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  • T Toli Cuturicu

    You are wrong. The boss always invents something more to do. He is not paid for that! He is paid to do what he already has done! Try to understand: you are paid to do something in 8 hours and you finish it in 7; the remaining hour is yours, not boss'

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    NormDroid
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    Toli Cuturicu wrote:

    Try to understand: you are paid to do something in 8 hours and you finish it in 7; the remaining hour is yours, not boss'

    I'll metion that to my MD, no doubt I'll be collecting the belongings from my desk. Get real you contracted to work x hours a day, if you finish 1 task you start a new task - simple - at least in the west.

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    • T Toli Cuturicu

      He finished his job.

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      Pete OHanlon
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      You're like a dog gnawing on a bone aren't you? Perhaps you need to look up the definition of job here, and see that he finished a task and doesn't want another one.

      Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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      • N NormDroid

        :) See Raj we hand out good advice and all they do is throw it back in our faces :)

        Software Kinetics - The home of good software

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        Rajesh R Subramanian
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        Oh, don't let that upset you Norm. We'll continue to do our noble service here for the upliftment of poor souls like the OP. :)

        "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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        • L Lost User

          I had a meeting yesterday about contract work, still got to think about it and check numbers, not something to rush into.

          Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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          Nagy Vilmos
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          I've been in talks since December. It's a good role set against a company plan for taking a product to market within the year. There is already a /working/ prototype so I get to rip out it's intestines with a blunt knife and fill it all with straw before propping it all up with some clever use of CListCtrl.


          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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          • K Keith Barrow

            No he hasn't there is still work to do and he is still being paid. I didn't downvote this time BTW.

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            Toli Cuturicu
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            There is work to do for tomorrow. He finished today's work. If he works more than he is being paid it is like charity work.

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            • L Lost User

              He is paid for a day at work.

              Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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              NormDroid
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              I'm obvisouly going to start working at his company I could have all my work do in 4 hours and the rest of the day is mine :rolleyes: - not.

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              • N Nagy Vilmos

                0. Grow up. 1. Tell your boss that he's not providing enough of a challenge for you. 2. Learn how Liquid Nitrogen has GOTTEN to be so important. 3. Eat a BACON samich. 4. Re-write the Weven UI using only CListCtrl.


                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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                NormDroid
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                Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                BACON samich

                Throw me one of those ;)

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                • P Phan7om

                  I have completed my assignment, I want to leave but I can't go because if my manager knows I am free he will assign me a task and I don't want to work right now ? what should I dooo :(

                  No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it

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                  CPallini
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                  Makes sense, doesn't it?

                  If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                  This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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                  • P Pete OHanlon

                    You're like a dog gnawing on a bone aren't you? Perhaps you need to look up the definition of job here, and see that he finished a task and doesn't want another one.

                    Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                    My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                    Nagy Vilmos
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                    psst! Pete! Trolls. Feeding. Bad idea.


                    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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                    • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                      Oh, don't let that upset you Norm. We'll continue to do our noble service here for the upliftment of poor souls like the OP. :)

                      "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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                      NormDroid
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                      Oh but I was going to cry myself to sleep thinking about this post ;)

                      Software Kinetics - The home of good software

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                      • T Toli Cuturicu

                        You are wrong. The boss always invents something more to do. He is not paid for that! He is paid to do what he already has done! Try to understand: you are paid to do something in 8 hours and you finish it in 7; the remaining hour is yours, not boss'

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                        Toli Cuturicu wrote:

                        Try to understand: you are paid to do something in 8 hours and you finish it in 7; the remaining hour is yours, not boss'

                        Please. Go and tell your boss this. We look forward to you spending more time here in the lounge once he fires you. If you finish the task in 7 hours, then you have 1 hour to start a new task. You are paid to do a job. This is not a complicated concept. This is not rocket science. This is not even Economics 101. If you are paid for 8 hours work, then you are expected to work for 8 hours.

                        Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                        • N Nagy Vilmos

                          psst! Pete! Trolls. Feeding. Bad idea.


                          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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                          Pete OHanlon
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                          Sorry mate. As an employer, I find this attitude really, really offensive and I don't want to encourage any bad ideas among the troops.

                          Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                          • P Pete OHanlon

                            No he wasn't. He's just done a task - his job does not consist of a single task. The employer has every right to expect that he works for the entire time that he is there. Suppose he finished the task after half an hour, does this mean that he should be entitled to seven hours of scratching his navel?

