Mary

Should you be paid for the time it takes to boot your computer? (Download Squad)

Nov 20th 2008 6:40PM MOST DEFINITELY! This is an issue I've already mentioned to my Supervisor. My work computer only takes about 3-5 minutes to boot up each day - but that amounts to 20-30 minutes a week that I am not paid for. Since my employer is being really strict about absolutely NOT doing any work related tasks while "off the clock" (we clock in on the computer), how does it make sense that I have to turn on the computer, wait for it to boot, enter a password, wait for it to process, wait for the (automatic) internet connection to complete, then open the software that we use to clock in, enter a user name and password, then wait again for that to process - that time adds up!