FURIOUS TUBS SLAMS BOSSES WHO FORCE STAFF INTO WORKPLACE
RYAN Tubridy has labelled bosses who drag their employees into work when there is no need to do so, ‘grossly irresponsible’ in light of the pandemic.
This comes as another record-breaking number of Covid-19 cases, 8,248, were reported by the Department of Health along with 20 further deaths yesterday.
Speaking on his RTÉ radio show yesterday, the Late Late Show host said that he was out for ‘ i mportant reasons’ on Thursday and he was ‘ struck by the amount of traffic on the roads’ in Dublin.
‘Traffic is really, really heavy. I’m talking about pre-Covid heavy, everywhere I went. I had a thing that I had to deal with it. It was absolutely critical so there was no two ways about it. The question is, is everyone out on the road doing something that’s absolutely critical?
‘Certainly, the traffic, if it is anything to go by, would give you a pause and cause for a little bit of concern,’ he said.
The presenter then received a text from a listener named Mags who said that they noticed the heavy traffic on their rural roads, even though no retail or coffee shops are open.
Mags then said that one of reasons she thinks traffic is so heavy is because bosses are insisting on staff attending the office.
‘My husband for example, to avoid public transport he drives to the office. I’m really not a happy bunny about this,’ she said.
After reading the text, Tubridy said: ‘Bosses who are making staff go to the workplace, particularly if they are staff who can work from home, those bosses are grossly irresponsible.’
He continued: ‘Bottom line: there is no need to drag people, put them on public transport, make them get into the cars [and] spread this thing. It’s a month, lads. If you can do it, you’re being paid and you’re okay, there’s no way a boss should be dragging you in,’ he said.