Are you allowed to carry a gun over there?.....

How much does your employer value your personal safety?

Mine? They dont seem to give a crap.

I work nights in an office, and there are only ever two of us here. A few months ago someone broke in here, he came pretty much face to face with my colleague(through a glass door), and luckily was scared off. He would have expected the building to be empty, he was just here to steal some things, we believe.

Since then, the security here has been upgraded, slightly. But, an alarm just activated here(which turned out to be a false alarm), and it brought to light some more issues. For one, we really dont have a great deal of choice but to go check out the alarm ourselves. ok, we dont HAVE to, but we feel like we are sitting ducks if we stay where we are. Thats mainly because somebody might possibly be choosing to enter the building to come directly to where we are working, because we can do certain things from here that might be of use to someone after some highly valuable things(im talking MEGA high). Really, it should be next to impossible for anyone to penetrate the walls to this place.

Secondly, this activation highlighted that the alarm system doesnt even work properly, and the alarm points on our map, are incorrect. Lastly, the CCTV is next to useless, with all the lights turned out(we are told to turn the lights out).

Worst thing about it, is that i work for a security company. I am not a security guard however, certainly not for the building i work from anyway.

I guess i could kick up a big stink about it, but then maybe that will put me on the list of the next batch of people to be made redundant.

Anyway, thats my rant over, what are your stories of your employer failing in their duties to protect you?


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You almost have to protect yourself and not rely on employer when at work... you are right they don't give a crap... sorry to hear that this is happening...

We've got a condom dispenser in the ladies room...

I worked with a government contractor in Afganistan and Iraq that was looking out for our security.....Damn near got killed, the man 2 feet away did.

They give you free tokens as well dont they?

I was the first female police officer in the city I worked at and since they make bullet proof vests differently for women than they do men, they wanted to make sure I would make it before they shelled out hundreds of dollars for my bullet proof bra.

They said make it through the academy - I graduated class leader.

They said make it through the FTO program - I graduated ahead of time.

They said make it through the probationary period - approximately 6 months later, one of the State Troopers offered to write a check to cover the cost of my vest. He had been shot 3 times during the course of his career. Needless to say - I finally got a vest.

I am SO glad that I didn't need it any sooner!

Oh crap! Tokens? I thought those were diaphrams!

Safety at work...the best thing I can come up with is I chose not to kill my assistant with a forklift....but, it would have felt soooooo gratifying....

so, I guess our safety record remains intact.

One of my big issues empolyee rights. Hot topic. The majority of employers could care less and money is the bottom line. I think they do not care about your safety or well being, all of those things that should be part of a civilized country.
It is getting worse with the economy.