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"Bryan-TGWWW" > wrote in message
... > It doesn't pay super well, but who cares? It's got medical insurance, > and > it's almost all M-F day shift. At the church, I worked 48 weekends a > year. > > --Bryan :) I started to apply for a job couple days ago online. There were preliminary questions. Like: Are you willing to smile at customers? It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy to work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if you would be happy to do so. |
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"Gus" > wrote in message ... > "Bryan-TGWWW" > wrote in message > ... >> It doesn't pay super well, but who cares? It's got medical insurance, >> and >> it's almost all M-F day shift. At the church, I worked 48 weekends a >> year. >> >> --Bryan > > > :) > > I started to apply for a job couple days ago online. There were > preliminary questions. Like: Are you willing to smile at customers? > > It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy to > work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if you > would be happy to do so. I just got home from the grocery store. I was chit chatting with the cashier when I noticed that she just had a rather blankish look on her face. Like maybe she wasn't happy. Maybe she was thinking of something else. Maybe I should just shut up because clearly she wasn't listening to me. Turns out she was deep in thought about what I said. She had given me credit for the four shopping bags I had brought in. I then said that I likely wouldn't need all those bags but as she could see, I had come in for just 5 things and gotten quite a lot more. I would rather have more bags than not enough. She was then trying to figure out which 5 things I had come for. And she got them right but... A little smile would have been nice! I filled out a job application for a clothing manufacturer on Cape Cod when we lived there. That would have been probably 20 years ago. Asked me what religion I was, what my ethnic background was and also what clubs I belonged to. I couldn't believe it! All that was illegal to ask and yet they did! |
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>> It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy >> to work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if >> you would be happy to do so. I don't see that as inane. I know some people that will never work overtime, not for a minute. I know other, including myself, that have never turned down OT if offered. As a manger, I'd like to know who I can count on in a pinch to help out if someone call in sick or it suddently get busier than normal. |
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On Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:34:03 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >> It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy > > >> to work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if > > >> you would be happy to do so. > > > > I don't see that as inane. I know some people that will never work > > overtime, not for a minute. I know other, including myself, that have > > never turned down OT if offered. I was to go to person for any overtime for years. I was happy for the extra money. --Bryan |
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On 8/21/2014 1:36 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:34:03 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >>>> It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy >> >>>> to work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if >> >>>> you would be happy to do so. >> >> >> >> I don't see that as inane. I know some people that will never work >> >> overtime, not for a minute. I know other, including myself, that have >> >> never turned down OT if offered. > > I was to go to person for any overtime for years. I was happy for the > extra money. > > --Bryan > Absolutely. Especially in the early years starting a family. For the past 45 years I've been salaried in different positions and get no overtime. I still work extra as the job requires. While I don't get OT, it is noticed and I've always gotten good bonuses or other benefits. |
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In reply to Gus:
> I started to apply for a job couple days ago online. There were > preliminary questions. Like: Are you willing to smile at customers? > Heh. If the job involved interacting with the public, what's wrong with that question? > It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy to > work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if you > would be happy to do so. You do realize that question really means "willing" (or "able"), right? It doesn't mean you have to be deliriously happy about working extra hours. Some people can't work certain hours. They may or may not hire you depending on the shift. Then again, lots of people are willing to work overtime. Time-and-a-half or double-time pay. Jill |
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"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message ... > On 8/21/2014 1:36 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote: >> On Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:34:03 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >>>>> It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy >>> >>>>> to work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if >>> >>>>> you would be happy to do so. >>> >>> >>> >>> I don't see that as inane. I know some people that will never work >>> >>> overtime, not for a minute. I know other, including myself, that have >>> >>> never turned down OT if offered. >> >> I was to go to person for any overtime for years. I was happy for the >> extra money. >> >> --Bryan >> > > Absolutely. Especially in the early years starting a family. For the > past 45 years I've been salaried in different positions and get no > overtime. I still work extra as the job requires. While I don't get OT, > it is noticed and I've always gotten good bonuses or other benefits. other benefits like: keeping your job, too. |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > In reply to Gus: > >> I started to apply for a job couple days ago online. There were >> preliminary questions. Like: Are you willing to smile at customers? >> > Heh. If the job involved interacting with the public, what's wrong with > that question? it might be racist. |
