... oh wait, this is NORWAY. Dang, Norway, and here I thought you were a pretty awesome country!! Points deducted!
Workers Given 8 Minutes of Toilet Time Per Day: Reasonable or Ridiculous?
SodaHead Living
2012/02/09 17:40:06
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There are some strange things going on in the bathroom these days ... first, we told you that a whopping 91 percent of young people use their phone in the restroom. Now, we're hearing that call center workers in Norway are only given eight minutes of toilet time ... per day.
But wait ... it gets worse. The workers of insurance company DNB are protesting a surveillance system that triggers an alarm if they spend more than eight minutes per day using the loo, The Daily Mail reports. Managers are alerted by flashing lights if an employee is away from their desk for a bathroom break or other "personal activities" for more than eight minutes each day.
Are you outraged? So is Norway's privacy regulator Datatilsynet, which has accused DNB of "a major violation of privacy." They wrote: "Each individual worker has different needs and these kinds of strict controls deprive the employees of all freedoms over the course of their working day."
Added employees' union Finansforbundet, "Surveying staff to limit toilet visits, cigarette breaks, personal phone calls and other other personal needs to a total of eight minutes per day is highly restrictive and intrusive and must be stopped." DNB now says it will review the policy, and good thing: As we all know, sometimes it takes a little, er, longer than eight minutes.
But wait ... it gets worse. The workers of insurance company DNB are protesting a surveillance system that triggers an alarm if they spend more than eight minutes per day using the loo, The Daily Mail reports. Managers are alerted by flashing lights if an employee is away from their desk for a bathroom break or other "personal activities" for more than eight minutes each day.
Are you outraged? So is Norway's privacy regulator Datatilsynet, which has accused DNB of "a major violation of privacy." They wrote: "Each individual worker has different needs and these kinds of strict controls deprive the employees of all freedoms over the course of their working day."
Added employees' union Finansforbundet, "Surveying staff to limit toilet visits, cigarette breaks, personal phone calls and other other personal needs to a total of eight minutes per day is highly restrictive and intrusive and must be stopped." DNB now says it will review the policy, and good thing: As we all know, sometimes it takes a little, er, longer than eight minutes.
and get back to work you Corporate slave
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And women hardly need extra time when they're ragging. Pads/tampons last a few hours unless the woman is practically haemorhagging. Depending on how long the shift is, they probably only need changing once per shift, or not even that if the woman has light periods.
I would have let it go, except that I find it odd for a male to be discussing women's bleedings.
don't want to work there.
Specifying how much time that people are allowed to have to deal with normal bodily functions is totally ludicrous.
Technically you don't. I mean, it's achievable. I probably only spend 8 mins using the bathroom for an 8 or 9 hour shift. But it's a silly rule. What if someone really need to poop, or feels nauseous...