Quote Originally Posted by tiger31 View Post
If I was your boss I,d fire you plenty of fish in the sea for labour lol my friend in the UK employs around 30 people 3/4 of them are foreigners he said he fired most of the English ones for lateness and being sick all the time etc .He said the foreigners are never late, always work overtime when required etc. It must be an English thing being late lol
I guess I was very lucky that my American bosses were very considerate and they do give leeway especially when you least expect it. They usually say as long as the job is done then everything's great. The American boss I had in Accenture would always tell me not to do overseas calls whenever I was the team's IT support for the week and he would just call me during daytime in Manila. The last boss I've had before I left for UK would usually tell us to work from home if it's raining and flooding (which happens a lot of times in Manila & Makati). He always would tell us our health and safety is the main priority and work will always be secondary, that we also need to have a life outside work. He would also allow our vacation leave right away even if we give notice only the day before. Great men all of them, that's why I loved working for them (I actually miss working for them).

I had British bosses when I was working in Singapore, I never liked any of them. They were out of touch with the employees and never even bothered to talk to us other than the higher ranking ones.