xmas work parties

singasong

hi all i work in steel factory in the west there is about 22 or 23 people working 11 in the yard and the rest in the office. anyway the management is having night out for the office staff and nothing for the lads outside ,its been like that for the last few years, and its creating a bit of them and us attitude what do ye all think ????

woodoo

Why aren't they invited.

amacca

singasong wrote: »

hi all i work in steel factory in the west there is about 22 or 23 people working 11 in the yard and the rest in the office. anyway the management is having night out for the office staff and nothing for the lads outside ,its been like that for the last few years, and its creating a bit of them and us attitude what do ye all think ????

I think its a very foolish shortsighted decision by the management

I'd say when push really comes to shove they wont be able to manage their way out of a paper bag

Kylo Ren

They won't care. They have baubles of steel.

joydivision

Find out where it is and turn up .

admiralofthefleet

work to rule i say

peterk675

Find out where the party is and pop in for one... or two!

knucklehead6

What? Associate with the hired help? Feck that.

mikemac1

Bosses wife will be home alone

Call over with a bottle of wine and start an affair

That'll show your penny pinching boss!

Wanderer2010

There must be a reason for this, Either this has always been the way and the management are snobby and only consider the office staff as 'real' staff or else there was a feud started by one party or the other and there is no longer a will for the two groups to mix. You need to tell us more OP!

Valentina

Very unfair. They work hard and should get to play hard.

franktheplank

Is your workplace like this? (sorry for poor clip quality)

james142

guessing you dont work in the office then...

molly09

That is terrible, the office staff should refuse to go unless their collaugues are invited, if managemaent refuse, just organise a few drinks for everyone,
That is so poor for Moral in a time when Moral is so low in most work places due to the recession

woodoo

Those manual working types can get a bit rowdy with the drink. Keep them at arms length old bean.

singasong

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

There must be a reason for this, Either this has always been the way and the management are snobby and only consider the office staff as 'real' staff or else there was a feud started by one party or the other and there is no longer a will for the two groups to mix. You need to tell us more OP!

no genuine reason we all used too go out together 7/8years ago then stopped and the yard staff got something like 50 euros that lasted 2 years since then nothing

Wanderer2010

singasong wrote: »

no genuine reason we all used too go out together 7/8years ago then stopped and the yard staff got something like 50 euros that lasted 2 years since then nothing

Very bad form then if thats the case. I would just organise a few drinks amongst yourselves and enjoy it and make no mention of it to the office staff and keep things professional with them, maybe even keep a distance from any birthday or work leaving dos in the future, its obvious they dont regard you on the same level so keep things cool with them and try to just focus on the people you do like..

monkeysnapper

singasong wrote: »

hi all i work in steel factory in the west there is about 22 or 23 people working 11 in the yard and the rest in the office. anyway the management is having night out for the office staff and nothing for the lads outside ,its been like that for the last few years, and its creating a bit of them and us attitude what do ye all think ????

I hear ye . That's a bit shiyte but why don't you , (you) organise a night out for ye . Make a big deal about it. Push the boat out . Go to a club and all dance in a large circle.

That's what we did this year . Great fun

whymeagain

NAME AND SHAME

Shinaynay

depends on the relationship between yarc&office staff . like do the yard staff work completely different hours to office staff? are they contracted by a different employer? is there much, if any, social interaction between both?

Max Power

singasong wrote: »

hi all i work in steel factory in the west there is about 22 or 23 people working 11 in the yard and the rest in the office. anyway the management is having night out for the office staff and nothing for the lads outside ,its been like that for the last few years, and its creating a bit of them and us attitude what do ye all think ????

mikemac1 wrote: »

Did you lot cause a scandal last year?

Get barred from the local hotel?

You should probably read the OP first.

Miss Lockhart

Shinaynay wrote: »

depends on the relationship between yarc&office staff . like do the yard staff work completely different hours to office staff? are they contracted by a different employer? is there much, if any, social interaction between both?

Doesn't really make much difference though - either the employer holds a party for all staff (together or separately) or they are playing favourites and excluding one group of workers.

Even in the case of contract staff I think it's a pretty crappy way to treat employees.

keano_afc

Where have you been OP? The whole steel industry is gay.

ManOnFire

think the office staff has some responsibility here, if they respected ye any bit they'd make a point of having ye involved

frank reynolds

just show up.

