How does your job handle snow?

MrsJaay

This is more for people that don't work in a place that necessarily has to be open.

Will they shut your whole office down? Do you just use your best judgement? Can you work from home? If you don't go to work do you have major snow guilt and wonder who all managed to come in that day?

MrsJaay

We definitely won't shut down. We're supposed to use our best judgement and work from home if necessary.

One of my old bosses here was the passive aggressive type that made you feel bad if you were sick, took PTO, stayed home b/c of snow, etc. I think that's firmly ingrained in my brain b/c I always try to make it to work and I usually find out I'm in the minority. The days that I think I'm just going to throw caution to the wind are always the days where everyone comes. I hate trying to figure out what the normal thing to do is when it comes to snow.

This post is brought to you by the tumbleweeds rolling through my office right now. Why didn't I just stay home?

Beth&Derek

I'm a teacher, so typically, if the roads are too dangerous, or if we're supposed to get a lot of snow during the day, we close. The only people who may go in on those days are the custodians to try to get the sidewalks cleared for the next day.

DH can work from home if the roads are too bad, or if the MBTA has issues since he takes the commuter rail into Boston. They don't close the office, though.

MrsBreaux2008

We definitely don't close. 

We have to use our PTO if we don't come in (or didn't have the forethought to bring our computers home to work from home...if you have the luxury of a laptop).  They tell us to use our best judgement and stay home if necessary (a lot of people stay home with their kiddos and play in the snow).

Last year when we got 8" of snow - I had major snow guilt because I was behind schedule and people were emailing me from the office.  When I finally made it back in on day 3 and I was apologizing for not being in...the truth came out that they would've all been shocked had I actually been here.  Apparently the secondary road that I would've had to travel to get from my neighborhood to the primary road was AWFUL and the people who lived out near me were driving their AWD vehicles and still almost ending up in a ditch.  Good times.

morrigan08

I have a laptop for this reason. Our road is a dead end at the edge of town so we don't get plowed very often. But the main road next to ours is. So if we can make it out of our street then we go in. But during bad storms I make sure I bring home my laptop and try to work from home (not that useful with a toddler). Our work never closes (the owner has a hummer and always goes in), so this is our way of getting work done (at least emails and maybe something small) and staying home and safe.

trickeytricky

MrsBreaux2008:

We definitely don't close. 

We have to use our PTO if we don't come in (or didn't have the forethought to bring our computers home to work from home...if you have the luxury of a laptop).  They tell us to use our best judgement and stay home if necessary (a lot of people stay home with their kiddos and play in the snow).

Last year when we got 8" of snow - I had major snow guilt because I was behind schedule and people were emailing me from the office.  When I finally made it back in on day 3 and I was apologizing for not being in...the truth came out that they would've all been shocked had I actually been here.  Apparently the secondary road that I would've had to travel to get from my neighborhood to the primary road was AWFUL and the people who lived out near me were driving their AWD vehicles and still almost ending up in a ditch.  Good times.

This, we never close.

We have to use vacation time if we "skip", no sick time allowance on snow days.

Unlike Mrs. B, my work will play the martyr and be all, "Ohhhh I made it in, why couldn't you make it in." B*tches. Seriously, I hate some of these people with their, "I'm holier than thou" attitudes.

sunshine608

The school closes and canceles classes.

For those that live on campus, essential personal are on call and a dining hall will open.

I'm on the cusp of essential personnel, but we have two live-on staff members so I doubt I would need to come in and would just "work" from home, although there won't me much work if school is closed. 

 

bbetson

If there is any snow within the county I am off for the day. While this sounds fabulous, my deadlines aren't extended and I give each of my schools one day a week. A snow day actually makes me miss a big chunk of time at the school. It can seriously cause chaos. I still enjoy my day off. 

naylon511

We don't close - and we can also work from anywhere.  It's kind of like 'if you feel like you can get there safely, cool, if not work elsewhere".

I never commute in bad snow.  If Jane's school is closed, I don't work.  If her school is open then I  work from home - just like I do 2x/week every week.  So, it's no big deal to me or work.

JNicMTek

My bosses always say to use my best judgment, but they expect me to come in anyway. The only time they have closed the office is when the road it's on (a major highway) was flooded and closed, so there was literally no way to get in. Since I'm a receptionist, secretary, janitor as well as the paralegal, working from home isn't an option.

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naylon511:

We don't close - and we can also work from anywhere.  It's kind of like 'if you feel like you can get there safely, cool, if not work elsewhere".

I never commute in bad snow.  If Jane's school is closed, I don't work.  If her school is open then I  work from home - just like I do 2x/week every week.  So, it's no big deal to me or work.

Basically this for me. The one time I tried to go in after a very small snow my car got totaled by a guy who was going too fast and spun into me (not my fault). So now if there is even a trace of snow on the roads, I stay home. No one gets in my face about it .