My relief person is late at least 90% of the time. No real problem, as I do not have to get kids to school or catch a bus. Also, I don't mind a few minutes of OT. But it irks me that the supervisor gets indignant if we, who are waiting to get relieved, call to ask who is relieving us or if they called off. She sees nothing at all wrong with this late relief happening every day, day in and day out, even if someone who gets off late does have to wait an extra 57 minutes for the next bus or has trouble getting the kids to school because the relief nurse can't get to work on time. Funny how application of the tardiness policy is only used against those who manage to tick off the supervisors, isn't it?
My peers do not put in for OT. I do because it is not my fault that I'm being relieved late. Oh, well, same story, different day, la dee da.
Where I used to work there was always two nurses that walked in 20 minutes late with Starbucks in hand. When another nurse reported them the NM said "No, I looked on the computer, they always clock in on time".:angryfire We could manually enter our time on the computer instead of swiping our badge. So, not only were they late everyday, they "clocked in" on time, and as far as I am concerned stole an hour of pay every week. I would always clock out late those days and kept a diary of who was relieving me so that when the truth hit the fan, I had some backup.
I have since moved to another hospital that has so much less of the politics.... I love it now and get out on time 97 percent of the time.
NursePaula
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Where I used to work there was always two nurses that walked in 20 minutes late with Starbucks in hand. When another nurse reported them the NM said "No, I looked on the computer, they always clock in on time".:angryfire We could manually enter our time on the computer instead of swiping our badge. So, not only were they late everyday, they "clocked in" on time, and as far as I am concerned stole an hour of pay every week. I would always clock out late those days and kept a diary of who was relieving me so that when the truth hit the fan, I had some backup.
I have since moved to another hospital that has so much less of the politics.... I love it now and get out on time 97 percent of the time.
Paula