Womens Euros

Company director just sent an email out.

Just as we did with the Men’s Euros 2021 final last year, to recognise the momentous occasion – and to ensure that we’re living up to our ‘Safety First’ value – I am pleased to announce that we will be relaxing our normal site and office start times on Monday morning in the UK.

Surprised they did that but fair play to them. Probably had to since they did for the men's and don't want to be accused of gender discrimination. (I'm on leave Monday anyway so makes no difference to me though.)
 
Orikoru said:
Company director just sent an email out.

Just as we did with the Men’s Euros 2021 final last year, to recognise the momentous occasion – and to ensure that we’re living up to our ‘Safety First’ value – I am pleased to announce that we will be relaxing our normal site and office start times on Monday morning in the UK.

Surprised they did that but fair play to them. Probably had to since they did for the men's and don't want to be accused of gender discrimination. (I'm on leave Monday anyway so makes no difference to me though.)
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Sign of the times we live in. Unless your work place has a disproportional amount of employees who have absolutely loved the women's Euros so much, that many are exhibiting the same sort of euphoria that goes on when the Men's team do well. If that was the case, then fair enough, as it is very much a bespoke reaction to the workforce they have.
 
Swango1980 said:
Sign of the times we live in. Unless your work place has a disproportional amount of employees who have absolutely loved the women's Euros so much, that many are exhibiting the same sort of euphoria that goes on when the Men's team do well. If that was the case, then fair enough, as it is very much a bespoke reaction to the workforce they have.
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And why is that a bad thing? really.

That email basically says "hi everyone. England are in a final. it's great. Enjoy it, enjoy yourselves and if you're worse for wear then look after yourselves and others and don't come in early" That's a sensible employer in my book.
 
hairball_89 said:
And why is that a bad thing? really.

That email basically says "hi everyone. England are in a final. it's great. Enjoy it, enjoy yourselves and if you're worse for wear then look after yourselves and others and don't come in early" That's a sensible employer in my book.
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Indeed, I was surprised to see it but pleasantly surprised. They probably felt like they had to having done the same for the men's, but still it's no bad thing. I think it's funny though as a lot of people probably had no intention of watching it, but I'm sure they'll happily stroll in late on Monday anyway. :LOL:
 
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hairball_89 said:
And why is that a bad thing? really.

That email basically says "hi everyone. England are in a final. it's great. Enjoy it, enjoy yourselves and if you're worse for wear then look after yourselves and others and don't come in early" That's a sensible employer in my book.
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I never said EVERYTHING in the times we live in is 100% either bad or good. I was simply pointing out that it is the sign of the times we live in.

You've interpreted the e-mail as "enjoy yourselves, etc etc". If you actually read the other bit of my post, that you didn't highlight, you will see that I agreed that this is fair enough if it fits in with your workforce. Sadly, you just read the quote "Sign of the times we live in" and jumped to the usual conclusions and went on the defensive.

However, if the only reason that the employer did this was to avoid being accused of "gender discrimination", as given as a possible reason in the post I responded to, then in my opinion this is a bad reason to do such a thing. What sensible person would agree that not allowing flexible work hours was because the boss looked less favourably on women? Then you'd get to the point of where do you draw the line? If the youth teams do well in a major championship, or teams with players with disabilities, etc. does the employer need to allow flexible working hours to avoid accusations of other types of discrimination?
 
Beezerk said:
The BBC bigging up the England v Germany rivalry for the final on Sunday despite the ex England player saying there wasn’t really a rivalry in the womens game.
Slightly annoyed me this morning ?
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Would expect it from the likes of the Mail and the Sun but from the BBC is a bit disappointing.
 
Up here, north of the border, a lot are more than annoyed with the BBC as to the amount of coverage this is getting! The lead up to the semi final was well over the top with the first ten minutes of the main news taken up on the subject and other talk shows obsessed with it. I for one, will be glad when it's over, but dreading it if England do win as we'll never hear the end of it!
 
CliveW said:
Up here, north of the border, a lot are more than annoyed with the BBC as to the amount of coverage this is getting! The lead up to the semi final was well over the top with the first ten minutes of the main news taken up on the subject and other talk shows obsessed with it. I for one, will be glad when it's over, but dreading it if England do win as we'll never hear the end of it!
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Do you not have BBC Scotland? Surely they could have shown repeats of Rab C. Nesbitt?
 
Orikoru said:
Or highlights of Scottish football history instead.. that would have filled the first 2 minutes anyway.
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They could have shown highlights of them winning the Euros 0-0 against England. Or maybe highlights of how the Scottish womens Euros games ?.

The bitterness is strong.

It’s also nice to see the Victor Meldrew vibe being brought to another discussion. If people don’t like the subject, why not stay out of it?

I can’t stand cricket or rugby as they are terminally dull. So I don’t go in the threads.
 
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The joy of this particular final is that the usual underclass that emerge for an England mens football final, consume ridiculous amounts of lager and then feel the need to punch anything that moves or kick in shop windows won't be seen dead near it, so those that want to enjoy it can do so quite safely & without having to worry.
 
Blue in Munich said:
The joy of this particular final is that the usual underclass that emerge for an England mens football final, consume ridiculous amounts of lager and then feel the need to punch anything that moves or kick in shop windows won't be seen dead near it, so those that want to enjoy it can do so quite safely & without having to worry.
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That's the plan! They'll all be at home screaming at the tele about how wembley is full but nobody cares anyway!

I'll be there having a great time whatever the outcome. And I'll try not to punch anything on the way home!
 
It's been refreshing to see no egos, no diving, no timewasting and no backchat to the ref.

And more importantly - a team that plays without fear and doesn't sit back at 1-0. Let's hope Southgate is watching on.
 
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