David... I don't what all this is about. You hours sound fine to me...I work on Saturday for 6 hours. Maybe I'm setting precedent for Saturday piano work? What a bunch of crap... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 12/5/2009 7:25:31 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] FW: Concert hall pianos >Dennis: >Your point is well made. I think we should be able to work "normal" hours as much as >possible. In my case, it has been my choice to work 5:30am to 1:30pm. First, I like >the early hours, I also live 49 miles away so I get to miss traffic both ways, I always >get a parking spot, and I feel much more productive not having to spend an >inordinate amount of time scheduling myself in rooms. After 10:00 I can still work on >practice room pianos (I can kick a student out if I have to but nearly never do). >Since more than 1/3 of our pianos are in practice rooms that works pretty well. I can >also reserve an unused classroom to do work later in the day, it's just harder. >This early schedule has been my choice. Whoever gets the job February 1st when I >retire will have to arrange his/her own schedule to suite the school and their >personal preferences. It will probably be different from mine. >dave >David M. Porritt, RPT >dporritt at smu.edu<mailto:dporritt at smu.edu> >From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dennis >Johnson >Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:37 PM >To: caut at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [CAUT] FW: Concert hall pianos >I've got to chime in on that too and put my feet down on the regular hours. There >are those rare people who prefer working night shifts, but we are not paid enough >for those expectations. Staying late or coming in early on occasion is normal, but >that is also above and beyond which all the staff do now and then. I probably have >a little issue with those very few who would prefer us to never be seen and not deal >with the reality. You can't allow that to happen. It's got to be a mutually respectful >or it's not going to work. >dennis.
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