FWD: Lack of self-awareness in a writer...what to do

[Suzette Leeming]

There's a big difference between wanting to work more than 40 hours a week,
and needing to work more than 40 hours a week. If you're staying late for
personal satisfaction, I don't see a problem. If, however, a company is
paying you for 40 hours a week and realistically you need to work more than
that on a constant basis (I'm not talking about the two weeks before a new
release is due), then there is a problem.Five or six employees each working
more than an hour extra per day adds up to another employee.

I've seen situations where people goof off most of the day and then stay
late to catch up, all the while expecting people to think they're great
because they work late every night. That's an entirely different situation
though.

An employee should not be penalized because he/she chooses not to work more
than 40 hours a week on a consistent basis.

All the other stuff about Tom though, seems like he is not a good fit for
the department. Is there perhaps another department within the company where
he may be more suited? Marcom for example?

Suzette Leeming
Stouffville, Ontario

On 7/2/07, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr at genek.com> wrote:
>
> 45 hours per week works out to one hour per day of
> "casual overtime."  It's not exactly what I would call
> sweatshop hours for salaried employees who don't get
> time taken out for doctor appointments and other
> personal business "out of office" hours.  If, OTOH,
> your company requires you to take PTO hours for
> all of those, it's another matter.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Borokowski" <athloi at yahoo.com>
> To: <techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 8:27 AM
> Subject: Re: FWD: Lack of self-awareness in a writer...what to do
>
>
> > Everywhere I have worked, I have found that those who work more than 40
> > hours a week are doing something less efficiently than they should.
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