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Lunch at work is driving me crazy.

TayteeTaytee
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We recently started having to clock out for lunch at work. Previously they just took 30 minutes from your shift and you signed off for an exception if you were unable to take it for some reason.

  • You must clock out for 31 minutes. Not 29. Not 32. & Not 30
  • EXACTLY 31 MINUTES.

 

God forbid you have to flush twice in the bathroom or you took a "long lunch". Apparently last night I was a minute or two off and just got a message about my "short lunch".

I feel like I'm playing some kind of video game with the punch clock. And losing. You end up clocking out at say 4:34am and trying to do the math in your head to ohhh... 5:05am, and then your lunch is really 28-29 minutes because you go over there at about 5:03am and basically stare at the clock until it changes time to the time it's supposed to be for you to clock in. Naturally the clock in the breakroom isn't even close the time on the punch clock.

Is this ridiculous or am I being a big baby?

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  • mcurbanmcurban member

    dude, that is THE most ridiculous thing I've heard all day...and I've been hanging w/ Jack today.

     

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  • Kristen0709Kristen0709
    I'm laughing at my desk because it sounds like where I work (and you make everything sound funny), not quite as bad but annoying to say the least.  Yes I think it's absolutely ridiculous!
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  • ChandleyChandley
    that is ridiculous
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  • mlf625mlf625
    That's pretty ridiculous. ?It kind of gives me a headache, really.
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  • AustinBride06AustinBride06

    ridiculous.

    ETA: This is coming from the girl who took a 2-hour lunch to watch a movie and eat pizza in the conference room today. :)

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  • ebatebat
    totally ridiculous. 
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  • Mainer-in-TexasMainer-in-Texas
    That is beyond ridiculous. It takes micromanaging to a whole new level.
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  • lilrunnerlilrunner
    I would think, in your line of work, your time could be spent doing MUCH more important things.  What morons!  Who came up with that genius system?
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  • PrincessBrideSarahPrincessBrideSarah

    I vote for slightly ridiculous. Does your workplace actually work out pay to the minute? Where I work rounds to the nearest quarter hour, which does mean you need to clock in within a 15 minute window. However, it is really only a 7-10 minute window, as you will get spoken to if you routinely clock in at the end of the window.

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  • MrsMillerTimeMrsMillerTime

    imagelilrunner:
    I would think, in your line of work, your time could be spent doing MUCH more important things.  What morons!  Who came up with that genius system?

    Uh...ditto.

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  • TayteeTaytee
    imagePrincessBrideSarah:

    I vote for slightly ridiculous. Does your workplace actually work out pay to the minute? Where I work rounds to the nearest quarter hour, which does mean you need to clock in within a 15 minute window. However, it is really only a 7-10 minute window, as you will get spoken to if you routinely clock in at the end of the window.

    We get paid to the quarter hour like you. If you clock in tobetween 6:37 and 6:52 - it doesn't matter - you get paid like you clocked in at 6:45 (start of shift). I don't fully understand the business behind the 31 minutes.

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  • HSartteachHSartteach member
    wtf?  that is cra-zeee!!!  You are not nuts--that system isConfused
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  • naclh2otaffynaclh2otaffy member
    That would drive me batty!
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  • balihaigirlbalihaigirl member
    OMG that made me laugh.  That would drive me nuts, I think they are treating you like children.  Super lame.
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    truly a waste of time and effort.
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  • thegastonsthegastons

    I have to say this is absolutely ridiculous!!! Really, WTH difference does a couple minutes truly make?? I would be completely irritated too.

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  • KateAggieKateAggie
    imageTaytee:
    imagePrincessBrideSarah:

    I vote for slightly ridiculous. Does your workplace actually work out pay to the minute? Where I work rounds to the nearest quarter hour, which does mean you need to clock in within a 15 minute window. However, it is really only a 7-10 minute window, as you will get spoken to if you routinely clock in at the end of the window.

    We get paid to the quarter hour like you. If you clock in tobetween 6:37 and 6:52 - it doesn't matter - you get paid like you clocked in at 6:45 (start of shift). I don't fully understand the business behind the 31 minutes.

    It has to do with state laws on breaks and lunches.  Those punches are HR's records of giving you your full lunch.  It is ridiculous, but if they were audited (say, because an employee says "we don't get our full lunches"), they can get killed for your 29 minute lunch.  By notifying/reprimanding you, they're creating the paper trail necessary to show they follow state laws. 

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  • TayteeTaytee

    imageKateAggie:
    It has to do with state laws on breaks and lunches.  Those punches are HR's records of giving you your full lunch.  It is ridiculous, but if they were audited (say, because an employee says "we don't get our full lunches"), they can get killed for your 29 minute lunch.  By notifying/reprimanding you, they're creating the paper trail necessary to show they follow state laws. 

    Sad Law is law I suppose, but it still drives me crazy. I guess they should just accept if we want to take a 32 minute lunch instead of trying to box us in BOTH ways.

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    imageTaytee:

    We recently started having to clock out for lunch at work. Previously they just took 30 minutes from your shift and you signed off for an exception if you were unable to take it for some reason.

    • You must clock out for 31 minutes. Not 29. Not 32. & Not 30
    • EXACTLY 31 MINUTES.

     

    God forbid you have to flush twice in the bathroom or you took a "long lunch". Apparently last night I was a minute or two off and just got a message about my "short lunch".

    I feel like I'm playing some kind of video game with the punch clock. And losing. You end up clocking out at say 4:34am and trying to do the math in your head to ohhh... 5:05am, and then your lunch is really 28-29 minutes because you go over there at about 5:03am and basically stare at the clock until it changes time to the time it's supposed to be for you to clock in. Naturally the clock in the breakroom isn't even close the time on the punch clock.

    Is this ridiculous or am I being a big baby?

    It is ridic! But...we have 31 minutes lunches also. Their justification is that if we clock out at 12:00:34 (34 seconds...but seconds does not show up on the time clock) and come and clock back in at 12:30:15...the time clock pays us for lunch and, therefore, we get 30 minutes OT for that day. The employee would only see they were clocking out at 12:00 and in at 12:30 but because their lunch was not precisely 30 minutes or more we get OT. Bleh!

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