Category: the Rant Board
Hey Can't listen to any music at work any more at work. cause some dumb ass was listening tomusic and they got hurt or some damn thing. So corprit said we couldn't listen to music any more.
Simple. They're covering their asses against possible law suits. Not saying it's right but that's usually the way they do things.
It usually just takes one bad apple to spoil the barrel.
LOL Music can be dangerous, especially Bach's Brandenburg concertos - too much complexity. I had a nightmare near the end of this past semester. One of the concertos was stuck in my head. The professor threatened me with a very poor grade on an outstanding test because he'd received said test very late. And as the music reached a crescendo, the evil physics professor said, "class, let's all vote on Amanda's grade."
Seriously though, I'm sorry. The right music really helps me get work done. Silence makes it much harder.
They are paying, so they will say what you will do. It is perfectly legal for them to say "no music at our place of business."
True, but the way these things usually end up getting banned is because of some idiot who really shouldn't be there anyway for one reason or another. Think about it: If you're enough of an idiot to turn your music up to a level that can actually be noticeably disturbing to others, at work of all places, are you going to be the most careful, efficient, obedient worker? I guess there are exceptions, but I don't think they would happen often. Just because they are paying you does not mean you don't still have rights as a worker. I know this one unfortunately isn't considered one of your rights on the job, but that rule of "they pay you, so they say what you can and cannot do" only goes so far.
As long as you're using headphones I don't understand why listening to music at work would be a problem. However, depending on the type of job/work you're doing your employer may consider it a distraction if the task requires your full attention, I guess.
Okay so you go ahead and listen regardless of the rule and you get fired. Simple. Its my company, and my reasons as long as they don't hold you back on your rights, are the way it will be. You can go to court over it sure, but most places have a rule that says you can let someone go for any reason at all. While you are going to court that takes time. If you are lucky enough to have a job and be blind why not just listen to your music at home?
You've got money, so can buy plenty. This is not discrimination at all. Don't like your job move on.
yes, but the fact that it was allowed on this person's job until some idiot ruined it for everone is a little disturbing. Again, you're right. If they say you can't listen to music, then you can't. It sucks, but it's legal. I'm just saying workers do have some rights on the job, so the company should not have complete control over you just because they pay you. I agree that some jobs shouldn't allow that because of the level of attention needed for the job, but obviously this particular boss didn't mind it until someone made it so.
I almost always have some form of music or sound turned very low on Winamp using earbuds while working on independent tasks. Though I hate to drag blindness into it, I find it very draining and difficult to listen to a robotic screen reader for any extended period of time without some other human speaking or musical sound very low in the background to keep me company and am not sure I would want to get used to any setting where that was manage or controlled. Happy workers are productive workers. Fortunately, the majority of employers with relatively young staff increasingly recognize this.
You all bring up good points. I'm a go with the flow person I avoid conflict But I did hear some music in the backround in the kitchen airea so i don't know what the big deal is. But I think somebody turned it off. But I just do what ever.
You all bring up good points. I'm a go with the flow person and avoid conflict. I heard some music in the kitchen for a bit but i think a person told them to turn it off.
Like I said, they're just covering their asses. If someone got hurt because the were listening to music and tripped because they weren't paying attention, even though it would be that individual's fault they would find a way or get some lawyer to find a way to turn it back on the employer and somehow make it their fault. So the employer guards against this by banning music and, as you say, spoiling it for everyone else. Unfortunately it is within their rights to do this.