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22. I work in multiple locations at times

Tue Jun 4, 2013, 08:46 PM

Jun 2013

One location has a no smoking policy, the smokers have to walk 100 yards down the road off company property or drive off in their car to smoke.

Another place is more lax, there is a core group of 4-5 smokers who take 5 minutes about every 30-45 minutes for a smoke break. But the boss smokes as well at that location and is right there with them.

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Smokers Cost Employers Thousands More Than Nonsmokers [View all] onehandle Jun 2013 OP

low productivity as people use cellphones and netsurf on the job is way more costly than ciggies nt msongs Jun 2013 #1

don't have to leave the desk for that.. frylock Jun 2013 #14

You can also RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #30

i'm too damn busy to get lost in scorecenter or facebook frylock Jun 2013 #41

Yes, but way more fun. nt Deep13 Jun 2013 #53

I've never worked at a job where cigarette smokers got "extra" breaks. Autumn Jun 2013 #2

I must be an anomaly OKNancy Jun 2013 #5

Same here Nancy Autumn Jun 2013 #8

Same here. I don't miss work n/t Bonhomme Richard Jun 2013 #19

This Article is Nonsense RobinA Jun 2013 #28

Same here leftynyc Jun 2013 #56

Do you get 10-15 minute breaks every hour at your job? AAO Jun 2013 #16

Nope. We got a 15 minute break in the morning, 30 minutes for lunch Autumn Jun 2013 #18

Silly article pmorlan1 Jun 2013 #48

So you know what goes on in all companies/corporations? You don't speak for mine. AAO Jun 2013 #58

We must be looking out the same window. -nt Bonx Jun 2013 #61

They sure do in hospitals Warpy Jun 2013 #52

What about drinkers? ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #3

Shit happens when you hire human beings. xchrom Jun 2013 #4

When it costs the employer extra money dbackjon Jun 2013 #24

+1 n/t Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #59

At my own worksite, WilmywoodNCparalegal Jun 2013 #6

I am a smoker and when I was working, RebelOne Jun 2013 #12

So let's do some math. RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #31

what about the overweight? kyeshinka Jun 2013 #7

Smoking is a choice oberliner Jun 2013 #9

No. former9thward Jun 2013 #20

Yes oberliner Jun 2013 #23

smoking is an addiction. Mosby Jun 2013 #42

It did not exist in the proportions is does now. former9thward Jun 2013 #43

Personally, from my experience RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #33

I call B.S.! BillyRibs Jun 2013 #60

Obesity is not the same as smoking WilmywoodNCparalegal Jun 2013 #10

To say nothing of the fact that obesity is the result of something that is perfectly natural and Aristus Jun 2013 #11

thyroid RILib Jun 2013 #13

Excuses. former9thward Jun 2013 #21

Try putting blame where it belongs, on the corporations. alarimer Jun 2013 #25

Of course you do. former9thward Jun 2013 #44

You make it sound so easy Hugabear Jun 2013 #40

Yes they do. former9thward Jun 2013 #45

The smell from smokers, RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #35

Most jobs don't have Politicalboi Jun 2013 #15

needed... pre-employment fitness test quadrature Jun 2013 #17

No they don't RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #37

If they can do their jobs better than those who are physically fit then I'm sure totodeinhere Jun 2013 #46

I work in multiple locations at times madville Jun 2013 #22

'5 minutes about every 30-45 minutes for a smoke break' onehandle Jun 2013 #29

Our smokers smoke right outside the building entrances. Bonx Jun 2013 #62

There is an awful lot of defensiveness regarding smoking on this thread. alarimer Jun 2013 #26

Shh... onehandle Jun 2013 #27

Well, Except RobinA Jun 2013 #34

Pregnancy can cost businesses money too... RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #36

I'd be interested in a comparative analysis... davidthegnome Jun 2013 #32

At This Moment RobinA Jun 2013 #38

It's not a matter of bashing smokers. We can all agree that it's an addiction totodeinhere Jun 2013 #47

I wonder if Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce knew that? Kablooie Jun 2013 #39

More precedent pmorlan1 Jun 2013 #49

+1 nt Live and Learn Jun 2013 #51

+1,000 suffragette Jun 2013 #57

Go After Walmart pmorlan1 Jun 2013 #50

Are you sure this is "late breaking news?" Deep13 Jun 2013 #54

That was my first thought. onehandle Jun 2013 #64

Well that's it then, all the good people should just start shooting smokers on sight! n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #55

I never cost anyone an extra dime. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #63