about for a day in work?like a team bonding exercise or something.

yep.

Mint Sauce

'Ol wrote:

so lemme get this straight duvet day = sickie that your boss is aware of?

as far as i'm aware, its just a sick day, where you call in sick, but your not really sick, if that makes sence

projectmayhem

my place has duvet days. you get them as a sort of bonus for winning incentives and the like. you get paid for it too... so it is like a sick day but with the boss' blessing

Creamy Goodness

Rb wrote: »

Why do Duvet days when you can just ring in sick and get paid?

you're forgetting something, they are american, logical thinking doesn't exist in the average american brain.