I see one significant error in your comment. The number 25 should be replaced with a number between 20 and 60, possibly higher in some areas.
With sane policies and management it's no big deal. With typical management it can be a giant nightmare.
Then again I've also sat in the divide between the (union) blue collars and management and had to punch a clock. It wasn't a big deal, but then it was also easy to have my card fixed when I screwed it up. For a while I was also working night shift there, I don't think I actually saw my boss more than once a week.
Yeah, I was just throwing a random, working-age number, out there. Honestly, I'd feel pretty shitty if I was clocking in at 60 years old. That's sort of ridiculous...
I worked at a place where all of my managers had to clock in and I never felt that it was a big deal there. EVERYONE clocked in so there was no obvious distrust of you over, say, your manager. I work at a place right now where no one has to clock in. I KNOW some people fudge their hours on a weekly basis and I would almost like to see a clock put in here just to see them get f#$%ed. Hence the comment that you can make an argument that blue collar workers shouldn't be trusted... However, the managers even now know people fudge their hours - they just don't care. So, perhaps the managers are the 'problem'.
I would personally be sort of insulted by them because, frankly, I'm a pretty honest employee. I wouldn't make a fuss about it though, it would be a minor annoyance to my self-respect.
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Date: 2009-08-31 10:23 pm (UTC)With sane policies and management it's no big deal. With typical management it can be a giant nightmare.
Then again I've also sat in the divide between the (union) blue collars and management and had to punch a clock. It wasn't a big deal, but then it was also easy to have my card fixed when I screwed it up. For a while I was also working night shift there, I don't think I actually saw my boss more than once a week.
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Date: 2009-09-01 04:04 pm (UTC)I worked at a place where all of my managers had to clock in and I never felt that it was a big deal there. EVERYONE clocked in so there was no obvious distrust of you over, say, your manager. I work at a place right now where no one has to clock in. I KNOW some people fudge their hours on a weekly basis and I would almost like to see a clock put in here just to see them get f#$%ed. Hence the comment that you can make an argument that blue collar workers shouldn't be trusted... However, the managers even now know people fudge their hours - they just don't care. So, perhaps the managers are the 'problem'.
I would personally be sort of insulted by them because, frankly, I'm a pretty honest employee. I wouldn't make a fuss about it though, it would be a minor annoyance to my self-respect.