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Work on the Brain (Part 2)
Feb. 17th, 2015 06:48 amSo the conversation about overload with my boss went reasonably well. Preliminary sanity measures are in place, and we'll be re-evaluating as things progress. A few interesting developments also came up today, as apparently my boss straight up asked the other guy on 1.0 if he'd work the graveyard shift for the next month. (He laughed and said no.) I wasn't asked, but we'll see what happens in the next little while. Interestingly, that question was popped was after our meeting on rotation schedules and such.
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Current steps being taken:
1. For now, the two of us on 1.0 are split on rotating 24 hour cycles of support. I think that'll be alright for the moment since we (in theory) just crushed a major problem today/tomorrow that should take a ton of load off of us.
2. Extra hours accrued are going to be recorded as unofficial comp time, from which we can take vacations later.
3. I'm definitely in on the yearly bonus/raises that apply in March, despite starting a few days after the cutoff date of Jan 1st.
4. Any overloads / if we can't manage this, things will be re-evaluated.
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Planned additional requests going forward:
1. Meals due to extended work hours are typically comp'd. Planning to ask this to be made more or less official policy for the two of us going forward.
2. If there ends up being a hell of a lot of overtime / evening work, I plan to straight up ask for a pay bump. I didn't sign up to be on call and don't really want to be. If they really want me pulling long shifts, they're going to have to feel the pain from it too. (I'm expecting to be called in at 3:30 this morning due to something I know is running until then, so I have a strong feeling this may come up.)
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My only disappointment so far is that my boss (who knows a little about 1.0, but not a lot), didn't put himself on the rotating support shift roster we put together today. He puts in a lot of hours as is, so I guess I can't complain too much, but I'd have done it if I were him. IMHO, that's how you lead during a crisis.
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Current steps being taken:
1. For now, the two of us on 1.0 are split on rotating 24 hour cycles of support. I think that'll be alright for the moment since we (in theory) just crushed a major problem today/tomorrow that should take a ton of load off of us.
2. Extra hours accrued are going to be recorded as unofficial comp time, from which we can take vacations later.
3. I'm definitely in on the yearly bonus/raises that apply in March, despite starting a few days after the cutoff date of Jan 1st.
4. Any overloads / if we can't manage this, things will be re-evaluated.
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Planned additional requests going forward:
1. Meals due to extended work hours are typically comp'd. Planning to ask this to be made more or less official policy for the two of us going forward.
2. If there ends up being a hell of a lot of overtime / evening work, I plan to straight up ask for a pay bump. I didn't sign up to be on call and don't really want to be. If they really want me pulling long shifts, they're going to have to feel the pain from it too. (I'm expecting to be called in at 3:30 this morning due to something I know is running until then, so I have a strong feeling this may come up.)
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My only disappointment so far is that my boss (who knows a little about 1.0, but not a lot), didn't put himself on the rotating support shift roster we put together today. He puts in a lot of hours as is, so I guess I can't complain too much, but I'd have done it if I were him. IMHO, that's how you lead during a crisis.