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On 8/21/2014 4:24 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> In reply to Gus: >> >>> I started to apply for a job couple days ago online. There were >>> preliminary questions. Like: Are you willing to smile at customers? >>> >> Heh. If the job involved interacting with the public, what's wrong with >> that question? > > > it might be racist. > > Excuse me?! WTF does being willing to smile at customers have to do with racism? Jill |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > On 8/21/2014 4:24 PM, Pico Rico wrote: >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >> ... >>> In reply to Gus: >>> >>>> I started to apply for a job couple days ago online. There were >>>> preliminary questions. Like: Are you willing to smile at customers? >>>> >>> Heh. If the job involved interacting with the public, what's wrong with >>> that question? >> >> >> it might be racist. >> >> > Excuse me?! WTF does being willing to smile at customers have to do with > racism? > > Jill just about as much as a lot of the things being called racist these days: not a damn thing. |
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"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message ... > Absolutely. Especially in the early years starting a family. For the > past 45 years I've been salaried in different positions and get no > overtime. I still work extra as the job requires. While I don't get OT, > it is noticed and I've always gotten good bonuses or other benefits. I almost always took advantage of overtime. Once in a while I could not because I had other plans like a dentist appointment or a family birthday dinner or some such thing. And I never worked on holidays such as Christmas, Easter or Thanksgiving. I could have worked on Christmas as my family never did any family type things on that day after my brother and I moved out of the house but... I knew there were enough other people where I worked who really did need the most excellent pay that they would have gotten on that day and also the free meal or two that they would get. The store always put on a fancy, catered meal on that day and it was all you could eat. So if they were working an 8 hour shift, they could eat on their lunch break then eat again before they left work. I let those people work on those days. But if they had needed me to work, I would have done it. |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > In reply to Gus: > >> I started to apply for a job couple days ago online. There were >> preliminary questions. Like: Are you willing to smile at customers? >> > Heh. If the job involved interacting with the public, what's wrong with > that question? > >> It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy to >> work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if you >> would be happy to do so. > > You do realize that question really means "willing" (or "able"), right? It > doesn't mean you have to be deliriously happy about working extra hours. > > Some people can't work certain hours. They may or may not hire you > depending on the shift. Then again, lots of people are willing to work > overtime. Time-and-a-half or double-time pay. > > Jill I know people who refused to work one minute past their scheduled time. One had no real reason. She had no kids and no other job. But when I worked at the golf course, if I was working the late shift, the two workers who swapped off days and worked before me would go nuts if I didn't arrive 15 minutes before the end of their shift. Both that children at home and were paying a babysitter and they didn't want to have to pay that sitter for one more minute of work. I thought this was just wrong because there was nothing in my contract stating that I had to arrive early for work and not get paid for it. Why should I? It took me a good 15 minutes or so to close out the till, shut down the computer and do all of the other things that could not be done until the end of my shift. And the Pro Shop was open until 8:00 so I really couldn't do these things until 8:00 although if I knew we weren't busy, of course I could start the process of doing this still. They reasoned that if their shift ended at 10:00 a.m., they should be able to walk out the door then. Perhaps this was a fault of the person who did the scheduling because they should have allowed for a 15 minute overlap in there. I used to chuckle to myself whenever that one woman would glare at me and tell me that she was going to tell the boss on me if I arrived late again. Late in her eyes was 10 minutes before the start of my shift. I would just smile and tell her "Okay!" She didn't have a leg to stand on. As it was, I was working double shifts most days anyway and some days more than that still. We were all supposed to be part time but I was the only one (until I got pregnant) who didn't have other issues that would have prevented my working more hours. One guy was in the military and the rest were either sick, pregnant, or had kids at home. |
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"Pico Rico" > wrote in message ... > > "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> On 8/21/2014 4:24 PM, Pico Rico wrote: >>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >>> ... >>>> In reply to Gus: >>>> >>>>> I started to apply for a job couple days ago online. There were >>>>> preliminary questions. Like: Are you willing to smile at customers? >>>>> >>>> Heh. If the job involved interacting with the public, what's wrong >>>> with >>>> that question? >>> >>> >>> it might be racist. >>> >>> >> Excuse me?! WTF does being willing to smile at customers have to do with >> racism? >> >> Jill > > just about as much as a lot of the things being called racist these days: > not a damn thing. I did see a show on PBS some years ago about Finland. They said that Finnish people smile less than the people in any other country. Now that may only apply to those who actually live in Finland. One of my friends in high school and beyond was Finnish and he certainly smiled. |
