Holy Smoke

[TacticalMayhem]

Oky this has noting to do with paint ball but it is speek your brains and im realy realy pissed at what im ging to tell you.

I wourk as a contactor for ICS and have been for a couple of months. Now i was told there may be a job at the end of it. Any last friday i was told to comback into base as it was important. Any way i came back in and was told "if you what the job its your?". I steped back and said yes plz. I was told that the comapnay is happy with me and would like to employ me full time ... coool

Any way i filled in all the forms and on one of them it was a medical one it said do you smoke and how much do you smoke.

I answered yes and put 20 a day wich for me is a advrige. when i finished i handed the papers back to the area boss and he whent off to take them back to the company office.

I came home and told every one I HAD A FULL TIME JOB !!!! ....

Any way i was realy happyuntill monday. I came into work and abou 09:30 i got a call on my mobile and it was the area boss .. This is what he said to me " Michael i am sorry to tell you this. I cannot employ you as the head office has turned you down becuase you smoke to much ?."....

I cannot type down what my replay was to that but i did ask him if he was jkeing and this was some sort of covery up. He told me it was the honist truth...


SO be warned all you smokers out there.. next time some one asks you do you smoke SAY NO !!!!!!

 

[FUBAR]

Thats bloody harsh!!

the way I look at it is this... they were perfectly happy with your performance in the job UNTIL they found out you smoked, then turned you down... that is a complete violation of equal opportunities and they may as well have turned round to you and said "No job because you're Gay" (If you were)

FUB

 

[Tony - Stupid Troopers]

yeah turning you down because you smoke does seem a little harsh, turning you down because of your appalling spelling now that i could understand.

 

[ChrisWhiteSTEL]

Unfortunatly mate this is the way industry is going, they make more money from people who don't smoke because they have less fag breaks and so... dont need to stop work.

Also, its a kind of new health insurance policy in some industries.

They base it around how much money they can make from you and if they found out you smoke they refuse the offer.

Sorry mate but its not like you are forced to smoke lol

 

[Recoil]

Same happened at my company... guy was ok at his job, they were going to promote him from temp to permanent until he filled in his Health form said he drank loads and smoked alot (which he did) so he stayed as a temp and was gone 2 months later...

 

[fred1]

That is definitely not right, not to say illegal. Actually he's not even aloud to ask you because that part of your private life. Like not asking you what your political affiliations are, what your sexuality is etc... You can't turn someone down on the pretext that he smokes. In Switzerland that is definitely a violation and you could take the guy to court. Obviously you would have to find someone ready to be a witness that that was the official reasonand it wouldn't be easy but it is against the law.

Saying that you drink loads thats another question. Drinking can definitely hinder your performances but not smoking.

 

[wild turkey maz]

smoke

Originally posted by Tony - Stupid Troopers
yeah turning you down because you smoke does seem a little harsh, turning you down because of your appalling spelling now that i could understand.

LOL!!
It is just normal cigarettes we are talking about isn't it?

 

[FUBAR]

smoke

Originally posted by wild turkey maz
LOL!!
It is just normal cigarettes we are talking about isn't it?

LMAO

good 1 Maz hehe

 

[fred1]

LOL

 

[QuackingPlums]

You cannot lie on your application form (so you can't say "no") but you do not have to disclose details of a personal nature.

If the question about smoking was a health-related issue, then it should have been made clear what the information is used for - it should certainly not be the reason why you do not get offered the job. Notice how you boss RANG you to tell you why?
There's no way they'd turn you down in writing based on the smoking issue alone because they'd be opening themselves up to all kinds of legal action.

Anyways... you're better off as a contractor...