Poll of the Day > How much control over your work hours do you have?

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I just realized that I have a lot more control over my hours now. Ever since I got the job on based, at least. This job has something called core hours. And as long as Im there for those, I can come in early or late or whatever. Since I dont exactly have core hours, I can kind of make my own.

So, I just have to be there for 9 hours of the day (within a reasonable time). Though, one hour is for lunch. I can also get breakfast. And I have 3 hours of gym time per pay period. I can split it anyway I want. 3 one hour sessions, 6 half hour sessions, or a 3 hour session.

Because of this job, it helps me make my hours for my other job, as well... I think thats about it...

What about you, PotD?
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I'm expected to work 8 hours a day M-F. As long as I'm close I don't think I'd have any issues. Sometimes (rarely) I'll work 7-7.5 hours and I don't tell my boss. Never hear anything about it. If I need to leave earlier it's no problem as long as I notify my boss. Got to choose my own start time, they'd let me adjust it depending on my needs at home.

I have to start every day on-time, and I have to take a lunch break (required by law) before the 6-hour mark.

Never have any problems getting time off.

My job is pretty flexible now that I think of it.

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There is nothing official really. HR doesnt like to touch on this subject as it really depends on your role and I work for a fairly large institution, but I noticed the de facto core hours are between 10 and 4. You can expect everyone to be there between those hours.

However, when there is an external need like having an appointment it is very flexible. As long as you make up the hours (or rather, as long as you deliver on your tasks) no one really cares.

Far-Queue posted...

I'm expected to work 8 hours a day M-F. As long as I'm close I don't think I'd have any issues. Sometimes (rarely) I'll work 7-7.5 hours and I don't tell my boss. Never hear anything about it. If I need to leave earlier it's no problem as long as I notify my boss. Got to choose my own start time, they'd let me adjust it depending on my needs at home.

I have to start every day on-time, and I have to take a lunch break (required by law) before the 6-hour mark.

Never have any problems getting time off.

My job is pretty flexible now that I think of it.

Is it salary or wage? I know for the Air Force (on my base), they sometimes dont care if we dont stay the whole 8 hours.

KillerAndroid posted...

There is nothing official really. HR doesnt like to touch on this subject as it really depends on your role and I work for a fairly large institution, but I noticed the de facto core hours are between 10 and 4. You can expect everyone to be there between those hours.

However, when there is an external need like having an appointment it is very flexible. As long as you make up the hours (or rather, as long as you deliver on your tasks) no one really cares.

My job at the bus station is kind of like that. Our boss is ok with whatever if we get our work done...
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total control

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Mead posted...

total control

Dog petting, right?
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LinkPizza posted...

Dog petting, right?

never has it been higher in demand

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Not much. But I'm 100% ok with the hours and days I work. I can also take time off as needed.

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LinkPizza posted...

Is it salary or wage?

Wage. My manager doesn't mind as long as I am doing my job and I don't abuse the privilege.

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Required to work 8 hours from 8am to 5pm, with an hour lunch. If I need to switch it around or work earlier hours, I can, but its not recommend as payroll hates time changes.

SunWuKung420 posted...

Not much. But I'm 100% ok with the hours and days I work. I can also take time off as needed.

I guess you dont need control of you like the hours...

Far-Queue posted...

Wage. My manager doesn't mind as long as I am doing my job and I don't abuse the privilege.

Yeah. About the same for me with most of my jobs.

WastelandCowboy posted...

Required to work 8 hours from 8am to 5pm, with an hour lunch. If I need to switch it around or work earlier hours, I can, but its not recommend as payroll hates time changes.

My jobs payroll only doesnt like time changes the first time. My other job doesnt care as much. But times are set so you cant clock in too early...
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Not a lot, its up to my boss what i work, but he seems pretty reasonable. If the store were actually busier, and if i weren't currently living with my parents i'd be wanting longer shifts, but I like the shifts I work.

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LinkPizza posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...
Required to work 8 hours from 8am to 5pm, with an hour lunch. If I need to switch it around or work earlier hours, I can, but its not recommend as payroll hates time changes.

My jobs payroll only doesnt like time changes the first time. My other job doesnt care as much. But times are set so you cant clock in too early...

Yeah I should say that while they'll let me choose my start time, it's something that I have to pick and stick with for a while. I can't just pick a random start time every other week. Manager would get annoyed having to adjust the timeclock that much

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PMarth2002 posted...

Not a lot, its up to my boss what i work, but he seems pretty reasonable. If the store were actually busier, and if i weren't currently living with my parents i'd be wanting longer shifts, but I like the shifts I work.

Pizza delivery, right? Off topic, but I had a question. What do you do when not out delivering. Are you like helping make the pizzas, or taking orders, or something? On topic, depending on that, it could make the days goes faster or slower...

Far-Queue posted...

Yeah I should say that while they'll let me choose my start time, it's something that I have to pick and stick with for a while. I can't just pick a random start time every other week. Manager would get annoyed having to adjust the timeclock that much

Yeah. Our boss probably doesnt like doing it much. So, if we have to come in later, he just writes notes so we arent late. If they just never set the times clocks up for us to have to come in at a certain times, things would be better. But its whatever...
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Theyre pretty much set but I can more or less leave whenever

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FatalAccident posted...

Theyre pretty much set but I can more or less leave whenever

Wage or salary? And can you leave whenever because you finish all you work?
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I can come in whenever, but I have to do a full 8 hours. It's never been explicitly said, but I am pretty sure everyone should be in at prime work hours. Boss would probably be mad if someone came in at 5PM after most others have left.

