"No drinking rule" established for employees

Lloyd's of London, an insurance company in Europe, recently notified its several hundred employees that drinking alcohol between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm is forbidden. Apparently, it used to be popular to consume liquor with lunch, but the practice has died out over the years. "Lloyd's was one of the largest employers not to change its rules."


The guidance is intended to reflect common and business standards and “ensures we are in line with a number of businesses in the sector who also adopt similar policies,” the spokesperson said.

Alas, the new rule does not cover insurance brokers and underwriters who work at Lloyd’s for other firms.

The move, no doubt, will bring hardship to some restaurant and pub owners in The City. The cutback in drinking comes as many companies are being hit with thousands of job cuts from the impact of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

I was surprised to read that people even drank on the job or during the work day. I think there was a post on WSO about drinking during work as well. It's definitely interesting to see the difference in work culture between European countries and America. What do you guys think the repercussions of this policy change will be? Will workers rebel and continue to drink or will this be insignificant in the long run?

 

This rule is CYA. I've gone out as a team many times during the day and had drinks. Or if you're with a client. If you're an analyst and slamming vodka sodas during your lunch break that's a different story.

 

Exactly... a beer or a glass of wine with lunch won't ruin your day, just keep it moderate.

In my office whenever it is someone's bday, the CIO makes sure to get them a cake and champagne in the afternoon and, if anything, it just improves the mood and environment for the rest of the afternoon/evening...

(it's a small company so I'm talking about

I saw loads of guys gathered around outside pub tables drinking pints around lunch time at Leadenhall Market (same place used as Diagon Alley in Harry Potter) when I studied over there. If you can function it isn't a problem, but if you are error prone in your work don't drink.

26 Broadway where's your sense of humor?
 

To me this sounds more like trying to punish people who voted for leave, besides the rats will be strictly dealt with by peer pressure. If everyone drinks then no one has a problem.

Follow the shit your fellow monkeys say @shitWSOsays Life is hard, it's even harder when you're stupid - John Wayne
 

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