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Originally Posted by Z-man
Counter point: Maybe your supervisor is expecting you to need to work a little OT to get the job done. Why? Well, this is work above and beyond your normal work, right? And your normal work requires you to work an 8-hour day.
From a supervisor's point of view, if you're not putting in a solid 8-hour workday, then something is wrong - and that's most likely you. Or, look at it this way - if you have time to work on a special project without having to put in for OT, then you're slacking off on your regular work.
My suggestion: during your regular business hours, do your regular job, and do this special project afterwards.
Just a counterview.
-Z-man.
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Yup,
I agree.
That's the way to accomplish the extra work and be compensated for it and also to help your manager with what I suspect is a larger resource management/budget issue.
I have done things similar to this in the past to protect my staff. Not that they did not put forth the best effort at all times but these "special projects" have a way of becoming part of the normal workload.
You may have time to fit it into your current load. But you don't say if it is your peak time or not. What happens when you do hit peak and the expectation from corp, based on a precedent that you set, is that you can handle the extra load. Now you may need to put in the OT and they turn around and ding you for it.
Not as cut and dry as you may think.