Timeline for Dealing with an employee that went over my head
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 20:41 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | I think there was a definite "and not have it blow up in your face when the rest of the team figures it out" implied in that statement, as opposed to an absolute statement. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 7:43 | comment | added | Martin Bonner supports Monica | @KonradRudolph The (huge) difference, is that flexible hours are in other peoples faces every single day, while different salaries are either confidential, or at least not that obvious (I'm assuming you don't have a big sign above your desk saying "I'm paid more!"). | |
| Mar 29, 2017 at 23:46 | comment | added | gnasher729 | There's always the possibility that some people like working 8:00 to 4:30 every day and don't value flexibility at all, while others appreciate or need more flexibility. | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 18:46 | comment | added | Jack Aidley | "If everyone arrives at 8:30 and leaves at 4:30, it is easy to manage time. If everyone can arrive and leave at their own time, you need a time management system." Or you could just have a little faith in your employees. | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 17:22 | comment | added | Konrad Rudolph | I tend to agree but then the same is true for other contract terms. Case in point: I’m a postdoc in a big lab, and I have a higher starting salary than my postdoc colleagues. The reason? I negotiated for a higher salary, the others didn’t (since it’s not usual to do this in academia). That’s a ridiculous situation but most people accept it without batting an eyelid. I don’t see why flexible working hours should be any different. In fact, I think that it’s much less serious than variable salaries. | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 16:22 | comment | added | Tony Dallimore | @KonradRudolph. The question implies that 8:30 to 4:30 are the contract hours and flexible hours are a favour for the new employee. Having some full time and some part time employees is not unusual and would not be a issue. You can have secret differences in terms (A gets more per hours than B for the same work) but, in my experience, having obvious differences (A has flexible hours whilst B does not) leads to such a drop in morale and productivity that it is not worth it even if it is legal. | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 15:38 | comment | added | Konrad Rudolph | “You cannot allow this employee to work flexible hours and not allow the rest of the team to work flexible hours.” — In fact, if this is regulated in the contract you absolutely can. It’s entirely normal for different employees to have different working hours. Although, admittedly, in the same team this may lead to friction if there’s no evident, acceptable reason for such a distinction (but even that happens). | |
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| Mar 28, 2017 at 15:30 | history | answered | Tony Dallimore | CC BY-SA 3.0 |