On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:42:40 +0100
David Cantrell wrote:
I was talking to someone a week or two ago about an employee who got into
trouble because he took a day off at short notice to move house (one of
those occasions where they didn't know the completion date until the last
minute).
In the worst case, why does someone actually need to be present when a
removals firm is moving you?

To let them in the front door. To make sure they don't nick stuff.
Etc.

The lack of flexibility in taking time off is a great reason why tube
drivers should be highly paid IMO.

Many jobs are inflexible about taking time off. That doesn't mean they should
all earn a fortune. 45K is an absurb salary for such a low skilled job.
And don't anyone tell me how they have to be highly trained technitions for when
things go wrong - they just go through a troubleshooting checklist and if that
doesn't work they call control and read their paper. A trained chimp could
do it.

B2003