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So, for a while now ive had a few run-ins with management at work..
In the HGV industry they expect a lot from you.. and we've had a few run-ins over flexibility and general expectations. to the point they referred me to a Occupational Health Specialist.. the OH read the letter to me that the company wrote.. and it seriously questioned my safety to do my job..
the issues...
1, i ask all the time to have advance notice of what im doing so that i can plan for it.. the trouble is they will tell me what im doing the following day.. and sometimes just as im about to leave work at the end of a 12 hour shift.. all of a sudden expect me to do more work.. and if i refuse they will argue like hell.
2, my job is class 1 bulk hgv driver.. so all my loads are fork lifted on and off the truck all i need do is strap it down.. easy to manage.. the trouble is from time to time that will expect me to transport loose items, all of which need manually moving on and off the truck there will be a 10 ton load, each item weighing 90kg so a lot of weight to move.. trouble is very difficult for me to manage my BG and remain legal/safe to drive.. agian they hate it if i argue
so anyway today had my chat with the OH specialist and they accept im totally safe and they totally agree with me.. its reasonable to want to plan and control my condition so to expect to know what im doing and not have unexpected extra's pushed on me is totally reasonable.
they also agree that the heavy manual lifting should be reassigned to another driver as they should not expect me todo it and remain safe..
so id like to see the look on their face when they get the recommendations
In the HGV industry they expect a lot from you.. and we've had a few run-ins over flexibility and general expectations. to the point they referred me to a Occupational Health Specialist.. the OH read the letter to me that the company wrote.. and it seriously questioned my safety to do my job..
the issues...
1, i ask all the time to have advance notice of what im doing so that i can plan for it.. the trouble is they will tell me what im doing the following day.. and sometimes just as im about to leave work at the end of a 12 hour shift.. all of a sudden expect me to do more work.. and if i refuse they will argue like hell.
2, my job is class 1 bulk hgv driver.. so all my loads are fork lifted on and off the truck all i need do is strap it down.. easy to manage.. the trouble is from time to time that will expect me to transport loose items, all of which need manually moving on and off the truck there will be a 10 ton load, each item weighing 90kg so a lot of weight to move.. trouble is very difficult for me to manage my BG and remain legal/safe to drive.. agian they hate it if i argue
so anyway today had my chat with the OH specialist and they accept im totally safe and they totally agree with me.. its reasonable to want to plan and control my condition so to expect to know what im doing and not have unexpected extra's pushed on me is totally reasonable.
they also agree that the heavy manual lifting should be reassigned to another driver as they should not expect me todo it and remain safe..
so id like to see the look on their face when they get the recommendations