Gardening Leave

I’m pretty sure the term is garden leave, incorrectly changed to gardening leave by most people.

Carry on.

It’s whatever your employer chooses to call it, it’s authorised paid absence.

Well word has just come back from on high.  No way you’re getting gardening leave!

you can however work from home unil you finish.

Result!

you can however “work” from home until you finish.

FTFY

The phrase “Gardening Leave” emerged following its use in an episode of Yes Prime Minister. It had / has the “-ing” suffix. It was a made-up, fictional device used as a plot point in one episode.

Well word has just come back from on high.  No way you’re getting gardening leave!

you can however work from home unil you finish.

Result!

Nice, which is really Garden/ing leave by another name.

I wouldn’t worry about sitting at your laptop all day ‘just in case’ – remember missed call? Sorry I was in the loo, did I get that e-mail? Sorry, broadband is playing up today, I’m just waiting for the router to reboot.

How to get through your last month…

bit nsfw, for those not working from home…

Gardening leave is easy to get, just disclose sensitive information as a whistleblower to the relevant authority and then tell HR. Not that I would ever do such a thing, but I do know of people who have done that.