Does your shop force you to take breaks?

All of you silly people are required to take a break from this thread.

 

YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!

 

No, you have to stay. You don't get any breaks. We need your dirty mind to help us run a clean shop.

 

Hasn't helped around here yet.

 

Can't you just record your break from 12-12:30? Or do it under the table?

 

Don't do it under the table. That's a health code violation.

 

So, for those of you who have to punch a clock, what happens when you work overtime? Is it paid or do you have to monitor your punches so you never work it?

Oh and honestly guys, I've never been at an all-day event that I couldn't take a break at. Unless your job is nationwide announcer at a regional NCAA basketball tournament or golf tournament I can't think of a too many sporting events that you can't take a break at. Especially those of us that do preps.

There is only so many inches of copy to write. Even if we're doing BLOGS! or Twitter updates.

 

FJ, during the spring season I'm pulling triple-headers and when I'm done with game coverage - which includes photos - it's already 9 or later and I've eaten my meals driving from game to game - or sometimes while I'm covering a game - which is assuredly not a break. I then have a choice - go home (45 minute drive for me), write three stories, sleep for six hours, then head back to the office to get layout done before our deadline; or I can go from my final game, crank out three stories, crank out my section and not have to be up until noon the next day, so I get eight hours of sleep.
I choose the latter. It saves on gas, I get to sleep and it makes me happy. Doing this means getting it done before the sun comes back up, so I'd prefer not to break 20 minutes because my publisher says we have to.
And I get the "well just put one on your timecard anyway" thing. Here's the problem; publisher has told us we have to have accurate time cards. She can't have it both ways and that's the issue.

 

Rules are Rules Rhody, maybe you should be deported.

 

If she tells you otherwise, she's leaving the company wide-open for a lawsuit.

 

So this is a problem one day a week, then? How many times per week are you covering two or three games a day?

 

It's only a problem once, maybe twice, a week. And even at that, it's only a problem maybe half the year.