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

          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.

          1. When did you start?
          2. Not relevant. They can't stop paying you when someone talks to you at the water cooler or you get distracted by work conversations. Those things happen at the office or at home, they are part of your work day. When in the office you get loads and loads of time that you can't answer the phone, get to emails, etc. It's just normal day.
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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:

            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.

            1. When did you start?

            Started at 8:00

            1. Not relevant. They can't stop paying you when someone talks to you at the water cooler or you get distracted by work conversations. Those things happen at the office or at home, they are part of your work day. When in the office you get loads and loads of time that you can't answer the phone, get to emails, etc. It's just normal day.

            That's fair.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @WrCombs
              last edited by

              @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.

              Everyone has disruptions at work, but you don't stop getting paid. It's a fine line, at some point you've left work. But this is just like anything little at work interruption.

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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:

                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.

                1. When did you start?

                Started at 8:00

                1. Not relevant. They can't stop paying you when someone talks to you at the water cooler or you get distracted by work conversations. Those things happen at the office or at home, they are part of your work day. When in the office you get loads and loads of time that you can't answer the phone, get to emails, etc. It's just normal day.

                That's fair.

                So definitely an eight hour day. There has to be some kind of soft limit, like stepping away for half of the day and not being available is one thing, but being slightly unavailable for a short period of time is just normal work day stuff.

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                • coliverC
                  coliver
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                  Telegram down for anyone else?

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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:

                    @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    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.

                    1. When did you start?

                    Started at 8:00

                    1. Not relevant. They can't stop paying you when someone talks to you at the water cooler or you get distracted by work conversations. Those things happen at the office or at home, they are part of your work day. When in the office you get loads and loads of time that you can't answer the phone, get to emails, etc. It's just normal day.

                    That's fair.

                    So definitely an eight hour day. There has to be some kind of soft limit, like stepping away for half of the day and not being available is one thing, but being slightly unavailable for a short period of time is just normal work day stuff.

                    so walking away from work to help my son get lunch, get him drinks, etc through out the day would equate to the same time away from my desk at work or stuck in conversations with other people.

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

                      Telegram down for anyone else?

                      Nope. Works just fine over here.

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22 @coliver
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                        @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        Telegram down for anyone else?

                        Working here

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

                          @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          Telegram down for anyone else?

                          Nope. Works just fine over here.

                          Can't get the web interface, mobile app, or desktop application to work.

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                          • WrCombsW
                            WrCombs
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                            odd.. Cause Mobile and Desktop are working for me. Haven't tried web yet.

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                            • travisdh1T
                              travisdh1
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                              Just finished a phone interview that seemed to go very well. Not the really nice role I applied for, but even closer to home and the ability to work remotely.

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                              • wirestyle22W
                                wirestyle22 @travisdh1
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                                @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                Just finished a phone interview that seemed to go very well. Not the really nice role I applied for, but even closer to home and the ability to work remotely.

                                Go for it dude

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                                  Agonnazar @travisdh1
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                                  @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  Just finished a phone interview that seemed to go very well. Not the really nice role I applied for, but even closer to home and the ability to work remotely.

                                  Unless it's working for the company @WrCombs is working for

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

                                    @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    Just finished a phone interview that seemed to go very well. Not the really nice role I applied for, but even closer to home and the ability to work remotely.

                                    Unless it's working for the company @WrCombs is working for

                                    yeah I dont suggest anyone work for this company

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                                    • jmooreJ
                                      jmoore @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:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      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.

                                      1. When did you start?

                                      Started at 8:00

                                      1. Not relevant. They can't stop paying you when someone talks to you at the water cooler or you get distracted by work conversations. Those things happen at the office or at home, they are part of your work day. When in the office you get loads and loads of time that you can't answer the phone, get to emails, etc. It's just normal day.

                                      That's fair.

                                      So definitely an eight hour day. There has to be some kind of soft limit, like stepping away for half of the day and not being available is one thing, but being slightly unavailable for a short period of time is just normal work day stuff.

                                      so walking away from work to help my son get lunch, get him drinks, etc through out the day would equate to the same time away from my desk at work or stuck in conversations with other people.

                                      Yes exactly. If something had come up that was important during that time you probably would have delayed the other things. You were available to work and often do therefore you should claim that time.

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender @WrCombs
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                                        @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        odd.. I work from home ; Get more done, try new things get ahead - get told I can only put what I actually worked on my time card worked 7 hours yesterday on customer sites and new installs inbetween working on the server 2019 install and AD set up.

                                        Then I work in the office, I sit around , play on ML, research AD. Reach out to customers, take calls, Work on new installs but the fact that I'm "in the office" I put 8 hour full day on my time card even though I Did more yesterday at home then ive done today thus far.

                                        Uhh..
                                        What The fuck ./

                                        You could have just as easily done nothing for work all day at home assuming no calls came in... so Scott's claim that you send people home to work - meh. As many things - it's completely dependent upon the situation, and that can change daily.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @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.

                                          Does this equate to less pay?

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                                          • WrCombsW
                                            WrCombs @Dashrender
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                                            @Dashrender 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.

                                            Does this equate to less pay?

                                            not hourly, but over all, Yes.

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