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Lockdown/Swap Board - ame


Posted: Jul 14, 2010

Just got email from CCM stating that soon we will be utilizing swap board.  Does anyone have any tips on this?  Has anyone been using this?  Is it hard to get make-up time this way?

Swap Board - ame

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Would someone please give me some feedback on the swap board (I have heard it called swamp board) and "lockout" or Lockdown (sounds like prison). The south region is going to be starting this soon and I just wondered how others feel about this new system.

RE: Swap board (swamp board) - haggard

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The swap board really only works if you are part time. If you post a shift on there and nobody picks it up within 24 hours of your shift, you must take it back. If you are full time and you take hours to swap for yours and nobodys picks up your hours, then you would then you would be working overtime, which is not allowed.

If you are part time then you can pick up extra shifts ore easily.

I think it would be better if we could communicate with one another about it. For example I'll work your shift or a couple of hours for you, if you work for me.

My CCM even told me that it is for part time people as it stands now.

swap board - enigma

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Ours is working. There are a lot of 1-hour shifts available, but if you're full time you can't pick them up until your CCM has adjusted your schedule for NJA. One would think that the schedule and the time sheet would interface, but I suppose not...


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