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What difference does it make to the - sm

Posted: Apr 17, 2015

scheduler person if we throw on a load of laundry while we stretch our legs?!? We are allowed to stand up and stretch for god's sake! The only thing she needs to worry about is our number of lines at the end of the day and if we worked our schedule. That's literally all that matters. Is it some kind of power/control trip? Before, she said we're not supposed to take off and use PTO to go to the doctor, though of course it's okay for them to do that all the time, and now I guess we can't even stretch our legs.

Did the MT make quota? Did they work their schedule? Yes? Then move on and don't worry about what they do at home in between reports. It doesn't concern you.

Do they really have nothing better to do to earn those big bucks? If I was the CEO trimming fat, I know where I'd start. I think I'm extra irritable from all the OT, lol.

Did someone really confront you about inactive time? - That worries me.

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I have a great deal of inactive time. I go to the bathroom. I fix my lunch. I get a cup of coffee. I even take phone calls. I do not clock off during any of this. My lines are always well above minimum.

Exactly how much inactive time is acceptable or unacceptable? What is the penalty for it being too much? I have not had anyone say anything to me and I figure I always have about 45 minutes of inactive time.

Our group has always been told 10% or below - mtwillworkforfood

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which, in an 8-8hour shift, is a max of 48 minutes. I don't stress about it at all, do everything I need to do without clocking out, and I only remember being over 10% once.

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

We're paid by line & have a quota to meet. If we meet it, then - sm

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what on Earth difference does it make if we drag it out the whole day working slowly nonstop, or type super fast in bursts with breaks in between? I mean, seriously..... Talk about micromanaging. I was telling my husband about this & he couldn't believe it. He said nobody hounds him about his method, speed, breaks, etc., as long as it's done correctly and in a timely fashion.

Supposedly, they have a "tracker" - that shows the difference

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between how long you are in Fluency vs. how long you are logged into teamwork. I am constantly logging out of Fluency between reports to make sure my line count is up, check on a QA report, etc. Shouldn't this count as work time as well? Also, it's not like they're paying us hourly, so what in the world difference does it make?

Its all intimidation tactics. Every crappy stunt they pull - thats what it is. nm

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nm

They can and do match the Fluency time and time card time. - know from experience

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They are looking for anyway to get rid of people, and this provides them with the perfect gotcha way to fire you so you will not be eligible for unemployment with claims of time card fraud.

They don't really need a reason. - Dazed and confused

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The employee handbook states there is an employ-at-will policy, so they can fire you w/o a reason, and that covers them from any consequences.

didn't sit well with me either - anon

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Honestly, so what if we want to take 5 minutes every so often to throw a load of clothes in or do another quick chore or talk on the phone, you know they do it all the time, yet if you are clocked in you better be working on Fluency. Honestly enough is enough is enough. Its stupid because we are paid on production so we all know we have to work to produce the little money we get. Sometimes that few minutes away is good to clear the mind to get back to that stupid ASR nonsense we have to put up with.

I remember years ago - sm

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one of them would send updates and comment that she was at the gym or on the way to the mall and would be out of pocket for an hour or so. You know they have major flexibility, yet we're treated like indentured servants. I'm sick of it.

agree - cher

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Getting up and doing something does clear the mind and probably helps with production.

Why not clock off when you take a break? It sounds like they don't care if you take a break as long as you clock off?

I get up and walk away for a reason - sm

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Sheer frustration. When the dictators and ASR are horrendous, I finish the reports leave all the blanks and come back and try and fill them in. I hate ASR because it puts ideas in your head with the crap it prints that is nowhere near what is dictated. I need to blank things and try and forget what it wrote to fill it in correctly.

If you have to clock out everytime you need to - sm

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stretch or go to the bathroom, then you have to tack all that time onto the end of your shift, which technically you can't do without getting in trouble anyway, but I'm not tying up that much extra time on this crap. What other job makes you clock out to pee?! And we're PAID ON PRODUCTION ANYWAY. The whole thing is idiotic.

I clock in a little early - cher

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and sometimes I clock out a little late. During my shift I take time to get up and move around. I need to clock out when I'm not working because it would hurt my line count.

Nah, forget that. No other job makes you do that. 8 hrs - of our day is enough. NM

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Agree by the end of 8 hrs - sm

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I'm already about to put a bullet in my head, why would I extend the suffering? I get paid by what I do, so I'll do whatever I want to do.

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