                            Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                            My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                            Toli Cuturicu
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                            Of course. If he is that good! The boss wants the job done. He estimates it to last 8 hours. One employee finishes it in 10 hours, so he stays over time. Another finishes it in 5 hours! Congrats! He leaves early! It is the bonus for being proficient!

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                            • P Pete OHanlon

                              Toli Cuturicu wrote:

                              He did what he was paid to do. Now he is finished.

                              No. He did a task that he was paid to do; a task does not equal his job. There are other tasks. Tell you what, how about you do a job where you only get paid for the time you spend doing those tasks - do you think you'd like that? Every minute you spend surfing the web, every minute you spend at the toilet, those days you leave early because you finished your tasks - those days you get less money. Doesn't sound attractive, does it?

                              Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                              My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                              Toli Cuturicu
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                              It sounds very attractive. Me and my colleague are given similar tasks. I finish it early. He can not. Why should I be treated the same? It is obvious that I am superior.

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                              • G Gary Wheeler

                                No he didn't :mad:. His job is to be productive for his employer. As soon as he completes the current assignment, he should ask his supervision for the next. If they don't have one immediately available, he should ask what's the most productive thing he could be doing in the meantime: documenting his past work, learning other products/projects, etc. By the way, in case you're thinking I'm goofing off while I'm posting here on CP (and therefore not being productive for my employer), think again. I've got Visual Studio compiling a project at the moment, and I'm waiting on a product build. Also, I'm waiting for a customer to get out of bed (they're 3 hours behind us, and it's 7:23 a.m. here) before I can debug a problem they're having.

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                Eytukan
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                                I truly hate this kind of behavior. One of the mates who work for me kept doing like this. And just yesterday I sent a stinker and today I spoke fine to explain why this behavior just sucks when we've got tons of work to be completed.

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                                • T Toli Cuturicu

                                  You are plain wrong. He does what he is paid for. He should work more if he is paid more.

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                                  Gary Wheeler
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                                  If either one of you were my employee, you wouldn't last long. I would terminate your employment as soon as your poor work ethic became apparent. If your employment contract specifies you are paid a salary for working 40 hours a week, I expect you to be doing your assigned tasks for each and every one of those 40 hours. If you're an hourly employee, I don't expect you to claim you worked 40 hours when you only worked 37. In either case, once you complete an assignment, you should ask for the next. I shouldn't have to baby you along, asking if you're done before I give you another one. If I don't have an immediate assignment for you, I expect you to be doing something which is of benefit to the company. If you're not meeting these requirements, you're a thief.

                                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                                    Toli Cuturicu wrote:

                                    Try to understand: you are paid to do something in 8 hours and you finish it in 7; the remaining hour is yours, not boss'

                                    Please. Go and tell your boss this. We look forward to you spending more time here in the lounge once he fires you. If you finish the task in 7 hours, then you have 1 hour to start a new task. You are paid to do a job. This is not a complicated concept. This is not rocket science. This is not even Economics 101. If you are paid for 8 hours work, then you are expected to work for 8 hours.

                                    Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                                    My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                                    Toli Cuturicu
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                                    That is simply false.

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                                    • N NormDroid

                                      Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                      BACON samich

                                      Throw me one of those ;)

                                      Software Kinetics - The home of good software

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                                      Nagy Vilmos
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                                      #nom nom nom# One what? :suss:


                                      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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                                      • P Pete OHanlon

                                        Sorry mate. As an employer, I find this attitude really, really offensive and I don't want to encourage any bad ideas among the troops.

                                        Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                                        Nagy Vilmos
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                                        Mmm, a nonymouse 1 plus my 5 gets you 4.56; intersting weights. :-D


                                        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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                                        • T Toli Cuturicu

                                          Of course. If he is that good! The boss wants the job done. He estimates it to last 8 hours. One employee finishes it in 10 hours, so he stays over time. Another finishes it in 5 hours! Congrats! He leaves early! It is the bonus for being proficient!

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                                          Lost User
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                                          In a word: cobblers! I have never worked for any company where you would be allowed, let alone expected, to stop work for the day just because you have finished the task you are currently working on. There is always more to do, or at the least more to learn.

                                          The best things in life are not things.

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