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Ok, my place of employment (though I now have other terms for it
), just started this silly timekeeping computer program. (I've been there over 20 years, and we never had a time clock, etc., and I'm a salaried worker.)
Basically, it's a web-based company. You have to get into your pc, access the website, log in your username & password, then "clock in", "lunch out" "clock in" (when returning from lunch), and finally (thank God) "clock out" at the end of the day. Well, the 1st two days, it was very slow in loading; everyone had this problem (the stupid programmers didn't allow for the possibility that many of the 100 or so employees could be logging in at the same time!). Ok, admittedly I was 4 minutes late the 1st day--an emergency erupted as I was leaving for work; I explained this to the boss, who was also arriving at the same time. I added 4 minutes at the end of the day, plus I think, 2 or so off my (unpaid) lunch time to make up for it. The next day, I came in 10 minutes EARLY; stayed a couple of minutes late--all recorded on the timeclock. Also, our pc clocks are 2-3 minutes SLOWER than the official timeclock, which has NO actual clock on the webpage; you only know what time you "clocked in", out, etc. AFTER the fact. Every day that week, I gave this damned place a few extra minutes of MY time, so I wouldn't be "late" (according to the website clock). Well, my boss said, as yesterday's clock out was 4:59 PM (I leave at 5), I "Wasn't working that extra minute at the end of the day" (I did NOT leave; I did some paperwork at my desk, and actually left at 5:03 PM, by the wall clock), and, "Just because you're on the company property at 9 AM, doesn't mean you're working."--in other words, the time it takes for me to walk into the office, back to my desk, start my pc, log in, etc., should be done before 9 AM, if I'm due in at 9 AM. Isn't this illegal? Can a business force its employess to arrive early in order to punch a time clock? Don't they have to pay you for that time(if hourly), or give you that time off, with pay, if you're salaried? Frankly, I don't mind staying a couple extra minutes here and there--now, I'm in trouble for that, too. They want the times to be EXACTLY, to the minute, 7 hours apart; i.e., if you arrive at 8:59 AM, you must clock out at 4:59 PM that day.
On top of this, he insulted me when I questioned some of the above, by saying, "It's not rocket science!"
I seriously thought about handing in my resignation today; it's not just this clock thing; I've been unhappy here for about 5 years (lots of bad changes).
Basically, it's a web-based company. You have to get into your pc, access the website, log in your username & password, then "clock in", "lunch out" "clock in" (when returning from lunch), and finally (thank God) "clock out" at the end of the day. Well, the 1st two days, it was very slow in loading; everyone had this problem (the stupid programmers didn't allow for the possibility that many of the 100 or so employees could be logging in at the same time!). Ok, admittedly I was 4 minutes late the 1st day--an emergency erupted as I was leaving for work; I explained this to the boss, who was also arriving at the same time. I added 4 minutes at the end of the day, plus I think, 2 or so off my (unpaid) lunch time to make up for it. The next day, I came in 10 minutes EARLY; stayed a couple of minutes late--all recorded on the timeclock. Also, our pc clocks are 2-3 minutes SLOWER than the official timeclock, which has NO actual clock on the webpage; you only know what time you "clocked in", out, etc. AFTER the fact. Every day that week, I gave this damned place a few extra minutes of MY time, so I wouldn't be "late" (according to the website clock). Well, my boss said, as yesterday's clock out was 4:59 PM (I leave at 5), I "Wasn't working that extra minute at the end of the day" (I did NOT leave; I did some paperwork at my desk, and actually left at 5:03 PM, by the wall clock), and, "Just because you're on the company property at 9 AM, doesn't mean you're working."--in other words, the time it takes for me to walk into the office, back to my desk, start my pc, log in, etc., should be done before 9 AM, if I'm due in at 9 AM. Isn't this illegal? Can a business force its employess to arrive early in order to punch a time clock? Don't they have to pay you for that time(if hourly), or give you that time off, with pay, if you're salaried? Frankly, I don't mind staying a couple extra minutes here and there--now, I'm in trouble for that, too. They want the times to be EXACTLY, to the minute, 7 hours apart; i.e., if you arrive at 8:59 AM, you must clock out at 4:59 PM that day.
On top of this, he insulted me when I questioned some of the above, by saying, "It's not rocket science!"
I seriously thought about handing in my resignation today; it's not just this clock thing; I've been unhappy here for about 5 years (lots of bad changes).