It's unfair, but that's kind of... I dunno, the work culture we have here. Granted, there are definitely places where you do get paid for your work rather than your time all the time, but it seems to be the norm to be more interested in the time (ie the ol' 9-5 job) you work. And that's a really unproductive way to go about it, but... it's easier for accounting and HR to keep track of, probably.
I wish I had some suggestions or advice to offer, but I don't really know a remedy for either the situation or the moral issue.
It is exactly this mindset that leads to all the ranting people do about teachers and how easy the job is with the "short" hours and the quantity of "vacations" -- because work is viewed as time not effort/product, when the reality is that most teachers are there long before and after the students, and put in many hours on weekends and "vacations" doing prep-work and lesson planning.
It is an imperfect system, there is no question. I don't have a good solution.
I also have to express disdain for a system in which people get no credit for things they do which go above and beyond their obligations to the job, and yet are required to account for, in some cases, as little as five minutes of early departure, when it does not affect the work completed in the slightest.
This applies to tech support as much as it does to teaching.
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I wish I had some suggestions or advice to offer, but I don't really know a remedy for either the situation or the moral issue.
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It is an imperfect system, there is no question. I don't have a good solution.
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I also have to express disdain for a system in which people get no credit for things they do which go above and beyond their obligations to the job, and yet are required to account for, in some cases, as little as five minutes of early departure, when it does not affect the work completed in the slightest.
This applies to tech support as much as it does to teaching.
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Credit does not necessarily equal money.
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