Do you have a day off if the power is off?
By Polang
@tkonlinevn (6362)
Vietnam
8 responses
@josiefruit (21)
• Philippines
12 Oct 10
We are off but I think we are lucky because we are still paid. It's not our fault right? So why not be paid. That's bad... hope you will get paid next time.
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@tkonlinevn (6362)
• Vietnam
13 Oct 10
Yes, I think so. We said it to my boss. But he said that It's not company's fault, too. So, we're still not paid!
@yujb3692 (5)
• China
12 Oct 10
When the power is off,we are still stay at office,and wait for the power get back.or do the work that don't depend on the power.
@tkonlinevn (6362)
• Vietnam
13 Oct 10
What will happen if the power is not on whole day? Must you be in your office? We're announced first if the power is off. So, we can be off if the power is off for a long time.
@tkonlinevn (6362)
• Vietnam
13 Oct 10
I hope you'll be have many day without electricity! You look happy in that day, right? :)
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
12 Oct 10
You are more fortunate...I remember my boss required us to be at the office, though we were advised earlier that the power would be off from 9am till 6pm. My boss expected us to 'make ourselves useful' during those dark hours (like filing, cleaning our workstation, blah..blah)! 
@tkonlinevn (6362)
• Vietnam
13 Oct 10
Oh, my God! Your boss must be really saving! He should be relax with his staffs in the same day!
@gaiza12 (4884)
• Philippines
12 Oct 10
I work 6-2pm and my work requires electricity. Sometime we experience rotational brownouts so about 1-2 hours a day we don't have power. And since we don't have generator, i get to relax for 1-2hours..eheh. But i still get paid for i have to wait for the power to get back so i can get back to work.
@tkonlinevn (6362)
• Vietnam
13 Oct 10
You're very lucky! I think your jobs are great! Is that right?
@aeisle (377)
• Philippines
12 Oct 10
Our office have a generator so when the commercial power is off, our generator runs automatically. We never get to have a day off due to power interruption.
In your office, it seems that it is not that critical to have a day off so it's okay to your boss to have a day off for the whole office when the power is off. Personally, I think its okay not to get paid during that day because the office didn't produce anything that day. But if your office could still work even without power like working things up manually without using electric driven devices, it's not right to forcibly give a day off. Well, that's how my view is. -)
@tkonlinevn (6362)
• Vietnam
13 Oct 10
There're many companies have generator for a power off day. Your company is too. So I think that you don't have the fun when the power off. Right?
@tkonlinevn (6362)
• Vietnam
13 Oct 10
Oh, we're the same you. When the power is off, we usually gather and to go coffee bar or karaoke. Moreover, we are not paid, but we still like to have a day off and relax, hihi
@carrie_023 (61)
• China
20 Oct 10
we can't work without electricity and if this is not cause by ourself, we will be paid even without work. or we can work another day to make up it. sometimes the company will adjust the work time for some special condition such as bad weather.
