RE: RE: Exploitation is a two-way street (was a bunch of other th reads)

["Victoria Nuttle" <vnuttle -at- cauto -dot- com>]

Ok... I have to say... thinking that you're a cinch to keep your job
just because you put in "above and beyond" hours is not always the case.
I had one job at a company, I worked probably about 30-35 hours a week
and no doubt could have happily stayed there for life.  I wanted a
challenge, moved to another job.  Aggressive release schedule and it was
normal to be putting in 50 hour weeks.  When I returned to work after a
13 hour day to get a release out, I was laid off.

Nothing in the world will EVER convince me that that 40+ hours per week
really impresses your employer that much.  If you can get quality work
done and deadlines met in your work week, do most managers really pay
attention to how many hours it took you to do it? (as long as you've met
your "minimum" required)

-Victoria 


-----Original Message-----
From: Samuel -dot- Beard -at- tdcj -dot- state -dot- tx -dot- us
[mailto:Samuel -dot- Beard -at- tdcj -dot- state -dot- tx -dot- us] 
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 1:46 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Subject: RE: RE: Exploitation is a two-way street (was a bunch of other
th reads)

   That's the sort of thing I'm talking about. If you have to leave a
40-hour job and go to a part-time job, just to be able to make ends
meet, then being able to stay late isn't an option very often. And many
single parents have to do just that. Therefore, being devalued in some
way, whether it be on performance evaluations or laid off when that time
comes, simply because they don't work more than the required time simply
isn't fair. I worked a regular 40-hour TW job and a part-time job two
nights a week and a weekend day. As long as it wasn't on the weeknights
I had to work my PT job, I didn't mind staying late all that much when
it was needed. Matter of fact, there were also times I had to call in to
my PT job and say that I was either going to be late or not be able to
come in at all because I had a deadline that had to be done. I tried to
keep that to a minimum for a number of reasons for both jobs, as well as
my own sanity.

Sam

Samuel I. Beard, Jr.
Technical Writer, Human Resources
Texas Department of Criminal Justice




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