Scott wrote:
I think I'd rather have my office IN an SR-71

I was never a big fan of comp time...especially when the boss was the
one who decided which day he would give you as comp time

Scott

We luck out there. The boss doesn't decide the comp time although he
has to approve it. I try to stack it up for a long weekend. He doesn't
really like it (says I'll burn out with some of the weeks I work), but
he approves it. Of course if I don't use it by the end of the calendar
year it turns to dust, and the office needs to be covered Xmas week, and
we all earn a bunch before and during major events in the fall ...

Margy


Margy Natalie wrote:

Scott wrote:

Oh...THAT's killer! You work for the same government that mandated
O.T. pay. Sometimes I just love the way our government works..."It's
OK for us to make rules to protect our citizens from getting screwed,
but we're going to screw our own employees." That figures!
Thanks for hanging in there and clarifying



I'm on a salary, I just work and work (no matter what Jay says about
Federal workers). I do get comp time, but somehow getting a Thurday
off doesn't really make up for working a Saturday night, if you know
what I mean. I do get to do some really cool stuff, meet really great
people, and I have an SR-71 outside of my office, so that's a plus!

Margy


Margy Natalie wrote:

Scott wrote:

Oh...I forgot to ask if you were self employed. That would explain
no overtime pay since it is only required for employment covered in
the fair labor standards act...
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/whdfs23.htm

Scott




Not sefl-employed, I'm a federal employee.

Margy




Margy Natalie wrote:


Overtime? What a bizarre concept :-0, No we don't get overtime
for anything. If we work extra hours we can get comp time, if we
get it approved first. We can't work more than 10 per day (no
20/2), but the 9/5/4 works out ok, until you end up just going in
for 2 or 3 hours on Sunday and spending 6 (lawn is not mowed,
leaves are not up, laundry is not done, oh well, another weekend
shot to hell, but I did get a few minutes stick time in an L-39
JET this weekend!!!)

Margy

Scott wrote:

Do you get the mandatory overtime pay (5 hours) for the first
week where you work 45 hours in that work week or are you on
salary? My boss would never let us (non-exempt) folks work that
schedule...wish we had a 2-20 schedule (2 days a week, 20 hours
each...work 20 straight, 8 off and then another straight
20)...would be great to have 5 day weekends

Scott


Margy Natalie wrote:

wrote:

Of course, those who still live out in the sticks will need
some other
way to get around. This will be the rail lines, just like in
the old
days, or they will fly, as God intended. New airports will
spring up
like flowers after a rain. Flight instructors will be busy.
The little
planes will no longer bother anybody because everyone will
realize they
are necessary. Aircraft manufacturers will finally have the
incentive
to innovate and produce airplanes in reasonable numbers.



If by little planes you mean 4 seaters and such, then I doubt that
they will ever become reliable means of private transport like the
car. Even with an instrument rating it would require a high
level of
skill, confidence and time commitment on part of the pilot to
use a
little airplane regularly for commuting. Besides, no matter how
many
airports spring up, there still remains the problem of getting
from
the airport to the work place and back.
If more and more employers and employees work together to find
ways to
work remotely from home, it would reduce automobile usage to an
extent.

This is a good reason for flex schedules I work a 9/5/4/ (9
hours, 5 days one week, 4 the next). If everyone did that it
would reduce travel 10%. Some folks work 10/4/4 which is a
really long day, but if you commute 4 hours a day (not
unrealistic in this area) you save a lot of real time and
traffic is reduced 20%.

Margy