I've had 1:1 comp time, but only at my manager's discretion and we had to
keep it quiet. We had too little management so our 2.5 person group made
sure everything was covered and co-ordinated our time. In a couple of
places I've had (and have now) an occasional comp day when we do an all day
Saturday upgrade, or something like that, but I still put in more than 40
hours routinely. There was also an early job where I got comp time but
later found out I was exempt and should have been getting OT. That place is
a bad example because they were always screwing people any way they could.
I was once told I could not be promoted because my salary was not within the
salary range for my job grade. I had been that job grade for two years and
I was making below the company set policy minimum for that job grade. I did
get a raise that brought me over the minimum, but I was still gone in a
couple of months.
What has been more common is oncall compensation pay. That's extra pay just
for carrying the beeper/phone/laptop and being prepared to drop your life to
work on a company problem. That does not include compensation for any work
actually done oncall, though management has tried to argue that. In each of
my last three jobs the company has implented the oncall compensation to stay
competitive in the job market.
As far as constructive advice? Some people won't learn until you leave.
It's a Catch-22. HR should be paying attention to the job markets and
advising management what needs to be done to retain people. You may have to
help HR along with some research of your own, but it probably has to be
focused on your local job market, not what Silicon Valley or other high-tech
focal points do. Unless you can fake them out. :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Mathews, James E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: What do you get for Over Time
I was wondering if anyone has any policies set up for Over Time.
The reason I ask is one of the other network guys and myself have put in
about 40 hours over time this month and we receive nothing for it.
Just wondering what policies are set up at other companies to compensate for
over time.
We consistently work about 8-12 hours over a month and we get no time off or
anything for this.
Management keeps telling us it is just part of our job and we can not get
any comp time even though we are only scheduled for
40 hours a week.
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