Comments on: Long Day at Work http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/03/31/long-day-at-work/ Every Band of Freaks Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:02:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: douglas http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/03/31/long-day-at-work/#comment-126 douglas Sun, 02 Apr 2006 05:03:25 +0000 http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/03/31/long-day-at-work/#comment-126 BART is a conglomerate. They are rather stupid to have been testing on hours. I guess the official story is something like they were working on backing up their main systems and that killed it all, and their secondary systems failed on top of that. As far as compensation I'm salaried so I'm not getting any extra money. I did, however, confirm today that I'm getting some comp time... That will be useful. BART is a conglomerate. They are rather stupid to have been testing on hours. I guess the official story is something like they were working on backing up their main systems and that killed it all, and their secondary systems failed on top of that.

As far as compensation I’m salaried so I’m not getting any extra money. I did, however, confirm today that I’m getting some comp time… That will be useful.

]]> By: NHK http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/03/31/long-day-at-work/#comment-125 NHK Sun, 02 Apr 2006 03:44:09 +0000 http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/03/31/long-day-at-work/#comment-125 As long as you get paid/compensated for every single second, there's no problem with working voluntary overtime; in fact, it can be very lucrative. As long as you get paid/compensated for every single second, there’s no problem with working voluntary overtime; in fact, it can be very lucrative.

]]> By: Mookee http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/03/31/long-day-at-work/#comment-124 Mookee Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:17:42 +0000 http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/03/31/long-day-at-work/#comment-124 Funny, you work in the private industry, so, when you do a big project like this you go in on the weekend to make sure everything is working properly... ...the government is not so intelligent. Last week, the city of San Francisco (or whoever is in charge of BART, I'm sure it's not just San Francisco, but some agency that is run by some government) decided to test all it's new protocols during rush hour. Apparently there was something like hour and a half delays. I don't envy you having to go in on a weekend, but a least your company is smart enough to know when to do maintenance work that may be problematic at first. Funny, you work in the private industry, so, when you do a big project like this you go in on the weekend to make sure everything is working properly…

…the government is not so intelligent. Last week, the city of San Francisco (or whoever is in charge of BART, I’m sure it’s not just San Francisco, but some agency that is run by some government) decided to test all it’s new protocols during rush hour. Apparently there was something like hour and a half delays.

I don’t envy you having to go in on a weekend, but a least your company is smart enough to know when to do maintenance work that may be problematic at first.

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