While insulting when no-nothing managers use it to punish workers who fail to arrive exactly on time, it is necessary to document that an employee is actually there or not. Suppose a manager decided to only pay you for 4 days and you had no time card. How could you prove you were working that day? It takes the guesswork out.
It IS misused by some managers however. I had one that demanded that everyone could not clock in more than 5 minutes before shift so he didn't have to deal with questions of overtime. And that anyone even 1 minute late was docked an hour. Results of said asshattery was all 250 people trying to use the one timeclock at the same time, resulting in a jammed machine, lots of people not being able to clock in or out, and an entire department quitting. If managers use it as intended, it's no big deal. But when managers become second-counters and use it poorly, then it does become insulting, yes.
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Date: 2009-08-31 06:08 pm (UTC)It IS misused by some managers however. I had one that demanded that everyone could not clock in more than 5 minutes before shift so he didn't have to deal with questions of overtime. And that anyone even 1 minute late was docked an hour. Results of said asshattery was all 250 people trying to use the one timeclock at the same time, resulting in a jammed machine, lots of people not being able to clock in or out, and an entire department quitting. If managers use it as intended, it's no big deal. But when managers become second-counters and use it poorly, then it does become insulting, yes.
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Date: 2009-08-31 08:32 pm (UTC)