Snow Day Policy

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JohnJ0906

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I was just wondering what varios policys were in place at different companies in regard to snow days. At the company I work for they take it on a case-by-case basis. If they decide to close or start late, they contact the employees. If you don't get a call, it's a regular day-and don't be late!
 
Every engineering company I've worked for had essentially the same policy. If you can't make it to work because of bad weather, you have a choice of burning one of your allowed vacation days or taking a day without pay.
 
charlie b said:
Every engineering company I've worked for had essentially the same policy. If you can't make it to work because of bad weather, you have a choice of burning one of your allowed vacation days or taking a day without pay.
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Same policy where I'm at. Virtually everyone at my place leaves for work early, when our Lake Erie snow machine kicks on. Those vacation hours are few and precious!
 
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JohnJ0906 said:
I was just wondering what varios policys were in place at different companies in regard to snow days. At the company I work for they take it on a case-by-case basis. If they decide to close or start late, they contact the employees. If you don't get a call, it's a regular day-and don't be late!
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My guys in MD get the day off only if the forecast says there is a blizzard out or more than 6 inches.
 
In NC we get both Snow and Hurricane days, best/worst of both worlds. We have no real policy, but it is understood if the conditions are extreme.

Roger
 
charlie b said:
Every engineering company I've worked for had essentially the same policy. If you can't make it to work because of bad weather, you have a choice of burning one of your allowed vacation days or taking a day without pay.
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Come work where I'm at -- we just had 3 snow days and there's been no mention of burning vacation days, and as most of the people in my building are salaried, there's no way we're not going to get paid.

On the other pay, I have cable internet at the house, so even when I'm not working, I'm probably working. Today started at 8:30AM and ended around 6:15PM, and I'll prolly get back on my work computer later tonight and write my status report for last week ...
 
Snow day = no pay. We have a few each year but it goes with living @ 7000'. Wax the skies or strap on the snow shoes, WINTER'S HERE!!!!! WHOOPIE!!!!
 
tallgirl said:
charlieb said:
Every engineering company I've worked for had essentially the same policy. If you can't make it to work because of bad weather, you have a choice of burning one of your allowed vacation days or taking a day without pay.
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Come work where I'm at -- we just had 3 snow days and there's been no mention of burning vacation days, and as most of the people in my building are salaried, there's no way we're not going to get paid.
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The engineering company where I work has the same policy as Charlie's. If it's a workday, you have to account for it as having worked, taking vacation, or taking an unpaid day. Most of us in the office are salaried, but that doesn't mean we get paid regardless of whether we show up.

Here in Minnesota, the weather has to be on the wrong side of horrendous before snow keeps us stuck at home.
 
We have no formal policy, but I expect my employees to be sensible, be safe, do not risk their bodies or my trucks, if it it bad stay home we'll cover them on a man by man basis, secrertaries are paid.

I say man by man as there is always one that tries to take advantage of a good situation.

His policy is first snow hits the ground and you are on the job that is God's fault, second snow flake hits the ground and you are still on the job, thats your fault.
 
3 snow days in Austin

3 snow days in Austin

Julie, Am I correct in assuming that we're talking about Austin TX? I live in Boston and today is the first day we've seen snow. And that's only an inch or so.

As for getting paid. It's not a problem where I work. When we get snowed in we just put in 44 or 45 hours instead of the 52 to 53 hours we usually work and we still get paid for 40.

Mike
 
No snow days allowed here.

But the hurricane days SUCK. My previous employer gave us the day off before and during the storm. If your company truck was still shiny side up after the storm, you more than made up for the lost time. :D If you needed roofing or repairs, you did that after your tour of duty.
 
Mike,

Yes, beautiful, sunny, Austin where the entire city was shut down for about three days last week due to ice. It wasn't enough to keep me at home, so I ran into work several times to fix things for co-workers who don't know how to drive on ice. But to hear my boss and others tell it, if I set foot outside, or got into my car, I was surely going to die.
 
It has been a few years since I retired, but there was a big flap while still there (I think driven by federal labor laws) about docking salaried employees for time off. If a company took pay from salaried employees for being late, personal time, or leaving early; then they had to pay them for time beyond the 8 hr day - 40 hr week. Most companys concluded that it was better to not hassle the employees about the time off. If anyone abused it, they could be dealt with at review/salary adjustment time and real abusers could find that they were terminated.

I think the final policy was that if you were there at all during the day, it was a day of work and you got paid. If they officially closed the plant (VERY RARE), you got paid. If you took the whole day off, you had to take vacation if you had it. I don't remember the policy if you had no vacation left.

Regarding the earlier post about closing for 6" of snow in the Maryland area; when I was there in '63 to '65, if there was an inch of snow in the DC, VA, MD area it put the whole place into gridlock.
 
No kidding Whats a snow day?

No kidding Whats a snow day?

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Here in Minnesota, the weather has to be on the wrong side of horrendous before snow keeps us stuck at home.[/QUOTE]

Heck I used to right a bike with a foot of snow on the ground to get to work when I was really poor.
 
jeff43222 said:
It's white, flaky stuff that falls from the sky in cold weather. Made from water. Can be eaten. Sometimes when it's on the ground, you may see yellow spots. Don't eat those. :D
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Don't tell him that.

Look, the yellow snow is the highest in key minerals and other important chemicals. You definitely want to eat the yellow snow. Don't believe a word Jeff says, he's just trying to keep it all for himself.

So, if I understand Bob correctly, companies should never declare plant closings because then employees who are afraid of the snow will have to take vacation days instead of being paid for the day off?
 
tallgirl said:
Don't tell him that.

Look, the yellow snow is the highest in key minerals and other important chemicals. You definitely want to eat the yellow snow.
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Maybe in Austin, but we don't subscribe to that in Dallas :D

We missed 1/2 day last Monday and all day Wed because of ice all over the place. Some areas of Dallas/Fort Worth had 1/2 of ice or more. Yes ice, not snow. ;)
 
I was stationed in the Army in Texas. 1/2 inch and everything was shut down. If they Knew you where from up north you got driver duty. Everyone else had the day off.

I would be doing 55 mph and texans would be doing 10 mph and be in the ditch.
 
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