..... and I forgot to say sorry if I gave the wrong impression before. You got to do what works for you. Our school is busy too, but perhaps a little less so. It's taken many years, but now the faculty let me know half days or whatever when they will be out of the office. That has made a night and day difference :). best, Dennis. _____________ On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Dennis Johnson <johnsond at stolaf.edu> wrote: > Hi Dave- > > Sounds great. That is your business to decide however you prefer to make > your schedule, and that is the point. I prefer regular hours as my norm, so > be it. I had a hellish commute myself for the first 17 years, but I was > going the opposite way of traffic. Anyway, everybody has the right to make > their own call and that flexibility is an important perk. It's possible the > next tech may some issues, but that is something he/she would be wise to > discuss during the interview process. > > cheers, > > dennis. > > > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>wrote: > >> 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 1 >> st 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 >> >> >> >> *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. >> >> >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091205/335b137b/attachment.htm>
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