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On 8/21/2014 9:26 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> In reply to Gus: >> >>> It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy to >>> work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if you >>> would be happy to do so. >> >> You do realize that question really means "willing" (or "able"), >> right? It doesn't mean you have to be deliriously happy about working >> extra hours. >> >> Some people can't work certain hours. They may or may not hire you >> depending on the shift. Then again, lots of people are willing to >> work overtime. Time-and-a-half or double-time pay. >> >> Jill > > I know people who refused to work one minute past their scheduled time. > One had no real reason. She had no kids and no other job. But when I > worked at the golf course, if I was working the late shift, the two > workers who swapped off days and worked before me would go nuts if I > didn't arrive 15 minutes before the end of their shift. Both that > children at home and were paying a babysitter and they didn't want to > have to pay that sitter for one more minute of work. > If you're paying a baby sitter it makes sense to want to leave as quickly as you can. As for people without kids, do you really know what they were doing after work? Maybe they wanted to get ready for a date. Maybe they had to take care of a friend or family member. Or, it could be they just didn't care and wanted to leave. :) > I thought this was just wrong because there was nothing in my contract > stating that I had to arrive early for work and not get paid for it. Were you punching a clock? Filling in a time-sheet? If so, you should have gotten paid for those extra 10-15 minutes. Jill |
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On 8/21/2014 3:17 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/21/2014 1:36 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote: Gus wrote: >>>>> It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy >>>>> to work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if >>>>> you would be happy to do so. >>> >>> I don't see that as inane. I know some people that will never work >>> overtime, not for a minute. I know other, including myself, that have >>> never turned down OT if offered. >> >> I was to go to person for any overtime for years. I was happy for the >> extra money. >> >> --Bryan >> > > Absolutely. Especially in the early years starting a family. For the > past 45 years I've been salaried in different positions and get no > overtime. I still work extra as the job requires. While I don't get > OT, it is noticed and I've always gotten good bonuses or other benefits. As a salaried employee I didn't get paid overtime but I did get "comp time" (extra time off) because I did work extra hours. Also annual bonuses. The people who always wanted to cut out early or right on the dot (they were also salaried) were noticed, and not necessarily in a good way. They'd also drag out their [paid] lunch hour and come wandering in about 30 minutes late every day. That was noticed, too. Jill |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > On 8/21/2014 9:26 PM, Julie Bove wrote: >> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >> ... >>> In reply to Gus: >>> >>>> It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy >>>> to >>>> work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if you >>>> would be happy to do so. >>> >>> You do realize that question really means "willing" (or "able"), >>> right? It doesn't mean you have to be deliriously happy about working >>> extra hours. >>> >>> Some people can't work certain hours. They may or may not hire you >>> depending on the shift. Then again, lots of people are willing to >>> work overtime. Time-and-a-half or double-time pay. >>> >>> Jill >> >> I know people who refused to work one minute past their scheduled time. >> One had no real reason. She had no kids and no other job. But when I >> worked at the golf course, if I was working the late shift, the two >> workers who swapped off days and worked before me would go nuts if I >> didn't arrive 15 minutes before the end of their shift. Both that >> children at home and were paying a babysitter and they didn't want to >> have to pay that sitter for one more minute of work. > If you're paying a baby sitter it makes sense to want to leave as quickly > as you can. As for people without kids, do you really know what they were > doing after work? Maybe they wanted to get ready for a date. Maybe they > had to take care of a friend or family member. Or, it could be they just > didn't care and wanted to leave. :) > She was married. So no date. She just didn't want to work at all but had to. Same person always managed to be "sick" on Fridays when she had the weekend off and the weather was nice. She was never sick when it was raining. >> I thought this was just wrong because there was nothing in my contract >> stating that I had to arrive early for work and not get paid for it. > > Were you punching a clock? Filling in a time-sheet? If so, you should > have gotten paid for those extra 10-15 minutes. Punching a clock. But I was not allowed to punch the clock until the exact time that my shift started. They paid us in 15 minute increments but if we were more than 8 minutes either way it counted as overtime. |
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On 8/21/2014 12:36 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:34:03 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >>>> It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy >> >>>> to work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if >> >>>> you would be happy to do so. >> >> >> >> I don't see that as inane. I know some people that will never work >> >> overtime, not for a minute. I know other, including myself, that have >> >> never turned down OT if offered. > > I was to go to person for any overtime for years. I was happy for the > extra money. > In retail, a lot of people are hired to work less than 40 so that they aren't entitled to benefits, and then the employer makes them work extra hours, so that they are full-time workers - but without the benefits. There are also a lot of employers - Walmart is notorious for this - who force their employees to work overtime without paying them for it. This is most likely a case of an employer screening for employees who are either sufficiently naive or desperate to agree upfront to being taken advantage of. They don't want anyone who demonstrates awareness of their legal rights. |
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