I'm working on a flexability plan. I just use "leave time" and the employees can use it for whatever they want. If they don't take vacations, they can use it for school functions or however they want. I think it comes out to 2 weeks vacation, 8 mandatory holidays, 2 floater holidays and 10 personal days, or something like that. I don't remember the exact hours.
Nothing says, "I care," more than company paid health insurance...and a few sick/personal days per year.
To me, it says, "We realize that we employ people, not machines".
Everyone wants a "team player" but, I would recognize individuals, not just teams. For example; I would award those who go above and beyond and "counsel" only those that are struggling or committing infractions.
I would never limit my employee's potential as I would encourage new ideas and suggestions.
If applicable, I would never mandate evening employees to attend early morning meetings AND if early morning meetings were necessary, I would supply donuts and coffee.
"What one believes to be real, will be real in it's concequences"
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"
Anomaly77 said this in post #18 :
If applicable, I would never mandate evening employees to attend early morning meetings AND if early morning meetings were necessary, I would supply donuts and coffee.
I'm taking notes Although I don't have any nighttime employee positions, this really is a good point.
I brought Dunkin Donuts to a morning meeting once (and I was just an attendee). It really lifted spirits. Everyone was so grateful. We didn't have a Krispie Creame at the time though. I suspect any such treat would be appreciated.
"What one believes to be real, will be real in it's concequences"
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"
I don't think a company needs or should provide breakfast (donuts) unless it is a special meeting. A better idea would be a donut club done by an ambitious employee where everyone who wanted morning donuts could contribute and either someone picks up the donuts on the way to work or they are delivered.
However I use to work for a company that provided free coffee. That was nice to not have to pay for coffee in the morning. They also allowed us to go to breakfast for about 1/2 hour every morning and were not real strict on how long we were away for lunch. In return there were times where we had to stay after hours for a specific project or work thru lunch. By the way, the job paid well too. You just don't drop every thing and leave when your shift ended if you still had work to do.
You learn real quick the difference between hourly and salary. I much prefer a salary position then hourly.
Kookaburra said this in post #10 : Why did they take comp time away? You would think it's a win-win situation for the employee and employer.
I don't know how many hours are too many for salaried people either. I don't think it's right to work them more than 40 hours a week. That isn't fair and to me it's abusing the employee's personal time.
That is the whole point of being salaried. A company knows that a certain position, such as management, will demand x number of hours. If the x number of hours exceed 40 hours on an average and requires flexible work hours chances are that osition will be offered salary based. It is not economical to offer straight time plus over time for a long period of time in such a case.
Salaried people tend to make good money so they put up with a lot.
I use to work for Ingram Micro and after just about five years I quit. The stories I could tell about that place. I am surprised I have not been served with a slander suit yet but then again slander is hard to prove when you have facts on what you say that can easily be proven.
01-22-2004 11:26 PM
Although I don't have any nighttime employee positions, this really is a good point.
