Last day at work.....What to do...

DAMO RAM80 said:
The rules are there for a reason. But what's got to me is how they have moved the goal posts. U used to get 5 mins a day if u were late. Now it's a one minute. Which everyone seems to think is fair. But I have to put in two long passwords before I log in. And u can make a mistake and then your late. So I get 3 breaks a day. I take around about 5 mins less of my breaks.

I am leaving on the 17th. Im not walking out before. But wanted Togo out witha bang as the way we have been treated is unfair
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Your shift starts at the alloted time, it is for you to be ready to start at that time which means being in the office a few mins early.

All jobs are like this, you start at the right time, not walk through the door and sit down at that time :)
 
Morba said:
Your shift starts at the alloted time, it is for you to be ready to start at that time which means being in the office a few mins early.

All jobs are like this, you start at the right time, not walk through the door and sit down at that time :)
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well no

I work in IT and my current boss doesnt care what time we roll through the door as long as the work gets done.

People expect this sort of relaxed atmosphere in all jobs, but it will never happen in any call centre. Far too many bean counters staring at the clock counting "lost minutes" of "productive time" for that to be allowed.

Back in the real world where the only thing that counts is whether the work gets done or not, managers dont care about that sort of stuff. But the call centres arent the real world. ..
 
MrLOL said:
well no

I work in IT and my current boss doesnt care what time we roll through the door as long as the work gets done.

People expect this sort of relaxed atmosphere in all jobs, but it will never happen in any call centre. Far too many bean counters staring at the clock counting "lost minutes" of "productive time" for that to be allowed.

Back in the real world where the only thing that counts is whether the work gets done or not, managers dont care about that sort of stuff. But the call centres arent the real world. ..
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Nice way to compare 2 completely different types of job. Call centres are run on statistics where resource is allocated specifically.
Your job is clearly not run based on where people are at certain times :p
 
Last day, you could make sure you have a dozen or so fish and hide them all over the place. I mean, 'Really' hide them!! Take a few days or so, maybe a week but that place will stink something rotten!!
 
I say, **** the reference, these ****s have been ruining your life for what 4 years?, jesus let em' have it, and no mistake!.
 
Meh. You're leaving. Keep schtum and get on with your working day.

Burning bridges is a pointless exercise. Whilst you may think whatever it is you are planning on doing will be epic and prove a point, it will do nothing but convince your soon-to-be-former-boss that you are a plank and undeserving of a reference. Your soon-to-be-former-colleagues will also forget about you within a week.
 
Never worth ruining a reference / relationships which could be handy later. remain outwardly professional but do a rogue pooh or hide milk / fish somewhere.
 
What goes around, comes around, keep quiet and crack on.

You've made your decision to leave already so leaving on even worse terms won't do you any favours in the long run, if you really feel you need to have your say then I would right a well mannered but firm email to your boss.

Personally I think those punishments are a joke, but I've never worked in a call centre to I imagine they probably aren't that unreasonable given the field.
 
Morba said:
Nice way to compare 2 completely different types of job. Call centres are run on statistics where resource is allocated specifically.
Your job is clearly not run based on where people are at certain times :p
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that was kind of my point

it is a completely different job, but people expect the same level of relaxed atmosphere in both.
 
Just stay quiet and leave. No point if you're going to be getting a reference. Unless, they give you a really crap reference, just do what comes to mind then.
 
Heaven forbid people turn up for work within plenty of time and only take their allotted breaks :eek:

Man up wet pants - at least the job still exists in the UK and hasn't been outsourced to another country.
 
Morba said:
Your shift starts at the alloted time, it is for you to be ready to start at that time which means being in the office a few mins early.

All jobs are like this, you start at the right time, not walk through the door and sit down at that time :)
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That's fair enough but it seems as if the punishments far outweigh the crimes in a case like this and I'd be willing to bet that there's no reward for showing up a minute early either.

With regards to what you should do I would simply say goodbye and move on (unless you can pull off something truely massive which would be passed down from generation to generation allowing you to become a legend in the eyes of your former co-workers for years to come :p).
 
Antar Bolaeisk said:
That's fair enough but it seems as if the punishments far outweigh the crimes in a case like this and I'd be willing to bet that there's no reward for showing up a minute early either.

With regards to what you should do I would simply say goodbye and move on (unless you can pull off something truely massive which would be passed down from generation to generation allowing you to become a legend in the eyes of your former co-workers for years to come :p).
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Why should people be rewarded for starting their shift on time? Turn up on time and you get..... paid your salary. Do more than the standard job, work at a high level and you get...... rewarded with a bonus.

Simple :)
 
I think it should be more give and take. At my work place if you ask to leave early you get told that it's fine so long as you make your hours up later.

It is forgotten that you will have done on average at 5 hours more work than your set start and finish times already.

And my boss also insists on everybody being at work at ten to seven so they are ready to actaully start work by 7am.
 
Morba said:
Your shift starts at the alloted time, it is for you to be ready to start at that time which means being in the office a few mins early.

All jobs are like this, you start at the right time, not walk through the door and sit down at that time :)
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That's complete crap tbh, if I was expected to arrive 10 minutes early because it takes 10 minutes for the PC to boot up, I'll be sure to tell my boss I'm leaving 10 minutes early. :)

My job contract will specify that 'x' number of hours of my time is given to the company. If they want that time wasted because the systems take ages to boot up, then so be it. :)

All of the above is not really relevant anyway, as I will never knowingly work in a place like this. :)
 
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