The Iggblog

My week just took a turn for the better. I got in at 7:00 in the morning. I was really stressed since I wasn’t able to come in on sunday and get caught up with a shitstorm of paperwork I had waiting for me. not to mention a bunch of scans. So I get in, get the paperwork and scanning started, and generally get my productive groove on. I think ahead and it looks like at least a 10 hour day.

A note on overtime… Usually people like overtime. Generally I don’t. Overtime to most means time and a half, or double time, or even double time and a half depending on the generosity of the company. I don’t get paid for overtime. It’s not that I don’t get paid time and a half or double time or whatever… I *don’t get paid* for overtime. It’s basically work done out of the goodness of my heart if it’s past 40 hours. which tends to be most weeks. I consider this time to be “good worker points” I build up for when I need to lean on Bob to get in late or out early without dipping into “personal time” or sick time or whatever. Also, I’m not usually working at 100% efficiency (aside from these past couple) so I think of the extra time spent as being my way of making up for slacking. I simply won’t leave unless X or Y project is done. Usually it doesn’t get recognized that I work all the extra hours, but usually my slacking doesn’t get recognized either. A fair trade IMO.

so I’m looking at a long week this week and again next week. There are 2.34 fucktons of work on the project board. And ONE microscope to scan it all with. So Bob comes in, and says a phrase. “I think I can get overtime approved for these next couple weeks if you want to work some extra hours”. I hear this little bell in the back of my head ring. I routinely work 50 hour weeks as it is. if they want to let me work 60-70 hours and PAY me for the extra time…. well, I’ll show them how little sleep a well conditioned geek can function with. It’s not like I have any pressing social engagements this week.

Wow… this ended up a little long. I suppose a simple “I’m getting paid overtime w00t” would have been fine.

It’s getting close to 6:30 now… It’ll be the first in a string of 12 hour days for sure. w00t!