I spend more than 15 mins a day on BGP at my job, so no complaints if someone is smoking that long in my world.

 

Shhhhhhhhhhh.

I remember my doctor smoking in his office while I was there as a kid.

I would never hire a smoker.

Just get a job where you work from home like I do. You can get paid to do all sorts of things.

Just get a job where you work from home like I do. You can get paid to do all sorts of things.

 

Can you come over to my house today? I need to split some fire wood. I plan on starting right after my 11:30-1:00 conference call.

Can you come over to my house today? I need to split some fire wood. I plan on starting right after my 11:30-1:00 conference call.

 

I need to get out of the accounting finance world....

I would never hire a smoker.

@Getslow

 

Just want to help you out a little L.A., you're going to need him at some point. :bunny:

@Getslow

 

Just want to help you out a little L.A., you're going to need him at some point. :bunny:

 

Are smokers a protected class? If so, they may want to get getslow at our work to bring down the smoker insurance health insurance rates.

Bet. I take smoke breaks, but they're 5 minutes at a time. Anybody suggesting 15 minutes to take a smoke break is going a bit far. Even if I went for 2 during a smoke break, it's still less than 10 minutes.

 

Depends on how far you have to walk to take a smoke break. At our work, you are not allowed to smoke on the grounds and the parking garage is a good 7 minute walk from the main building.

Are smokers a protected class? If so, they may want to get getslow at our work to bring down the smoker insurance health insurance rates.

 

I don't think federally they are but some states do have them as a protected class including KY. Guess I'll be incorporating my business in Ohio!

I don't think federally they are but some states do have them as a protected class including KY. Guess I'll be incorporating my business in Ohio!

 

Interesting...but no protection on discrimatory pricing of health insurance. I guess you could price smokers out of your company by making insurance unaffordable for them.

I don't think federally they are but some states do have them as a protected class including KY. Guess I'll be incorporating my business in Ohio!

 

I work for Huntington Bank downtown Cincy. Huntington will not hire a smoker now. Now some current employees who are smokers may be grandfathered in but they have a strict non-tobacco policy as far as new hires. No smoking at any of their offices either...so no smoke breaks. I ABHOR cigarette smoke so I love it.

I work for Huntington Bank downtown Cincy. Huntington will not hire a smoker now. Now some current employees who are smokers may be grandfathered in but they have a strict non-tobacco policy as far as new hires. No smoking at any of their offices either...so no smoke breaks. I ABHOR cigarette smoke so I love it.

 

I am all for it too! No smoking on the premises hasn’t stopped our smokers from finding places to sneak off to though. Where there is a will, there’s a way.

I would never hire a smoker.

 

Well that's just flat out discrimination. :no: :lol2:

 

Seriously though just because someone smokes doesn't make them a bad worker. Smoking is just some peoples way to maintain calm or a stress reliever. Ppl could be doing a lot worse. Id love to see the day I can have a beer or bourbon break at the office but while moral may increase I'd say productivity would diminish dramaticly

I don't smoke, but here's my 2 cents.

 

The person who walks outside and smokes alone usually isn't an issue at my workplace, as they take very little time. The time killer are the 3-4 who can't smoke alone, and then end up huddled in a group gossiping and taking 10-15 minutes at a time.

 

We do a have a running joke that my boss gets an extra week of vacation by only crapping at work.