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rsdsharp

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2. Back in the mid 1970s I worked at a radio station where you simply wrote down your hours.

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Fri Apr 26, 2019, 11:02 AM

Apr 2019

The home office in Charlotte NC (the station was in Iowa) felt that too much overtime was being paid, so they installed a time clock which stamped time cards. Overtime actually went UP, because employees had been UNDER reporting their hours. The genius station manager came up with a fix. He required people to clock in and out at the exact time they were scheduled to start and end work. And THEN go back to what they had been doing -- for no pay. That little management ruse got reported,, and shortly thereafter there was a new general manager.

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Employee sues Isle of Capri over timekeeping system [View all] Sherman A1 Apr 2019 OP

The Number(s) Don't Lie Roy Rolling Apr 2019 #1

Back in the mid 1970s I worked at a radio station where you simply wrote down your hours. rsdsharp Apr 2019 #2

I remember those days Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #3