Flexi what??!!

The current company has a strange concept of flexi-time.

Official working hours are from 8.30am to 5.30pm. According to HR, employees can enjoy flexi-time where we can come in between 8.30-9.00am.

BUT this is where it gets a bit strange...

Scenario 1
If we clock in at : 8.30am
We must clock out at : 5.30pm or later

Scenario 2
If we clock in at : 9.00am
We must clock out at : 6.00pm or later

Scenario 3
If we clock in at : 8.31am
We must clock out at : 6.00pm or later

Scenario 4
If we clock in at : 8.29am or earlier
We must clock out at : 5.30pm or later

Am I missing something here or is that NOT the definition of flexi-time?? See, my definition of flexi-time is that we just need to work the stipulated number of hours based on the time we clock in. So, logically, if I clock in at 9am, I will leave at 6pm and if I clock in at 8.31am, I will leave at 5.31pm, and so on. This was how the first company that I worked for operated their flexi-time. We even had staff come in at 7am and leave at 3pm! So, this company's concept of flexi-time isn't flexi-time at all!!! I'd just call that 1/2 hour between 8.30-9am as a grace period for us to get in to work. Of course, this being KL, we almost always never get to leave on time anyway. Examples above are just for examples sake. Heh.

Duh, flexi-time my foot!

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Another thing that doesn't make sense here is the date when our salary is banked in. For permanent & confirmed staff, the pay date is 22nd of each month for the current month's salary. For non-confirmed and contract staff, the pay date is on the 1st of the next month for the current month's salary. Which is fine by me (I'm contract staff). But see, ALL staff gets their payslip on 22nd of the month, even those who get their salary on the 1st of next month. Which is quite useless to people who get their salary on the 1st of next month coz all we can do is look at the payslip and anticipate the $$$ that's going to come in.

And the reasoning that HR gave us for this is "Oh, we give out the payslips on the same day for all staff so we don't need to do double work". But see, aren't you already doing double work by paying out salary on 2 different dates???

I've noticed a trend here... some of their processes just don't make sense at all. It's like they just blindly follow whatever is already in place.

Geez!!

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