After talking with one of the bank associates today while depositing Fiance's paycheck, I got to thinking. Mostly about budgets but also about pay schedules.
When Fiance started his job, he was lead to believe he would be paid more than he has and when I made our budget, I used some slightly less optimistic numbers which turned out to be closer to reality and which don't leave us much wiggle room. I've talked to him before about the possibility of me getting a second job since my hours are friendlier for that sort of thing and he's against it on the basis that we only get to see eachother an hour a day (plus whatever we get when he comes home for lunch). This is true and I don't think that hour will likely change if I do get a second job. This is the summer months, when he expects to earn the bigger checks. I'm not looking forward to the winter checks.
About my hours- I have a specific task list which I am supposed to accomplish each day at my job. I was recently told by my boss that on Saturdays I'm supposed to be doing two different task lists...which lead me to wonder what the heck I'm supposed to be doing on Mondays, the day I've set aside to finish the second task list. If I don't finish my task list, I am supposed to explain why, and more often than not, my answer is, "If I'd finished that task, I would have been over hours and you have told us consistently that you haven't approaved any over time so I'd be explaining why I'm over hours." I am at a loss as to why our department is hourly rather than salary since all of us are in the same situation- we have our tasks and are expected to complete them "regaurdless of how long it takes" unless it puts us over hours.
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