Timekeeping
i used to work as a photocopier engineer for a firm whos name was remarkably similar to the German word for thanks.

i was agency , so i was paid my pittance weekly however proper staff got paid monthly . We had to clock in and out every day , not unusual. The nice thing was we had flexi time so you could come in any time between 730 and 830 leaving at the coresponding time at night. If you were late in one day you could make up the time the next day. Sounds fair?


However you were not allowed to work 4 9hour days and go at lunchtime on a friday even although that still equated to a 40 hour week.

The managers went through the time cards with a fine toothed comb. My mate Tez was permant staff and got pulled into the office at the end of a month over a time keeping issue.
It had come to the managers attention that over the course of the month he hadnt quite done all his contracted hours , and now had to make up the time.
Fair enough you may say.

The total time owed to the company for the month? 2 minuites !!!
He was made to make up the time or face disclipinary action.

Strangly enough Tez made up his time whilst drinking an extra cup of tea.
(welgar, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 7:49, 3 replies)

last line made me laugh :)
Friend of mine used to work at morrisons. If you were more than 5 minutes late, they would dock 15 minutes wages. So if he was 6 minutes late. He'd purposly sit in the car for 9 minutes before clocking in :)
(Miggyman, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 7:52, closed)

Young Tez -
I like the cut of his jib, sir.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 9:23, closed)

Time Clocks....
Back when I was working at a certain large yellow insurance company they operated a key based clocking in system that we developed a perfect system of abuse for.

Everyone had their own ticker-clock and as you turn up you put the key in the clock and turn it, thus starting the timer. Then turn it off again when you leave the office - lunch, toilet, fags etc.

Its pretty simple but we used to always stay clocked in over lunch. Extra hour each day (obviously only done on a few random days to ensure it wasnt obvious) but at the end of the month, every month, without fail you would have the maximum of 10.5 hours flex time built up. Therefore giving you 1 1/2 days extra off each month without it cutting into your (I'll admit, generous) holiday time.

Everyone did this, from the part time college kids to the managers. Everyone knew everyone else did it but no one ever mentioned it to each other. As it boosted our annual holiday up to 48 days per year (not including bank holidays etc)
(The_Mighty_Spleen, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 10:36, closed)