Comment on UK workers ‘should get day off’ if workplace is hotter than 30C

Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Jho@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I might be misinterpreting what you’re saying but it comes across to me in your comments that you’re blaming regular British workers for offices not having AC when they don’t control whether or not an office has AC?

  Office landlords (who sometimes don’t even even live in the UK) are often the ones who don’t want to invest money in improving their buildings with AC…

  It’s worth noting that offices in the UK don’t often surpass these temperatures but it is becoming increasingly common during our summers. Also, many offices do have AC (like mine) but it is distressing knowing there are many that don’t have it and have no plans to install it.

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  • QuinceDaPence@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Y'all got windows though right? You could throw some portables in.

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    • Jho@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m not sure this applies broadly but in my office you’re not allowed to bring in that kind of large electronic equipment, we can only use equipment that is supplied by the office.

      Something something “fire risk” something something “using too much office electricity” something something.

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      • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I would consider not having heat stroke a health and safety concern.

        Fucking hell, I knew the UK had issues, but thats just fucked up.

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• Buckshot@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably half the offices I’ve worked at had no AC at all. One job I had moved to a new building that didn’t have AC, they spent a fortune installing it, then were required to remove it when they vacated the building a few years later.

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  • peter@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Really? I’ve never worked on an office without AC. Maybe I’ve just worked in posh offices

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  • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thats absurd. People die without AC, wtf is wrong with the brits?

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    • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are many old buildings, and historically it hasn’t often been warm enough to make air conditioning worth it. But the climate is getting warmer now.

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    • tal@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you’re also an American, Europe has more-moderate extreme temperatures than parts of the US do; most of it is near water, which helps moderate temperature, and it has few arid places. The UK, which is an archipeligo, particularly so.

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    • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Basically 30 years ago it was very seldom needed. It's almost as if ... oh, I don't know, the climate is changing.

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• FatLegTed@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s all part of growing up and being British!

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  • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But theres no reason to. Why would guys not do basic stuff? Hell, even in America OSHA gets involved past 80f/27c

    So what gives?

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• tenebrisnox@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lack of air conditioners in UK state schools makes them unbearable places in the Summer.

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