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    • WrCombsW
      WrCombs @DustinB3403
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      @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      odd.. I work from home ; Get more done

      Not odd, the entire industry has known for decades that you send people home to work, you bring them to the office for politics and to serve the egos of managers. Nearly everyone is way more productive at home. That's why nearly all good companies don't just allow it, they encourage it.

      as that may be true: i was saying odd because of hours and how I have to put less hours on my time card because I worked from home.

      you have to put less hours on your card because you work at home? Did I miss something?

      I can only put what "work I did" so basically Billable hours only.

      That's not how employment law works. . . you're there and willing and able to work. It's your bosses fault for not having things for you to do.

      Stayed home with my son and worked from the house, had 6.5 hours of Billable hours on customer checks and half an hour of emails.
      7 hours.

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
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        If your boss says, hey I don't care where you are working from but I need you online at 4am through till 6pm.

        You get to get paid for that entire time.

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        • thwrT
          thwr @WrCombs
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          @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          odd.. I work from home ; Get more done

          Not odd, the entire industry has known for decades that you send people home to work, you bring them to the office for politics and to serve the egos of managers. Nearly everyone is way more productive at home. That's why nearly all good companies don't just allow it, they encourage it.

          as that may be true: i was saying odd because of hours and how I have to put less hours on my time card because I worked from home.

          you have to put less hours on your card because you work at home? Did I miss something?

          I can only put what "work I did" so basically Billable hours only.

          That's not how employment law works. . . you're there and willing and able to work. It's your bosses fault for not having things for you to do.

          Stayed home with my son and worked from the house, had 6.5 hours of Billable hours on customer checks and half an hour of emails.
          7 hours.

          Doesn't matter. Like @DustinB3403 said, you should have rights. If you worked for 8 hours and made 7 "billable ones", ... it's 8 hours of work.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403 @WrCombs
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            @WrCombs What you do during the day doesn't matter. What matters is your boss said "be able to work from x to z". That means you get paid for it.

            Billable or not is not relevant.

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403
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              So long as you weren't goofing off during that time obviously. You said you were watching your kid, so I assume there was some amount of "not working time" there. That's fine.

              But I'd kind of equate that to your lunch break, how much "not working time" was there?

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              • WrCombsW
                WrCombs @DustinB3403
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                @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                So long as you weren't goofing off during that time obviously. You said you were watching your kid, so I assume there was some amount of "not working time" there. That's fine.

                But I'd kind of equate that to your lunch break, how much "not working time" was there?

                about 2 hours total through out the day. 1 hour for lunch then - an hour for taking care of the kid.

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                • coliverC
                  coliver @WrCombs
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                  @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  So long as you weren't goofing off during that time obviously. You said you were watching your kid, so I assume there was some amount of "not working time" there. That's fine.

                  But I'd kind of equate that to your lunch break, how much "not working time" was there?

                  about 2 hours total through out the day. 1 hour for lunch then - an hour for taking care of the kid.

                  So 7 hours makes sense then.

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403 @coliver
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                    @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    So long as you weren't goofing off during that time obviously. You said you were watching your kid, so I assume there was some amount of "not working time" there. That's fine.

                    But I'd kind of equate that to your lunch break, how much "not working time" was there?

                    about 2 hours total through out the day. 1 hour for lunch then - an hour for taking care of the kid.

                    So 7 hours makes sense then.

                    It makes sense, yes, but it's not the point we were discussing.

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                    • thwrT
                      thwr
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                      Tried a new dashcam today, Viofo A129 Duo (both front and rear). Good quality videos, even in the dark. Curious how good the parking mode works.

                      Cam is about 250 EUR incl. both cams, cables, polarization filter and a 128GB Kingston "High Endurance" microSD card. Not much compared to a Blackvue.

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                      • WrCombsW
                        WrCombs @DustinB3403
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                        @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        So long as you weren't goofing off during that time obviously. You said you were watching your kid, so I assume there was some amount of "not working time" there. That's fine.

                        But I'd kind of equate that to your lunch break, how much "not working time" was there?

                        about 2 hours total through out the day. 1 hour for lunch then - an hour for taking care of the kid.

                        So 7 hours makes sense then.

                        It makes sense, yes, but it's not the point we were discussing.

                        the point being that My boss said to put down what I worked, and I got 7 hours of Billable hours in yesterday?

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @WrCombs
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                          @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          So long as you weren't goofing off during that time obviously. You said you were watching your kid, so I assume there was some amount of "not working time" there. That's fine.

                          But I'd kind of equate that to your lunch break, how much "not working time" was there?

                          about 2 hours total through out the day. 1 hour for lunch then - an hour for taking care of the kid.

                          So 7 hours makes sense then.

                          It makes sense, yes, but it's not the point we were discussing.

                          the point being that My boss said to put down what I worked, and I got 7 hours of Billable hours in yesterday?

                          The point of your boss telling you to only report what you "worked on" rather than the total number of hours you were working.

                          It's a fine line.

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                          • WrCombsW
                            WrCombs @DustinB3403
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                            @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            So long as you weren't goofing off during that time obviously. You said you were watching your kid, so I assume there was some amount of "not working time" there. That's fine.

                            But I'd kind of equate that to your lunch break, how much "not working time" was there?

                            about 2 hours total through out the day. 1 hour for lunch then - an hour for taking care of the kid.

                            So 7 hours makes sense then.

