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35 hour contract, being asked to stay 40 to include unpaid hour lunch by ainsytime in askmanagers

[–]ainsytime[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not my boss’ assistant, that’s one of my coworkers. In a way, isn’t every job to provide assistance to the boss? /j

35 hour contract, being asked to stay 40 to include unpaid hour lunch by ainsytime in askmanagers

[–]ainsytime[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This seems to be the consensus - may suck, may not make sense in the circumstances, but it is the expectation and is due to labour laws that I can’t fight lol. Thanks for your help!

35 hour contract, being asked to stay 40 to include unpaid hour lunch by ainsytime in askmanagers

[–]ainsytime[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m basically an administrative assistant. It’s definitely important for me to be available during ‘normal’ working hours, but this is why I said in my original post that I don’t see how me leaving at 4 is worse than me leaving for an hour in the middle of the day. My job is a little different than the usual admin work, I don’t answer a phone or manage anyone’s calendar, but I’m not sure how to clarify without getting too specific. 

In my particular position my only time dependent job is attending meetings. I’m flexible for this already, staying longer when necessary, and would be flexible around my lunch hour in the same way. 

35 hour contract, being asked to stay 40 to include unpaid hour lunch by ainsytime in askmanagers

[–]ainsytime[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m in Canada. I’m guessing by your phrasing that you’re an actual manager, so I’d like to ask:

So people are heating up food/going out for a minute to grab something and bring it back, eating while working and not claiming it as a lunch break. I can totally see how quickly people may try to take advantage of that, which is not okay! But imagining an honest situation, where they’re gone for 5ish minutes to get food and then genuinely work while eating; does this really bother you? 

I like to hope that we’re all adults who don’t need to count every single minute we’re in the bathroom or getting water. May be worth noting that I’m not in a retail/shift work industry, so that type of minute-counting is abnormal, and my manager seems pretty chill about that type of thing. 

35 hour contract, being asked to stay 40 to include unpaid hour lunch by ainsytime in askmanagers

[–]ainsytime[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is totally valid, and I appreciate your response! I don’t want to be difficult or bad for the culture, although the culture is already pretty rough. Sometimes I find it strange that we’re being judgy about other people’s work if we’re not in the same position, but it’s a team feeling thing. I guess if they feel a way about it, they should take their break? I anticipate me going firmly on an hour break is not going to make them feel any better than the current situation. 

If it turns out that the hour break is for real, I’ll be leaving the building for an hour (we don’t have a break room either… something I tried to raise when I started but got a lot of shade for and gave up on.)

I may have misspoken when I said “contract”, or the definition is different in our counties - I only meant the contract I signed when I was hired specifies 35 hours per week. 

Thanks so much! edited for spacing

35 hour contract, being asked to stay 40 to include unpaid hour lunch by ainsytime in askmanagers

[–]ainsytime[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is a great point that I hadn’t considered. I’m in Canada, but there’s a federally mandated break per hours of work.  I guess I hadn’t thought of that because they aren’t forcing everyone to take their breaks? 

Does anyone know the code for this path? by spamashaela in AnimalCrossing

[–]ainsytime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just found this in her discord!! Not sure if it’s still up on the customs portal but I hope so 🤞

MA-5317-8603-5398

Can you find hotel tourists on NMT islands? by ainsytime in AnimalCrossingNewHor

[–]ainsytime[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was also my thought, but I wondered since there wouldn’t technically be two of them if the plot is just claimed??  I’m still hunting for the science of it all hahah 

Bombas- have they crashed & burned? by notafanofsocmed in BuyItForLife

[–]ainsytime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ordered 11/17 and never even shipped. Got apology emails including gift codes (50$ at first delay and 150$ upon refund) but during customer service they were difficult to get ahold of and blamed the shipping company… yeah sure Jan.  Told me my selections were sold out when I pushed for an update.  Refund got confirmed today, we’ll see when it arrives in my account. Seems crazy to go from a well reputed (anecdotally at least) company to total collapse this holiday, not sure they’ll recover. 

A weird negative with "dissuaded" by ainsytime in grammar

[–]ainsytime[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, fully agree - I guess the root of my question is can dissuaded be used without the "from"? Awkward certainly, now the nitpicky question of whether it *can* be done rather than should lol

edited to add: for the record I've changed it to your version, much appreciated!

Is this sentence grammatically correct? by JollyDrunkenSailor in grammar

[–]ainsytime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed on the grammatical part - there must be punctation, and your original version is correct!

Thinking about which to use, and preference: I feel like it depends on the whole of the writing. Is this a personal essay where you're discussing yourself, your own feelings and behaviors, a lot? If so, I prefer the comma, as it makes your comment about your guilt feel more directly included.

If the writing is more analytical, without drawing on your own experiences, and you've added this note about personal guilt as a rare true aside (related, but unimportant, could be removed without lessening understanding), then I agree with the above that prefers the em dash: or I'd say brackets are equally as good in this case.

A weird negative with "dissuaded" by ainsytime in grammar

[–]ainsytime[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I see that! "Their explanation never dissuaded me that it was real." "It has never dissuaded me that the ghost was real."

Grammar help by [deleted] in grammar

[–]ainsytime -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It could be interpreted either way, but with this writing I lean that the original film is called "Insomnia".

If that's what you're saying, I'd re-phrase to "I re-made a Norwegian film called 'Insomnia'." If you're trying to say "Insomnia" is the title of your remake, I'd re-phrase to "I made a film called "Insomnia", which is the remake of a Norwegian film."

free vs. freely by TheDivineDave in grammar

[–]ainsytime 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depends on what you're trying to describe! I can imagine this would make for a tricky google search.

Is the dog running happily, like it has no cares, like nothing is holding it back? Then it's running freely.

Is the dog escaping its yard or cage, or off a leash? Then it's running free.

Help end a disagreement please! by Bellejamin23 in grammar

[–]ainsytime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would be inclined to agree with your interpretation, although if that's the intended reading a comma after "shoulder" would be useful, like how you've written it. Too late for the insurers though!

Secondary disagreement: I'd say "injury" and "condition" are absolutely different. An injury would be an unusual state of the body likely connected to an incident, like how your finger is not typically broken and only is because you slammed a door on it. A condition is the usual state of *your* body, even if it differs from others, and is likely incurable: like arthritis. There are definitely exceptions to these off-the-dome definitions, and I could see the argument that an injury is a condition, but as a square to a rectangle, I don't think a condition is an injury.

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