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bad dog Wrote:My itinerary:

Reveille: 1700.
Meds: 1701-1705
Start Breakfast/Computer: 1705-1710
Shower: 1710-1720
Shave: 1720-1725
Set Breakfast Out: 1725-1730 (Cooling)
Dress: 1730-1740
Eat Breakfast/Collect E-Mail, review calls/messages: 1740-1755

You're not supposed to work off the clock. That's problem #1 right there. If your financial situation demands working for this shitty company because it pays something over minimum wage while at the same time it treats you as a minimum wage employee, there's a problem. So, is it possible for you to start the process of demand destruction so you can work at minimum wage and at least be free of the pretenses of actually having a "professional" job?

Quote:Prepare for departure: 1755-1805
Travel to vehicle/Engine Start/Departure: 1805-1815 (This includes snow clearance and refueling, traffic delays, etc)
Travel to xxxxxxxxx: 1815-1850 (21 miles), assuming no trouble.

If you're using your own car, does your company pay you mileage?  I even get paid mileage.

Quote:Walk to workstation/Start unpacking: 1850-1900
Work: 1900-0700
Walk to car in parking lot: 0700-0705.
Travel to store (22 miles): 0705-0735
Purchase minimum supplies: 0735-0745
Travel home (1 mile): 0745-0755.
Unpack/Cook Dinner: 0755-0815
Free time: 0815-0900. 45 minutes. Includes dining and shower/undress.

45 minutes of free time is a problem.  Rags works about 4 hours a day so he has 20 hours to work with. 9 hours of sleep still leaves 11 hours free time for shopping, hygiene, and food preparation. Btw, I don't shave.

Quote:Sleep: 0900-1700. 8 hours enforced rest, even if not sleepy. Doctor’s orders.
Repeat.

Dunno, but a check to see if your health problem is disability qualifying may be in order. I'd think the next order of business is to figure out how much you can get away with blowing things off. As such:

1. Turn over. If this is a high number, then that gives you a trump card right there.
2. Do you know stuff nobody else doesn't? That's another helper.
3. Wages. If these are low then you have the same situation I have. "You get what you pay for happens". Like I said, I just show up with a delay of 30 minutes sometimes.
4. Back to how far the company is on its way to doom. I think mine is pretty close. To enumerate and add some stuff.
a. Deferred maintenance.  We have lot's of places in the ceilings with water leaks. Nobody knows how to maintain the insert machine because apparently the company can't afford to have them come in and train the new crop. It's been years since they last showed up. Messed up printers.  I have to redo the paperwork a bunch of times because the printer jams up on my print jobs. Ancient technology is used. We still have rolodexes. It would be easy for me to put that stuff on a spreadsheet... except micromanagement forbids it. Micromanagement is another sign things are circling the drain. I think in your case, that would be that you're confined to fixing whatever in a proscribed way/ one size fits all.  Catching lies is another good one. My company lies out the ass. This is an excellent way to get out of work.  Since I found I was being denied a benefit and told them about it, that means something illegal may be going on.   That means if they try to fire me, I can rat them out. I also think the water leaks = mold, which is another rat out thingie.

So, in short, my advise is to assess your financial situation and next, find loopholes in processes and procedure you can use to lighten your workload.  Sort of like another Wally.

Wiki Wrote:Wally
Main article: Wally (Dilbert)
One of the oldest engineers, Wally was originally a worker trying to get fired to get a severance package. He hates work and avoids it whenever he can. He often carries a cup of coffee, calmly sipping from it even in the midst of chaos or office-shaking revelations. Wally is extremely cynical. He is even more socially inept than Dilbert (though far less self-aware of the fact), and references to his lack of personal hygiene are not uncommon. Like the Pointy-Haired Boss, Wally is utterly lacking in ethics and will take advantage of any situation to maximize his personal gain while doing the least possible amount of honest work. Squat and balding, Wally is almost invariably portrayed wearing a short sleeved dress shirt and tie. Adams has stated that Wally was based on a Pacific Bell coworker of his who was interested in a generous employee buy-out program—for the company's worst employees. This had the effect of causing this man—whom Adams describes as "one of the more brilliant people I've met"—to work hard at being incompetent, rude, and generally poor at his job to qualify for the buy-out program. Adams has said that this inspired the basic laziness and amorality of Wally's character. Despite these personality traits Wally is accepted as part of Dilbert, Ted, Alice, and Asok's clique. Although his relationship with Alice is often antagonistic and Dilbert occasionally denies being his friend, their actions show at least a certain acceptance of him.

Now Wally should be your role model.