                            It makes sense, yes, but it's not the point we were discussing.

                            the point being that My boss said to put down what I worked, and I got 7 hours of Billable hours in yesterday?

                            The point of your boss telling you to only report what you "worked on" rather than the total number of hours you were working.

                            It's a fine line.

                            Yeah I get it.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                              @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              odd.. I work from home ; Get more done

                              Not odd, the entire industry has known for decades that you send people home to work, you bring them to the office for politics and to serve the egos of managers. Nearly everyone is way more productive at home. That's why nearly all good companies don't just allow it, they encourage it.

                              as that may be true: i was saying odd because of hours and how I have to put less hours on my time card because I worked from home.

                              Why would you put in less? You are working.

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                                WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                odd.. I work from home ; Get more done

                                Not odd, the entire industry has known for decades that you send people home to work, you bring them to the office for politics and to serve the egos of managers. Nearly everyone is way more productive at home. That's why nearly all good companies don't just allow it, they encourage it.

                                as that may be true: i was saying odd because of hours and how I have to put less hours on my time card because I worked from home.

                                Why would you put in less? You are working.

                                yeah, I know.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                                  @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  odd.. I work from home ; Get more done

                                  Not odd, the entire industry has known for decades that you send people home to work, you bring them to the office for politics and to serve the egos of managers. Nearly everyone is way more productive at home. That's why nearly all good companies don't just allow it, they encourage it.

                                  as that may be true: i was saying odd because of hours and how I have to put less hours on my time card because I worked from home.

                                  you have to put less hours on your card because you work at home? Did I miss something?

                                  I can only put what "work I did" so basically Billable hours only.

                                  That's not legal. You were "at work", therefore must be paid. They don't stop paying you when your boss talks to you or they make you go to a meeting, right?

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                                    @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    odd.. I work from home ; Get more done

                                    Not odd, the entire industry has known for decades that you send people home to work, you bring them to the office for politics and to serve the egos of managers. Nearly everyone is way more productive at home. That's why nearly all good companies don't just allow it, they encourage it.

                                    as that may be true: i was saying odd because of hours and how I have to put less hours on my time card because I worked from home.

                                    you have to put less hours on your card because you work at home? Did I miss something?

                                    I can only put what "work I did" so basically Billable hours only.

                                    That's not how employment law works. . . you're there and willing and able to work. It's your bosses fault for not having things for you to do.

                                    Stayed home with my son and worked from the house, had 6.5 hours of Billable hours on customer checks and half an hour of emails.
                                    7 hours.

                                    +1 hour of being avalable for work... 8 hours

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                                    • WrCombsW
                                      WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      odd.. I work from home ; Get more done

                                      Not odd, the entire industry has known for decades that you send people home to work, you bring them to the office for politics and to serve the egos of managers. Nearly everyone is way more productive at home. That's why nearly all good companies don't just allow it, they encourage it.

                                      as that may be true: i was saying odd because of hours and how I have to put less hours on my time card because I worked from home.

                                      you have to put less hours on your card because you work at home? Did I miss something?

                                      I can only put what "work I did" so basically Billable hours only.

                                      That's not legal. You were "at work", therefore must be paid. They don't stop paying you when your boss talks to you or they make you go to a meeting, right?

                                      No they don't stop paying me when I'm in the office.

                                      I put 7 down because 1) I was in front of my computer until 4:00 pm 2) i spent time taking care of my son as well which would equal 2 hours of the work day not worked.

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                                      • WrCombsW
                                        WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        odd.. I work from home ; Get more done

                                        Not odd, the entire industry has known for decades that you send people home to work, you bring them to the office for politics and to serve the egos of managers. Nearly everyone is way more productive at home. That's why nearly all good companies don't just allow it, they encourage it.

                                        as that may be true: i was saying odd because of hours and how I have to put less hours on my time card because I worked from home.

                                        you have to put less hours on your card because you work at home? Did I miss something?

                                        I can only put what "work I did" so basically Billable hours only.

                                        That's not how employment law works. . . you're there and willing and able to work. It's your bosses fault for not having things for you to do.

                                        Stayed home with my son and worked from the house, had 6.5 hours of Billable hours on customer checks and half an hour of emails.
                                        7 hours.

                                        +1 hour of being avalable for work... 8 hours

                                        I put my computer away and started making dinner at 4:30.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                                          @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          So long as you weren't goofing off during that time obviously. You said you were watching your kid, so I assume there was some amount of "not working time" there. That's fine.

                                          But I'd kind of equate that to your lunch break, how much "not working time" was there?

                                          about 2 hours total through out the day. 1 hour for lunch then - an hour for taking care of the kid.

                                          So 7 hours makes sense then.

                                          It makes sense, yes, but it's not the point we were discussing.

                                          the point being that My boss said to put down what I worked, and I got 7 hours of Billable hours in yesterday?

                                          No, you didn't put down all of the time that you worked. You skipped the overhead time. This is one of those huge problems that IT people tend to have, we look for all kinds of excuses to not get paid for our work. Stop it, immediately. It's a crime for your boss to tell you to do that (he didn't, you imagined it it sounds like), and it's not actually legal for you to falsify it either. You were "at work" for eight hours. if they aren't keeping you busy, that's on them, not you. You were working during that time.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                                            @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            No they don't stop paying me when I'm in the office.

                                            Nor when you are at home on the computer ready to assist. Exactly the same.

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