tHoUGhts wHile StaRIng at a WAll
disclaimer: this really has nothing to do with april fool's day. i promise.
an ethical question maybe. scenario: you're at work, and the day is winding down. you have hours before you're off but you are an efficient worker and have your deadlines all caught up. your boss comes in and tells you, "you can leave early today...," as in now.
here's the question: after that moment, you, the non-salaried worker, are stoked because you're leaving early, but should you be? since you are non-salaried, wouldn't that mean that you won't get paid for the time that you're not at work? does the boss do this just to save some money for the company and make him look good? or, since you've still gotten the work done that you had to in that day, and were scheduled to work from 8-5, you should not have to worry about missing a couple of hours and expect pay for a full day (i.e. your boss rules)?
until then---
5 comments:
Part of staying profitable is keeping costs down, so sending a worker home early if there's no work to be done would be a good idea. It's wasteful to pay someone for not being productive.
If you're hourly why should you get paid for time that you're not at work? Would you work overtime for free?
If your boss has the power to let you leave after 6 hours while still paying you for 8 hours, the decision is up to the discretion of your boss.
I'm a fan of the idea that when you contribute to the success of a company you should share in some of the profits via a bonus, perks or in this situation, leaving early while getting paid a full day.
It shouldn't be expected though.
I'm mostly in agreement with anonymous up there.
When I worked at Chapman, full-time staff always got to leave a couple of hours early on holidays, which was paid time-off -- a nice perk, and an good morale-booster.
If you're being asked to leave early because the work is all done and your hours are effectively being cut, I don't think that's necessarily fair if you've expected to work -- and get paid for -- a certain number of hours. A lot of unions have policies against that kind of thing.
In some cases it might make sense to get let off early, but your boss might get a better value for money by keeping you around and giving you more to do.
I'll chip in my 2 cents here. I would say i'm also mostly in agreement with what's been said and that, while it's basically the right of the boss to shorten a work day at his discretion, that by the foggy laws of (un?)common courtesy that he ought to let you know in advance and not the day of. However, pulling a stunt like the one you described could be a great way to look good on the surface to pretty much everyone but the drone*, while at the same time secretly celebrating one's inner sleazebag. Then again, there might just really not be anything else that could be done that day, so it's really better for everyone including the worker's morale...except for the not getting paid for those hours part.
*and possibly even the drone himself, depending on whether or not he stops to think about it, and/or if he ultimately really cares, and/or whether the money part is his true motivation for working that job
So what happened? Did you get paid for the rest of the day? Most companies have a set schedule that you have to stick to.
Are you still enjoying your job?
We'll from past experience usually when this happens it was an option not mandatory. My bosses that let me get out of work early did it because the was almost absolutely no work left and it helped cut costs. Usually I wouldn't get paid for my full shift if I went home early. The only times I did get paid were usually if it was a holiday or the day before a holiday, and my boss would let pretty much everyone go home early.
It's a double edged sword but like a said, I always had a choice whether to stay or not. The times that I did decide to stay for my full shift, I would just get stuck with monotonous, unproductive busy work to fill in the hours.
If work is slow, then the employer is probably not making money so it makes sense to have the option to leave without full pay. I haven't been on a situation when the company was productive but you still finished all the work to do.
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