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No control over my hours. I am there at night incase there is a logical or physical issue with our network over night.

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In theory I have a lot of control over my hours, but since I have a lot of meetings I do kind of have to set my hours around those.

On paper, 0.

In reality as long as I do my duties, I can arrive/leave whenever.

I spend about 4 hours a day just fucking around playing Pokemon GO or fire emblem heroes.

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I make my own schedule, but I am also on call 24/7 in case of emergencies. I don't mind, however emergencies always seem to crop up on my designated day off. It is a bit exhausting.

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SpeedDemon20 posted...

I can come in whenever, but I have to do a full 8 hours. It's never been explicitly said, but I am pretty sure everyone should be in at prime work hours. Boss would probably be mad if someone came in at 5PM after most others have left.

So, that sounds similar. Like you have prime work hours, which are like our core times...

hypnox posted...

No control over my hours. I am there at night incase there is a logical or physical issue with our network over night.

Im guessing that there probably arent a lot of people on your shift? Night shifts can be hard to have control over depending on he job.

rjsilverthorn posted...

In theory I have a lot of control over my hours, but since I have a lot of meetings I do kind of have to set my hours around those.

Ah. So, the meetings are the only thing you have to kind of work around. Are there days when you have no meetings?

EvilMegas posted...

On paper, 0.

In reality as long as I do my duties, I can arrive/leave whenever.

I spend about 4 hours a day just fucking around playing Pokemon GO or fire emblem heroes.

Yeah. Jobs like that are pretty good. Is it salary or wage?

CaptainObvius posted...

I make my own schedule, but I am also on call 24/7 in case of emergencies. I don't mind, however emergencies always seem to crop up on my designated day off. It is a bit exhausting.

I can understand that. Its kind of like that in active duty, tbh...
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LinkPizza posted...

Pizza delivery, right? Off topic, but I had a question. What do you do when not out delivering. Are you like helping make the pizzas, or taking orders, or something? On topic, depending on that, it could make the days goes faster or slower...

At this store, I wash more dishes than do anything else while i'm in the store. We're a dine-in location, so there's a lot of them. I also help out with food prep, fold boxes and fry/sauce the wings. I never top or sauce the pizzas, although ocassionally i'll cut them when they come out of the oven if everyone else is busy.

The servers and managers do the majority of answering the phones. I've helped out more with that at other stores, but I don't like doing it.

If we're slow enough, I'generally get sent home, which sucks for my paycheck, but I don't really mind.

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LinkPizza posted...

Im guessing that there probably arent a lot of people on your shift? Night shifts can be hard to have control over depending on he job.

Theres tier 1 offices manned up north but I am in charge of our San Antonio Colo physically and the entire network logically at night. If I take a vacation an engineer from the day shifts either take my shift or is on call.

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Bossman doesn't really care as long as we get our shit done.

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PMarth2002 posted...

At this store, I wash more dishes than do anything else while i'm in the store. We're a dine-in location, so there's a lot of them. I also help out with food prep, fold boxes and fry/sauce the wings. I never top or sauce the pizzas, although ocassionally i'll cut them when they come out of the oven if everyone else is busy.

The servers and managers do the majority of answering the phones. I've helped out more with that at other stores, but I don't like doing it.

If we're slow enough, I'generally get sent home, which sucks for my paycheck, but I don't really mind.

I guess it should be fine if you live at home and dont need a lot of extra money.

hypnox posted...

Theres tier 1 offices manned up north but I am in charge of our San Antonio Colo physically and the entire network logically at night. If I take a vacation an engineer from the day shifts either take my shift or is on call.

Ah. I see...

Judgmenl posted...

Bossman doesn't really care as long as we get our shit done.

I think that is how it should be for a lot of jobs...

Zangulus posted...

Basically whenever I want to work right now. Im going to eventually be second shift. But for now I start around 8am. This week Im doing 4 10s since I needed Monday off.

Do you need Monday off for moving? And would you rather work 4 10s or 5 8s?
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Zangulus posted...

Basically. I had to go downtown and get a permit for my pod when it shows up, as well as running around buying shit for the new house. And just to relax a little bit after all the driving.

It doesnt matter to me really. But theyd rather I work 5 days. But if needed I can take a day or two off and just make up the time.

As long as it isnt constant I could just take days off and not make up the time too. especially if were slow. I was doing that for a few weeks before I went to California to pack up the house.

Something good and bad about my job is no extra pay for overtime. Instead of more money, you get more time. So, Ill make the same amount of money working longer hours. But that means I can use that extra time to get days off. Which I could either rest, or go to another job to make even more money. So, its sort of like more money, I guess...
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Zangulus posted...

I worked a job like that a long time ago. We called it Flex time. Every hour of Overtime I worked, I'd get an hour of time off. So my actual time off I never used.

Then when I quit, I forced them to pay me the overtime I was actually due. I got a monster check for a 10 hour work week making $10 an hour.

Yeah. Im probably going to end up using mostly that extra time off instead of the normal time off I earn. Which will save me a lot. Haha.
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I can only work assigned hours.

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SusanGreenEyes posted...

I can only work assigned hours.

Do you like the hours you work?
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LinkPizza posted...

Wage or salary? And can you leave whenever because you finish all you work?

Salary

Yeah, although Im never really finished with work as theres always stuff to do. But unofficially we can leave whenever (within reason) since my office is pretty chilled, courtesy of no managers/directors being based here full time.

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40 a week minimum but you can pretty much get all the overtime you want. Well not quite they limit it to 7 extra days a month cause they had issues with guys making 100+ thousand a year when base pay is barely over 30 thousand.

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