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Would I start my working hours when I park or once I'm inside at my desk

I'm saying I started work when I parked. That's a 5-10 minute walk on top of my commute.. I'm leaving after 8 hours idgaf.

at your desk, but personally i wouldn't care and i'd just be late every day

if you're able to do your job from home, start your working hours once you get in the car and start driving IMO. if your management wants you to be on site instead of remote, you getting there should be on their time, not yours.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

if you're able to do your job from home, start your working hours once you get in the car and start driving IMO. if your management wants you to be on site instead of remote, you getting there should be on their time, not yours.

lmao if only that is true. most workplaces have policy saying commute doesn't count as part of work time

Work starts when you begin to prepare for it. If they can fire you for not showering the they can pay you to shower too.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

if you're able to do your job from home, start your working hours once you get in the car and start driving IMO. if your management wants you to be on site instead of remote, you getting there should be on their time, not yours.

Yeah if I'm ever a boss this is what I'd probably request of my staff. Commuting is so fucking lame.

Ask your boss

lol

Its hardly a long walk.

No_U_L7 posted...

lmao if only that is true. most workplaces have policy saying commute doesn't count as part of work time

Which is why (if possible) you schedule some kind of status meeting in the morning around the same time you'd be driving into work, so you can dial in while you drive in.

Dakimakura posted...

Work starts when you begin to prepare for it. If they can fire you for not showering the they can pay you to shower too.

Sleep is part of my preparation, they're gonna pay for it.

Sexypwnstar posted...

Sleep is part of my preparation, they're gonna pay for it.

If they can fire you for being tired/sleepy on the job then they can pay for you to sleep.

ColonizedMind posted...

Its hardly a long walk.

It's still extra time required of me.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

if you're able to do your job from home, start your working hours once you get in the car and start driving IMO. if your management wants you to be on site instead of remote, you getting there should be on their time, not yours.

This isn't a reasonable expectation unless you were hired on as a "work from home" employee. Your company usually doesn't control where you live and different people value different things. I work in an office on the east side of the Denver metro area. Some people live downtown, some people live out east on the plains, some people live way closer to the mountains on the west side of Denver some people live way down nearer to Colorado springs. Some people live in apartments that are spitting distance from the office.

You choosing to prioritize a particular lifestyle or location over your commute is your choice.

Atralis posted...

You choosing to prioritize a particular lifestyle or location over your commute is your choice.

shrug. i'm 100% effective at home (boss has echoed this numerous times). the only reason i "need" to drive into the office is because my CEO is a fucking idiot and thinks that will "encourage collaboration". as far as im concerned, he can pay for my commute time and my time walking into the office. on days i am required to be on site, i start my day at 9:00 when i get in the car and start walking to my car at 4:45 so i can be home after 8h.

if they fire me over this, so be it. i'll collect 6 months of unemployment while looking for a job with reasonable WFH rules. my skill set is in high demand right now, i wont have problems finding a new gig.

Atralis posted...

You choosing to prioritize a particular lifestyle or location over your commute is your choice.

and the CEO requiring me to be on site instead of at my home is his choice, so he can pay for the extra overhead that choice comes with. again, if he disagrees he can fire me.

Scintillant posted...

It's still extra time required of me.

Youre not required to drive or use the car park either. You could buy an apartment thats right next to your work cutting down your commute to 1 minute, but it wouldnt effect what time they start paying you.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

....if they fire me over this, so be it. i'll collect 6 months of unemployment while looking for a job with reasonable WFH rules.

I would caution that at salaried pay by the hour jobs they can fire you for cause for timecard fraud which would mean that you aren't getting unemployment. Different jobs have different policies and you may even be able to get a "full time work from home" position. But you shouldn't be passive aggressive or sneaky and I certainly would keep quiet at work about charging your commute if you are doing so.

Take advantage of the exercise

Atralis posted...

I would caution that at salaried pay by the hour jobs they can fire you for cause for timecard fraud which would mean that you aren't getting unemployment.

i'm not "pay by the hour". im pure salary and i always get my assigned tickets done ahead of schedule

appreciate the heads up!

What's your job? If I got to make calls, I'll do them while I commute and if I need to do computer work for the call, I'll do it when I get home

My boss doesn't like it but he likes me being his employee more.

Shit gets done, whatevs boss man

ColonizedMind posted...

Youre not required to drive or use the car park either. You could buy an apartment thats right next to your work cutting down your commute to 1 minute, but it wouldnt effect what time they start paying you.

There's also nothing that requires me to be in the office to get my work done.

Well thats a different matter, but you would have to speak to your manager to see what can be done about that. Theyre not going to pay you for a five minute walk from the car park though lol

Scintillant posted...

Would I start my working hours when I park or once I'm inside at my desk

I'm saying I started work when I parked. That's a 5-10 minute walk on top of my commute.. I'm leaving after 8 hours idgaf.

Its desk. And mine is a
mile for the next year and a half due to construction.

And as far as anything HR and/or security might have to say on the matter, the precise answer is the first time your badge is swiped or you pass through the front entrance.

Had this exact argument with HR recently.

ColonizedMind posted...

Well thats a different matter, but you would have to speak to your manager to see what can be done about that. Theyre not going to pay you for a five minute walk from the car park though lol

They already do

Scintillant posted...

They already do

Allow me to predict what someone in 7 months is going to call you into an office and say.

So you regularly misreport the time on your timecard? That is stealing.

divot1338 posted...

Allow me to predict what someone in 7 months is going to call you into an office and say.

So you regularly misreport the time on your timecard? That is stealing.

Lmao no

That's around 40 hours of walking from your car to work in a year. That's a work week!

SomeGuyUO posted...

That's around 40 hours of walking from your car to work in a year. That's a work week!

10 minutes, twice a day, 50 weeks a year is 16.6 hours.

And thats pretty generous considering it should take you under five minutes for a quarter mile.

If you're salary than it's not that bad.

I still wouldn't tell your boss though

Giant_Aspirin posted...

if you're able to do your job from home, start your working hours once you get in the car and start driving IMO. if your management wants you to be on site instead of remote, you getting there should be on their time, not yours.

This is 100% how it should be.

itachi15243 posted...

If you're salary than it's not that bad.

I still wouldn't tell your boss though

I am and I would never lol..this was just a "wwyd" situation.