The smacking part was an exaggeration to make a point.
Point taken.
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The smacking part was an exaggeration to make a point.
oddly enough, The exact opposite is an annoyance for me, for exactly the reasons you give. If my shift is 6am to 6pm, I will be here at 6am, start checking my truck, and doing work when I clock in, when I am at work. thankfully we get paid if we take a take run or if we get an early run as well, but the truck check thing is definitely on our own time.2) People who show up 5 minutes before shift, when you've been there for 15 mins already checking out the truck/gear. Sure we don't get paid to come in early nor penalised for logging on late but it screws other crews over, extending their shifts etc.
Also don't try to write me up for missing equipment, or not completing my check if you send me on a run at 6:01am, because I didn't have the time to check my truck.
Why should you not get written up for missing equipment? If you available time is at 0600 you should be ready at 0600 not just getting to the station. If you get a call and are late to that call and/or have missing equipment then it should be all on you.
Easy if you don't want to get written up and possibly fired then have the unit ready to go by the time you go available.
Regardless of what time my shift starts I am at the station 30 minutes prior because we do get the call that comes that 0601. Heck me and my partner are ready to go at 0545 (when the crew we are taking over for come to station) and we will take an early call so the off coming crew does not get a late call.
Why should you work for free?
The system should have built in time for you to check your rig. Maybe overlapping shifts by fifteen minutes or so. If not, you shouldn't be allowed to field a call until your rig is checked
Why should you not get written up for missing equipment? If you available time is at 0600 you should be ready at 0600 not just getting to the station. If you get a call and are late to that call and/or have missing equipment then it should be all on you.
Easy if you don't want to get written up and possibly fired then have the unit ready to go by the time you go available.
Regardless of what time my shift starts I am at the station 30 minutes prior because we do get the call that comes that 0601. Heck me and my partner are ready to go at 0545 (when the crew we are taking over for come to station) and we will take an early call so the off coming crew does not get a late call.
Why should you work for free?
The system should have built in time for you to check your rig. Maybe overlapping shifts by fifteen minutes or so. If not, you shouldn't be allowed to field a call until your rig is checked
Regardless of what time my shift starts I am at the station 30 minutes prior because we do get the call that comes that 0601. Heck me and my partner are ready to go at 0545 (when the crew we are taking over for come to station) and we will take an early call so the off coming crew does not get a late call.
$5 a day x 3 shifts a week x 52 weeks a year = $780, give or take a couple coins. is $780 every year money that you could use?For my pay 30 minutes = $5 (give or take a couple coins). So it's not like I'm missing some huge amount of money.
See, nowhere did I say screw the patients, or that I don't care about my patients. I said I don't work for free.Or you could actually you know care about the patients and be ready to go when your system says you need to be.
It's really sad that everyone has gotten into the mind set of "I don't work for free so screw the patients".
which isn't what is being discussed becauseMy start time is when we are to be available, with a stocked truck, leaving the garage and entering into the system. If you are consistently late to sign on you will have action taken against you.
which is awesome, I wish more agencies did that. 15 minutes on the clock to check your truck and correct any deficiencies before answering any calls or going on any assignments. no working for free, and the truck gets to be 100% when your truck is supposed to be good to go.My agency pays us 15 minutes prior to our start of shift time for this exact reason.
which isn't what is being discussed.
$5 a day x 3 shifts a week x 52 weeks a year = $780, give or take a couple coins. is $780 every year money that you could use? See, nowhere did I say screw the patients, or that I don't care about my patients. I said I don't work for free.
Shouldn't they have enough respect for me to completely restock what they used and have the truck ready for the next crew?