When do you leave work? (Poll?)

Rotty said:
GSXR

can't remember what you do , obviously something very similar to me
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Systems support team looking after approx 1000 WinTel servers, although these days there’s not actually too much hands on techie work, more management and compliance stuff. Only really seem to get to play with the toys when the poop hits the fan and something needs fixing asap. :(
 
9-530 for me 530/540 I'm out the door... some days I stay late, but I try not to as I don't get paid enough and they are taking the **** anyway at the moment...

Will see what happens in April at my appraisal.

Sometimes my boss is in at 8 and stays til 8 although the other day she wasn't in til 940 as she'd gone to the gym and forgot her shirt and had to buy another one... which she did and it didn't fit and ended up wearing one that was in the cupboard anyway, so what was the point in in getting one? Then leaves at 5pm to view a house.

She gets paid more than me, so I don't feel guilty about her being there all the time, which would be ok, except on some technical things I know more than her and most jobs we do the same.

/rant

*takes a deep breathe*

BB x
 
9-5

I leave at 5, on the nail. I used to hang around when I was keen & trying to impress, not any more though :D

There's nothing that important that it con't wait until tomorrow.
 
When I worked at New Flyer, they were the definition of anally retentive about the time clock. You couldn't clock in before the bell rang at 6:53 (only got paid from 7:00, though) or you'd get written up. And you weren't allowed to clock out before 3:30 on the nose or you'd get written up.

Now that I'm working at a REAL company called Woodmaster, they could care less when you clock in (shift is from 4:15PM to 12:45AM) so long as you're there working. I generally clock in around 4:00 and go get my stuff set up for the shift. But when it comes up towards closing time, I'm finishing up my welding, shutting everything down and getting my lunchbox, jacket, etc and heading for the timeclock. I'll clock out around 12:45 (5 minutes either way) but there's no way in hell I'm going to work for free. I bust my ass on the clock and I don't get paid any more than the slacker next to me, so I'm sure as hell not going to do it for free. But I also don't expect to be able to stand around and get paid for nothing, either......
 
I work a six day shift pattern:-

12pm - 11pm
2pm - 11pm
12pm - 9pm
8am - 5pm
8am - 5pm
8am - 5pm

On most of the noon shifts I can finish anywhere from 11pm to 4am the next morning but normally I get paid for this, on the day shifts I always make sure I finish bang on 5pm
 
Bri said:
I leave at 5, on the nail. I used to hang around when I was keen & trying to impress, not any more though :D There's nothing that important that it con't wait until tomorrow.
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Absolutely right. If work was so good, they wouldn't have to pay you to do it ;)
 
I finish at 5:15 and I leave at 5:15 on the dot.

Staying behind late is for people who can't manage their time properly ;)
 
I either leave at 4 or 7. Both are to miss the traffic. I'm on flexi so it doesn't matter when I leave. Incidentally this is the first job where I actually have fixed hours. Every other one I've ever had you ended up working extra hours usually for nothing. Its never worth it though.
 
on a tuesday i leave on time regardless of what work there is to do, however weds/thurs/fri i stay on if needed.
however, i can start early and finish early or just generally be in when im needed aslong as i cover my hours each week (tues-fri).
 
phykell said:
Sadly that sounds all too familiar but at least you're happy eh? ;) Of course when you start working for yourself you (meaning me not you of course) start to miss the idea of regular pay, weekends and holidays and if you're mainly working from home, it's bed to PC and back again breaking for lunch, dinner and that's about it. It's not that unusual for me to leave the house only once a week! Actually, that sounds really bad now I've written it down :(
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to the people that are unwilling to work the extra hours for your employer I always think it depends on your employer and job. I work for a small company (40 employees total) and if the job needs doing I'll nuckle down and get it done.

even If I don't ALWAYS enjoy my job I have an excelent workplace, a good team around me and some very interesting work to do. Continual personal advancement, excelent opputunities for learning and some travel to the far flung corners of the world make up for it. Oh and there is the nice salary at the end of every month that pays for my holidays and leisure.

Unfortunately for us in the oftware development industry the expectation of your employer that all staff will be willing to put in unpaid overtime whenever it's needed is taken as granted. I am proud of my ability to hit the targets that I set myself and If I've got to work a few extra hours late into the night it's no big deal really.

anyway that said, this project's going to be completed ahead off schedule, be 100% feature complete and actuall do what the customer needs which is a welcome change :D so I'm off home for a well deserved beer.

Paul
 
Hours are 9-5, I get 30 mins paid overtime per day, I work 8:30-17:45 (roughly) because the job needs done.

*n
 
I don't work anything remotely resembling fixed hours, and for several reasons :-

1) I'm the boss, so I work when I want, for how long I want, doing what I want, and I do it where I want. A lot of the time, that's either at home or visiting clients (and that's a worldwide proposition).

2) I'm semi-retired (though sometimes I wonder how semi that is :(). I don't typically do full days any more, or even regular days. I may spend several days on a project, then not see the office for weeks. Other projects may take months to put together, but I only provide oversight, strategic guidance and a watchful eye, so they get a day here, day there, or a few hours a week.

3) There are still some projects that need my involvement, usually if the client demands that and nothing short of that. On occasion, this requires a few days of long and intense hours - several days of 18-hour days has been known. But, by 'eck, does the client pay for it if that's what they want. If they put me through that, do they bleed for it! ;) :D
 
Theres a HUGH difference between extra work that you get paid/rewarded for, and extra work that you get nothing for. But working for free to make someone else money makes no sense. In my experience all it gets you is MORE unpaid work.
 
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