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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
working moms: does your office EVER close for snow?
My office has closed twice in the past 27 years (as i was informed by a coworker). I'm so jealous of people who actually get snowdays. I just have to take PTO when DD's daycare closes over a few flakes of snow. Ugh.
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Re: working moms: does your office EVER close for snow?
Nope, never. We closed once for a flood last year, AFTER employees were on the way and one nearly died when her car was swept away. If you ask me, it's a lawsuit waiting to happen.
We have a stupid call-in line that lets you know if work is closed, but I have no idea why since it never, ever is.
Nope never. I'm lucky to get Christmas off!
A couple years ago we lost power for 4 hours. We all just stood around b.s.ing the whole time. Had to call customers from our cell phones to let them know about the hold up. But we didn't close. Got right back to work when the power came back.
Seriously never. I think they have closed one time ever, and it was during a blizzard in 1993. I just keep looking at all the daycares that have been on the closing lists for the last three days and wonder what I am going to do when DS starts daycare in a couple weeks.
Its a given, being in TX that it happens extremely rarely. What gets me is that if there is a significant (for TX mind you) winter weather event, our office will close but not pay the employees. Its not like we asked for it to snow. I can understand if it was bad weather and our office stayed open and I decided to stay home anyway but if they make the decision to close, I full well think we should still get paid and not have to use our own PTO. We can't work! The office is closed!
This is a serious point of contention with me.
It's only been closed once in the last 10 years (where you get the call that says don't come in at all) but they have sent us home early due to weather.
We were sent home at 3 last Friday and 2 yesterday. The people that work in customer service never get sent home early though. I had that job once and I hated that part!
we've had several times where the public school closes, but the university won't close and I still have to go to school and work (I'm a GTA).
Even when I lived/worked in Wyoming and we would frequently get FEET of snow and 60 mph wind and -25* actual temps it wouldn't close. I've learned to be hardy and bundle up!
If we had snow in Tampa, they might close the office, lol. We have closed the office due to hurricanes before, and we had to use PTO for that.
Our Duluth office has closed due to weather, but they had to use PTO.
So no real snow or hurricane days as we'd have to make up the time either way.
My silly Lily is almost 4.
BFP #2 12/31/2010 (EDD 9/1/11) -- Natrual m/c 1/9/10
BFP #3 12/20/2011 - EDD 8/25/12
u/s 1/6/12 - HB & beautiful bean
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I think it has closed 2-3 times in the past 5 years. Really the only time we close is if no one can get here. If there is at least on employee and one supervisor here, they stay open.
But we do not get penalized if we cannot make it due to the weather. We can either use our vacation time or not get paid.
Not in the time I have been here. All the branches near us will close and we'll be open.
They let us go early once just in time for me to drive home in the TX equivalent of a blizzard. It took me almost 4 hours to drive the 25 miles home and I was 7 months pregnant.
We're closed today. I've worked there almost 5 years and we've probably had 4 snow days in that time. I work in an insurance agency and most of our clients can contact their carrier (most are out of state) directly in the event of an emergency.
There have been times where there has been quite a bit of snow and the office has stayed open-it's get here when you can or use a vacay day if you can't make it in.
I work in TV News so we're on, esp. if it snows a lot. I have a 4WD and my husband drove me once in 2 ft unplowed and it was scary! They've also sent people to pick me up before if I didn't think I'd make it, or if snow is predicted they will put me up in a hotel a block away from work.
We've had people cross country ski to work because roads were impassable. No matter what, we need to be there.?