Comments on: Ethical dilemma http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:25:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Mark http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79532 Mark Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:25:14 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79532 I wouldn't personally work for free. Doing the work at home over the weekend and then using your paid work time for personal ventures come Monday would seem like an option, but will your employer understand and agree if they "Catch" you doing so next week? I don't know how understanding your employer is, but if the answer is no, then it's a loose-loose situation. Like others, I'd wash my hands of everything until I'm officially back on the clock. If they want you to be more productive, speed up the process, or keep you at peak productivity by letting you work around your own personal goals, then they might reconsider their refusal to pay you the OT, or at least negotiate something with you in regards to trading weekend time for weekday time. I wouldn’t personally work for free.

Doing the work at home over the weekend and then using your paid work time for personal ventures come Monday would seem like an option, but will your employer understand and agree if they “Catch” you doing so next week?

I don’t know how understanding your employer is, but if the answer is no, then it’s a loose-loose situation.

Like others, I’d wash my hands of everything until I’m officially back on the clock. If they want you to be more productive, speed up the process, or keep you at peak productivity by letting you work around your own personal goals, then they might reconsider their refusal to pay you the OT, or at least negotiate something with you in regards to trading weekend time for weekday time.

]]> By: Anthony de Boer http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79494 Anthony de Boer Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:02:43 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79494 Being seen doing Photoshop or something else non-work-related at your desk is probably a CLM, so that's not a recommended route, especially if you're in the middle of an Important Project and they expect to see you beavering away. Can you at least offset your work hours (8-4 or 11-7 or something better than 9-5) so you get more quiet time and less bedlam around your desk? If they're not seeing the productivity benefits of having you working where you can concentrate, then they've chosen not to enjoy those benefits. Certainly your weekend is for Recovery, go say hi to Vicki, and be refreshed when you look at the project Monday morning. Being seen doing Photoshop or something else non-work-related at your desk is probably a CLM, so that’s not a recommended route, especially if you’re in the middle of an Important Project and they expect to see you beavering away. Can you at least offset your work hours (8-4 or 11-7 or something better than 9-5) so you get more quiet time and less bedlam around your desk? If they’re not seeing the productivity benefits of having you working where you can concentrate, then they’ve chosen not to enjoy those benefits. Certainly your weekend is for Recovery, go say hi to Vicki, and be refreshed when you look at the project Monday morning.

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79490 Jessica Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:29:47 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79490 Hope you chose for go home. Honestly if the management wants to nickel and dime you for things like being able to work from home and/or working overtime, they should be accounting for the productivity reboot on Mondays in their scheduling. Hope you chose for go home. Honestly if the management wants to nickel and dime you for things like being able to work from home and/or working overtime, they should be accounting for the productivity reboot on Mondays in their scheduling.

]]> By: Berry http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79480 Berry Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:01:48 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79480 I'd tend to agree with the other commenters. Shut down Eclipse, go home, go flying. I’d tend to agree with the other commenters. Shut down Eclipse, go home, go flying.

]]> By: David Parsons http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79478 David Parsons Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:48:20 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79478 If I was being paid hourly and was restricted to 40 hours, I'd drop the code on the floor and walk out the door as soon as the clock struck :00.00 There's no reason to work for free if you're just a mercenary. If I was being paid hourly and was restricted to 40 hours, I’d drop the code on the floor and walk out the door as soon as the clock struck :00.00

There’s no reason to work for free if you’re just a mercenary.

]]> By: Jen http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79476 Jen Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:51:21 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79476 Quit now and start again on Monday. It won't do you any good to not have a life of your own over the weekend. Quit now and start again on Monday. It won’t do you any good to not have a life of your own over the weekend.

]]> By: Ayana C http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79475 Ayana C Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:34:43 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79475 They make the rules, they have to deal with the consequences. Like however much time it takes for you to get back into the zone, get all the data and connections reloaded into your brain on Monday, and resume forward progress. And because you work for them, you have to deal with the frustration of stopping while you're hot, and trying to pick it up on Monday after it's all gone cold and sour. I'd suggest making at least some cryptic notes to yourself, though.... They make the rules, they have to deal with the consequences. Like however much time it takes for you to get back into the zone, get all the data and connections reloaded into your brain on Monday, and resume forward progress. And because you work for them, you have to deal with the frustration of stopping while you’re hot, and trying to pick it up on Monday after it’s all gone cold and sour. I’d suggest making at least some cryptic notes to yourself, though….

]]> By: Seth http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79467 Seth Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:19:35 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/02/29/ethical-dilemma#comment-79467 Well, if your company is that rude/incompetent, my advice is "quit soon" (and I'm not referring to the specific task). Well, if your company is that rude/incompetent, my advice is “quit soon” (and I’m not referring to the specific task).

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