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I've heard that that practise (what a name!) Is relatively common in Japan: I've never heard of it in the UK before. I have heard of "gardening leave" though:
by tehwalrus 10y ago
I've heard that that practise (what a name!) Is relatively common in Japan: I've never heard of it in the UK before.
I have heard of "gardening leave" though: where you're left on full salary but kept out of the building for your notice period, to stop you passing up to date market info to your new company. (It's the only legal way I know of in the UK to implement a non-compete clause.)
- zelos 10y agoI love the fact that no one seems to know why we say "sent to Coventry" as well.
- cwilkes 10y agoProbably related to Coventry being "ignored" in WWII by British officials so that German wouldn't catch on that the enigma machine was broken. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11486219 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11486219
- 7Z7 10y agoThe phrase is much older than that.. >Grose's The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue - 1811: >>To send one to Coventry; a punishment inflicted by officers of the army on such of their brethren as are testy, or have been guilty of improper behaviour, not worthy the cognizance of a court martial. The person sent to Coventry is considered as absent; no one must speak to or answer any question he asks, except relative to duty, under penalty of being also sent to the same place. On a proper submission, the penitent is recalled, and welcomed by the mess, as just returned from a journey to Coventry.[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_to_Coventry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_to_Coventry
- roninb 10y agoWow, I wonder how effective time-out was on infantrymen of the early 19th century and how often it was enforced. It seems like an analog to solitary confinement while still forcing you to be a contributing member of your armed forces.