Been having some interesting discussions at work lately on the number of hours that are required to work. A manager wants to make it mandatory for everyone to work a minimum of 45 hours instead of 40.
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I dislike that as a country with workers more productive than ever.......the amount of time people are expected to work continues to increase rather than decrease as it had been for prior generations. Technology seems to have only increased the expectations of availability.
This came up a bit here recently too. Told that we should be thinking about how to improve what we do when we get home and on weekends. Umm, I have a life. I don't live to work and I do not want thinking about or doing work to become a regular part of my personal life. I understand if things are busy or urgent, but not as a regular thing. And quite frankly, you aren't offering to pay me more and my time isn't free.
I imagine this manager is not planning to hand out 12% raises to everyone to offset this expectation?
On balance, I like the way Iowa does it with appointment and then subsequent retention votes. ELECTING JUDGES IS ALWAYS BAD!!!
Yeah, I really wish Wisconsin did it Iowa's way, I think that's a good system. I could take or leave the retention vote, but I really like the appointment process
This isn't about voter fraud, it's about making it harder to vote for people they do not want to vote. In this case, students.
I am sure there are some interesting studies out there on this especially when it comes to generations. It was pretty much "XYZ department everyone is pretty much doing this already so we should too". From what I understand HR was told about this awhile ago and slapped her hand. My stance and agreement has and will be that there will be times that you have to do more to get the job done but we will work together to make sure that doesn't become the norm or is a long term issue. That's what I have said in every interview and I have obviously gotten jobs so to me that was somewhat of a contractual agreement.
They would not be giving a raise so my response was pretty much
1. You give me a 12% raise
and/or
2. You put me on a 9/80 schedule (I did this in Wichita and would again if the work was there to support it)
Another complaint I had was why stop at 45? What is stopping them from waiting 5-10 more years and increasing it more. Wither it is an unspoken requirement or not the increased hours (my boss does 9-10 hours at work and at least another hour at home every night) is already turning me off from moving up much more. Kudos to those that do but I have a family and my job is not more important than them and my time to relax. Just because you are paying me more and I am salary does not mean I have to work more.
My timecard is expected to be 43.75 at minimum. Still hate the fact that I am salaried and have to fill out a timecard.
I honestly don't know and that thought went through my mind. Might also be why HR told her no.
Looked at the ballot, other than SC it's a county board supervisor and 2 school districts for board members which neither apply to me, so I'll pass today.
Yours is more exciting than mine. Mine just had the SC primary. And yeah, I always feel weird about voting for school board considering that I don't have kids
I was so hoping the Canadians would win. Watched them in both prior Olympics. But now I hope the French win next time. That really sucked with her costume.
They came out of it better than the other couple, though. Helluva choice for those women to make - keep smiling & skating, or grab for your costume and hope for the best points-wise, or stop skating altogether and give up on your Olympic dream.
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