your answer to why you can never speak to BG

maka_2

recieved this today at work from our resources team.

Afternoon all,

Please can you inform all your agents that if they commit to working at least 4 hours overtime on Saturday they will be able to work overtime on Sunday. We will not be giving overtime out to anybody on Sunday unless they commit to working 4 hours or more on Saturday.

There are no incentives over and above the standard time and half Saturday and double time on Sunday.

Many thanks

just though i would share this because i could not beleive they really sent it out:mad:

richardc1983

God for people to work on a saturday is one thing but if you wanna work a sunday which is the day most people want off then thats even worse cos you have to work the entire weekend!!!

maka_2

yep i work 10hrs on saturday as it is now have to work 14hrs if i want the overtime now

SwanJon

So how is this your answer to why you can never speak to BG'?
Most of the lines are shut on Sundays anyway, and this will encourage the people who want the double time to work when customers are calling.

KimYeovil

So only those who provide sexual favours to the team leaders or who support the correct football team should be permitted to work overtime?

What's wrong with offering incentives to those who want to work unsocial shifts? Surely that's preferable to allowing favoured wastrels to swan-in on Sundays to make up for week-day [STRIKE]shopping trips[/STRIKE]dental appointments?

maka_2

SwanJon wrote: »

So how is this your answer to why you can never speak to BG'?
Most of the lines are shut on Sundays anyway, and this will encourage the people who want the double time to work when customers are calling.

there are only 2 lines closed on a sunday thats upgrade and customer relations

How will this encourage people to work? as stated before most people like to have there weekends off but they are holding you to ransom surley it would be better to offer overtime on both days rather than the way they have done it. all you acheive from doing this is people will just say NO thanks dont mind doing sunday but cant do saturday so therefore won't do any. would it not be best to just open it up to everyone??? Just before i left work tonigh only 2 people out of nearly 300 agreed to do it, and resources where sat wondering why no one is taking overtime

SwanJon

Sorry - was thinking energy not services.
If they offered the same rate of pay on both days they probably would treat them the same, but ther're always people who would work the Sunday only, just for the double time.

filmnoir

maka wrote: »

recieved this today at work from our resources team.

Afternoon all,

Please can you inform all your agents that if they commit to working at least 4 hours overtime on Saturday they will be able to work overtime on Sunday. We will not be giving overtime out to anybody on Sunday unless they commit to working 4 hours or more on Saturday.

There are no incentives over and above the standard time and half Saturday and double time on Sunday.

Many thanks

just though i would share this because i could not beleive they really sent it out:mad:

Maka, even though insightful I'd be very careful as you shouldn't be posting sensitive internal emails from your company, this would be in breach of your terms of employment.

lemontart

0845 609 11 22 ignore we are closed stay on line take no options and you will get through

Rolandtheroadie

Sounds perfectly fair to me.

spiro

This sort of policy has existed in other industries like construction for years. It is designed to stop people avoiding the low rate overtime whilst working the premium rate overtime.