BG> Keith, at 21:00 on May 16 1996, you wrote to Rod Speed...

KR> it is possible to be in management and do techo stuff at the same time.

RS> Pity they dont get paid overtime Keef.

KR> the fuckwits dont, they dont believe that they can, i guess that explains 
KR> your beliefs.

 BG> Might be time to stick my nose into this argument, I think.  Although
 BG> Lyn is the salaried manager of the Springwood Mitre-10 store, if
 BG> circumstances (such as absent weekend staff) require that she work
 BG> longer hours than contracted, she is indeed paid overtime, and at very
 BG> generous rates indeed.

 BG> Funny that.

very (:

i haven't worked regular shift for a long time now, but we run a 24 hour a
day 7 day a week operation, so everybody has to help. well i suppose that,
as i write the rosters, i could do less, but, if you want the guys to be
happy, then you have to be prepared to do some yourself. also, it is the
nature of mainframe operations that a lot of the major work has to be done
out of hours. i tend to do the major micro-code upgrades on the big dasd
(ibmspeak for disk) units. some of these are done on line, but they have to
be done when the usage rate is low ie saturday night/ sunday morning. last
night, i did a really big one that meant that a whole computer centre had
to come down, and they dont do that monday to friday 9 - 5.

because of this, i have been able to negotiate overtime pay, the pay is
generous although, if you do too much, jackboot johnny and the canberra
homosexuals take too much of it to make it worthwhile. it would be possible
to make 6 figures, but there is a law of dimminishing returns, and it is
nice to get home sometimes. actually, this is pretty acedemic, if current
negotiations, come to fruition, i'll be giving up most overtime payments in
a couple of months in return for a 50% pay rise, and no more regular o/t.

what you get in the computer business is very dependent on what you can
convince people to give you, it is just unfortunate that some are too thick
to realise that (:

                                 keith
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