(12-08-2011, 04:04 PM)Jester Wrote: That sounds like... Europe.I've been tilting at that windmill for about a decade. I spent the last decade managing IT people, who have to work mostly outside the 8-5 schedule. You don't want us updating your systems during the work day, when the "users" are needing the system to be stable.
It's been *hell* to try to convince some old school, old dudes that my people really do contribute their "40 hours" of work in a week. Often they insist that they keep an 8 hour per day schedule. Pffft. Some Saturdays we'd work 20 hours on a major upgrade, then take 1/2 a week off.
And, the same thing with telecommuting. I spent the better part of a month defending one of my best people (a new mother) who happened to want to telecommute 2 days a week, in order to save the time and expense of commuting, and so that she could be home with her new baby. She got the work done, and I was happy. The round hole people are not happy, unless all the workers are round pegs.
Ok, that is a bit of a rant.