Comments on: Why tracking employee hours is dumb

By: Roberto

Roberto — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:51:36 +0000

Trunking employees work hours is not acceptable to some for they are doing things not in the proper company protocol.

By: Pulasthi Wannniarachchi

Pulasthi Wannniarachchi — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:12:20 +0000

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By: Evil HR Lady

Evil HR Lady — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:55:27 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth West. That is super unprofessional. That would drive me insane as well.

By: Evil HR Lady

Evil HR Lady — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:54:48 +0000

In reply to Joni Loveless. Sure! Then address that problem. They are trying to fix problem A with solution B, instead of solution A.

By: Evil HR Lady

Evil HR Lady — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:54:07 +0000

In reply to Vicki. The longer I work, the less I see the value of having your butt planted in a chair. I don't even know how I'd begin to bill my hours if CBS paid me by the hour. It takes me very little time to actually sit down and write a post, but I've thought about it for hours, sorting everything out in my mind. Do I get to count the hours that I thought about it while at the grocery store, or making dinner?

By: Evil HR Lady

Evil HR Lady — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:52:35 +0000

In reply to SunnyCA. Yep. That's exactly what happens!

By: Elizabeth West

Elizabeth West — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:21:59 +0000

Whether you have to track his hours or not, it’s unprofessional and rude to the other employees for him not to let them know he’s going to be out. They are handling his calls, and it makes them look like idiots when they put a call through thinking he’s there, and he’s not.

As a receptionist, I hated this. Many times, I noticed people did this when they wanted to leave but didn’t want the boss to know they were bailing for the day. By not telling me, they ensured I couldn’t rat them out. But it frustrated me, because I knew what they were doing and had to take the flack for it anyway.

By: Joni Loveless

Joni Loveless — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:33:06 +0000

From the question it doesn’t appear that it is a matter of hours worked that is the concern but instead when the individual will be away from work and therefore unavailable and tracking his/her time away from work that is paid. An organization wide policy seems like the best answer for notifying when you will be taking vacation and how much vacation you will be taking.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:49:31 +0000

SunnyCS – it happens n private sector companies too, but differently. Too many managers don;t seem to understand how t determine “performance” based on actual work. “Face time” (or “butt in chair” time) is all they see.

> There’s too much focus on showing up and not enough focus on getting things done.

This should be one of the quotes that was entered for “Best Management Quote”. I would vote for it in a heartbeat.

By: SunnyCA

SunnyCA — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:50:07 +0000

I work for a government contractor, so we must track time worked by direct charge employees. If we don’t, the government won’t pay us. And because we pass through a portion of our overhead expenses to the government, we must also track all overhead employee time. This “hourly” culture has seeped into every pore of the company, and not in a good way. There’s too much focus on showing up and not enough focus on getting things done.