Johnnyboxer
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- Location
- Yorkshire
Do you pay staff for there dinner breaks?
- Thread starter jon9000
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If you were the employer, would your opinion still be the same?
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
At most places I go to work I deduct all my breaks, as I,m fed by who I work for,
Good payers that don't feed me , still deduct breaks,
Bad payers that don't feed me get charged for breaks,
In all cases, if no food is offered after being there 11 hours, then I just go home, not only for food but the rest of the night, simple as
Good payers that don't feed me , still deduct breaks,
Bad payers that don't feed me get charged for breaks,
In all cases, if no food is offered after being there 11 hours, then I just go home, not only for food but the rest of the night, simple as
If you drove a truck or worked in a factory would you expect the gaffer to down tools and come running with a plate of butties too? or can you just not be arsed to fill your bait bag on a morning?
Some folk need their hand holding and think the gaffer has nowt else to do but pander to their every whim
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Pleased I,m not working for you
Your boss is not there to mother you, or running a cafe
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
In my experience, feeding staff costs very little, but generates a disproportionately large amount of goodwill.
7600-four pilot
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- Location
- Yr Hen Dref........
I don't mind having the 30 minutes taken off everyday from 7am to 4pm for lunch, time and a half starts after 4pm so the 30 minutes break moves my finish time over to 4.30pm. I try telling supervisors etc but the answers always the same.....
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
I want to get away from them for a bit. Have some time to myself make phone calls about private matters that doesn't concern them. Not taking them into house to feed them.
If working away in fields with them, obviously eat together. I just pack lunch in the morning, evening before if I know I'm going to be away all day.
If working away in fields with them, obviously eat together. I just pack lunch in the morning, evening before if I know I'm going to be away all day.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
I'm genuinely surprised at some of the comments on here. I have worked in a couple of jobs where you were paid for breaks which was a perk of a job but never expected it.
Full time or self-employed, if I stopped (and in most cases I think you should) I would always knock that half hour or hour off.
Getting paid for meal breaks anywhere isn't common, is it?
Salaries account for the fact that you will be having breaks, even if they are not recorded.
Full time or self-employed, if I stopped (and in most cases I think you should) I would always knock that half hour or hour off.
Getting paid for meal breaks anywhere isn't common, is it?
Salaries account for the fact that you will be having breaks, even if they are not recorded.
Spud you wantbto watch killen bros on youtube , they feed all their staff ,all the wifes and mother do a rota Feed them all up to 40 staff all over the area ,
slow cooker is a good yoke , chunk venison or meat fill it with taties and veg , good Feed
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Same, break time is break time, I like to do my own thing. Often when driving I'd eat on the go and use my 30-minute break for a nap.
Never expected to be fed in any of my jobs either although a few did.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I feed mine lunch and often tea as well .
I'd rather everyone worked smaller days and went home for tea tbh. My mrs has enough to do. What you won't see on the video is how many hours those boys put in, which is why they get fed. Makes us look part time.Spud you wantbto watch killen bros on youtube , they feed all their staff ,all the wifes and mother do a rota Feed them all up to 40 staff all over the area ,
slow cooker is a good yoke , chunk venison or meat fill it with taties and veg , good Feed
- Location
- South wales
Yes it bloody would if your staff go above and Beyond for you and your business
That is exactly what I do
Years ago we went from staff eating their dinner sat on an oil drum in the workshop to eating in the house, but it didn't work for anyone. So we bought a portacabin for a bait hut, fitted it with water and power, kettle, microwave, fridge, fryer etc and that is their area, and their time.
It's much better for everyone that way
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Calm yourself Lofty.
Come back when you've employed a gang of men for a few years, its not all sunshine and roses
do you send a menu round or something? We find everyone has different tastes
- Location
- South wales
Maybe it would be if you weren’t tight
I'm a long way from tight dear chap, they do get perks! Thing is I'm frontline too, and have a lot of jobs undelagatable that need doing, often out of their working hours. I'll clock between 10 and 30 more hours a week every week than staff do, so I haven't time to run a staff cafe too - nobody wants pizza every night because thats whats convenient. I've found that most folk would rather crack on and get home for say 8.30pm than stop for half an hour at 7pm or whatever then have to go home later as a result, to find eating at work means that their tea sat at home is now wasted and the mrs is grumpy.Maybe it would be if you weren’t tight
If we were banging in 100hr weeks all the time somehow I'd find a way, but its not often we go past about 75, and thats only a few short weeks a year.
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