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Fear that I might have been fired from work due to reporting pain in leg

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    #242
    Problem Of Motivation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Problem Of Motivation


    jackboy wrote: »
    You are responsible for your own safety. You should never do a task that you deem unsafe.
    Yeah, at least the OP can now think that he wouldn't have got fired (or at least pissed her off) if he had insisted on ear protection at the first instance!


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    jackboy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,476 ✭✭✭jackboy


    Problem Of Motivation wrote: »
    Yeah, at least the OP can now think that he wouldn't have got fired (or at least pissed her off) if he had insisted on ear protection at the first instance!

    He should have asked for ear protection. Yes, it should have been offered but if you knowingly put yourself in an unsafe position in the workplace you are partly responsible.


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    AngryHippie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭AngryHippie


    Strumms wrote: »
    Fûck this disingenuous greedy bull**** of trying to just have ‘employees’ that you want to get to do anything anytime, no forget it. Agree salary, job and task wise do zero outside of that description, contract and scope.

    It was within work hours, not outside of that. so not anytime.

    I can bet you 100% that somewhere in the job description and contract, "other works as directed by management" or an equivalent clause will be in there, so it would have included it in either description, contract or scope.
    That means, the company can direct you to anything they deem to be within your capabilities if it is operationally required.
    It's the difference between useful employees and bums on seats.

    There is nothing disingenuous about it. Its a pretty basic layer cake in life, starting out, work is going to be tough and not that palatable.
    As you progress and become more experienced and useful, you get the better tasks to undertake, then when you get really good at that, you get an opportunity to do work that is above and beyond your Contract for a bit, then you negotiate the JD and contract to suit your new function and so on.
    Unless there is a fully funded HR department, then everyone gets to apply for promotions and go through the usually flattery, fakery and fondling stage to get the bump up.

    Doing zero outside your JD, contract or scope will get you earmarked as being obstructive and hard work to approach.

    Being prepared to do it, but having a discussion about expectations and duration will generally get you earmarked as being a bit switched on and flexible and opportunities will present.

    Its called work ethic. Everyone has their own, for their own reasons. People who progress are generally those who roll up their sleeves, take opportunities and look after themselves.


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