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Asafum @ Asafum @feddit.nl Posts 3Comments 3,807Joined 2 yr. ago
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It's a small enough company that decisions that involve any expensive expansions go to the owner. He's already denied a request to set up a few fans near the ceiling to get airflow from one side of the building out to the other so anything like an actual a/c are out of the question.
The general response is "we told you it gets bad in the summer, if you don't like it there are plenty of doors to walk out of."
Even if I shared the name "we" already don't buy from them, we make stuff for rich people and some military applications. It's a weird combination lol no weapons thankfully.
I'm in NY and that's the language I was able to find in the states laws regarding factory conditions, but it's not really regulated since their only stated "metric" is a completely vague, subjective amount: "reasonable."
Nowhere in the language do they define reasonable, and when I reached out to my "representative" asking for clarification they never responded, naturally lol
Lol I appreciate the help, but there is literally no AC unit. All we have is oil heat for the winter so the pipes don't freeze
Thanks for the image, I'm definitely saving that for future use!
Apparently we're in "extreme caution," even though it feels humid the forecast says we're around 50% humidity
It is "hilarious" that you would mention that because I joked with the guys at work that I bet they bought a thermostat that isn't capable of reading 100° lol
I'm in the US, and OSHA has only ever shown up once on a perfect 75° day and we apparently had notice ahead that they were coming.
I'm sorry to hear that! I definitely appreciate your help, I hope you're able to find something soon!
Thank you for the detailed response! I'll have to keep an eye on the wet bulb temperature for future discussions about the heat at work.
The regulations really are frustrating especially since I've reached out to local "representatives" about how vague they are and naturally got no response lol
By the end of the day we do!
Not the kind you'd buy, unless it's some strange Japanese used clothing vending machine lol
Good on them for at least trying to provide something! I'm in manufacturing and we thankfully lack the 40+C issues, but we also lack the great pay and cool break room lol if it's bad enough on our allotted breaks (2 15min per day + lunch) we'll just go to our cars and run the AC. They don't give any extra time to cool off though just the same break structure as usual.
I brought that up once during a health and safety meeting, but the issue is the state law being so vague we can't really force a change and since this isn't a corporation they seem less inclined to care about legal issues. We're just a small "mom and pop" factory, like the health and safety meeting I have is myself and the QA inspection guy lol From how he's described his interactions with "the office" in relation to things mentioned in the meetings they seem to just want us to write down the minutes of the meetings as a formality for OSHA if they ever did come to inspect.
I'll mention it again so it is on record multiple times though.
My mom has a similar situation at Home Depot, she actually said they finally adjusted the temperature when the customers complained. Naturally they couldn't care less about the employees, but at least they did provide water.
He literally threatened to move the shop because the town wouldn't let him build a helipad for himself lol
Rich people problems
We have lol for "them" unreasonable is when the thermostat reads 100° which it just so happens to never hit... We get 98° pretty regularly in the summers, but I've only ever seen 99° as the highest not 100...
The cooling vests are something I should bring up in my next health and safety meeting! I doubt they'll buy them, but at least we'll have it on record that it was brought up lol
We used to have a purchasing agent that would buy water and stuff when it got really hot, but now we have one that argues about buying stuff we need to actually do our job let alone feel comfortable doing it lol
We have fans, but the air is fairly still outside and pretty humid. "Thankfully" today is less humid than it usually gets, but it's still thick. I'm in manufacturing as well so there's all the typical machines running adding to the heat that I'm sure you're familiar with lol
There is no ac at all lol
Edit: I should rephrase that, the human beings in the office have ac, but the system this thermostat is hooked up to for us animals does not have an AC unit. I'm like 90% sure we only have heat so water pipes don't freeze.
I don't know how I'd feel about reoccurring dreams, but I'm definitely envious of the constant lucid dreams! Lol
The type of dream I enjoy the absolute most are called "lucid dreams." It's when you actually recognize you're dreaming and can take control of it. I could be dreaming of walking down the sidewalk and see a cool car, realize I'm dreaming, and then just say ok I'm going to get in that car and drive it lol
Unfortunately they're super super rare so I think I've only had like 4 that I remember.
Oh, yeah I'm on record for that for sure. I'm part of the health and safety team so every month each summer I bring up the heat lol