Thats dreadful how can the owner or managers of the company do something like that in this day and age.

davetherave

Perhaps one should have ones own end of year box social with ladies of the night and partake in gambling events, and don't invite any of "them".




And afterwards you can take a dump on the bosses desk.

singasong

whymeagain NAME AND SHAME
not a bad idea. i`ll let ye guess ,,a steel comany in the west with 22/23 working there

Celly Smunt

to be honest i'm more shocked that there are 23 jobs out west.

Cungi

Would this company be based in Oranmore perhaps?

irishgirl19

start a petition, or put a notice up in the staffroom saying how stingy u think it is

singasong

irishgirl19 wrote: »

start a petition, or put a notice up in the staffroom saying how stingy u think it is

everyone knows how mean they are they`re proud too be so mean,
"staffroom" what`s that

JustAThought

Aw ; that's terrible . And SO mean.

You know what to do - put the ideation in writing nice to whomever is in charge & ask for a reply. Would youze rather the e50, or to go to the party?! Sounds like the party could be a better goal : )

Must be a history there thou...

whymeagain

Cungi wrote: »

Would this company be based in Oranmore perhaps?

is it family owned and they`re from gort

RoyalMarine

I worked in a company like that before, all the management went out on a staff night and us common folk were not invited.

The monday after their party they were all talking about how great it was etc etc. the pics didn't back up their words.

So us common folk decided to go out on our own party. we paid our own way, and it was EPIC. we flooded the company email with pics of the night, and the year after we all received in invitation to the office party.

We all turned down the invitation and went out on our own night.

whymeagain

singasong wrote: »

hi all i work in steel factory in the west there is about 22 or 23 people working 11 in the yard and the rest in the office. anyway the management is having night out for the office staff and nothing for the lads outside ,its been like that for the last few years, and its creating a bit of them and us attitude what do ye all think ????

how did the party go did ye get an invite

whymeagain

well are ye back to work yet ?any bonus?????

kfallon

whymeagain wrote: »

well are ye back to work yet ?any bonus?????

Was back on New Year's Eve. This week is my first full week in ages

singasong

we`re back at work for a week now haven`t seen any of the top DOGS yet not even a happy new year

EoghanIRL

Sounds pretty ignorant on their behalf .

mr_edge_to_you

Make up a few poles for dancing using your steel engineering/fabricating skills and hire in some strippers. Have a January shindig in the warehouse.

Sparks will fly!

imitation

There always seems to be some problem Christmas partys, and I'll never get it. Usually what happens they are too tight to do anything "offical" and things just break into cliques. Is the top man organizing the party or is it somebody lower down doing something with there buddies I wonder ? Next year you should organize your own night out and ask the boss if there's any chance of a few quid towards it, sometimes you just need to ask. If he has any cop on he'll see there is a split going on

singasong

2014 and still the same,the office staff are having their party friday night in the park house. The 8 lads outside are going home with nothing..

lertsnim

Why don't the office staff say no and not bother going to it? That of course is if the office staff actually cares.

SIX PACK

Why don't the lads in the yard band together and have it out with the owner ? Or are the rest of them all Pu**ies ? I know your not happy about the situation so your comrades should join forces with you as the speaker and have it out with Management
It should be Equal rights for all employees even more so when it's a small company. Ye are the guys that do all the dog work owner should show some appreciation for his hardest workers.

singasong

SIX PACK wrote: »

Why don't the lads in the yard band together and have it out with the owner ? Or are the rest of them all Pu**ies ? I know your not happy about the situation so your comrades should join forces with you as the speaker and have it out with Management
It should be Equal rights for all employees even more so when it's a small company. Ye are the guys that do all the dog work owner should show some appreciation for his hardest workers.

i asked about something year but no joy, even the other day i asked about a bonus all i got was a stupid remark from the so called general manager,if anyone is in park house give them grief

Canyon86

fck em,

head away yourselves and do your own thing,

they are prob snobby cnuts in the office anyways

Nib

How did you remember your password after two years?

singasong

Nib wrote: »

How did you remember your password after two years?

a brain

singasong

we got holidays today ,only got 2 weeks pay and they don`t want us back until the 12th,office back on the 5th

Galwayguy35

Lucky you, thats a nice long break.

Any jobs going there?