tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post8243724563424770522..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: The glass cubicleZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-66576817037391305282007-09-03T18:57:00.000-07:002007-09-03T18:57:00.000-07:00I just got an e-mail the other day, detailing how ...I just got an e-mail the other day, detailing how much phone use there has been on my campus (I'm a full time teacher, but a part time adjunct) Should I have been more insulted 1. in principle, 2. because I get shared access to a phone in a dusty corner of a dusty building where I don't go anyway since I teach too little to have an official office hour, or 3. by the ugly threat of replacing me with someone who doesn't make personal calls?<BR/><BR/>I just forwarded it to the union, calling it "insulting" without being more specific. The union is acting on what must be several complaints (I'm betting that several in this case is in the dozens).<BR/><BR/>Here's some of my favorite parts:<BR/><BR/> "The college made a total of 1,942,395 calls in AY 2006-2007 (7,863.95 calls/working day*);<BR/><BR/> "We were on the phone for a total of 4,855,752.6 minutes (about 2.5 minutes/call, 327.65 accumulative hours/working day, equivalent to hiring 46.81 people to talk all the time for 7 hours on each of the 247 working days during the year);<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/> I wish to take this opportunity to remind you that the college properties, including telephones, are acquired for conducting official college businesses only. If under some special circumstances you have used the college equipment, including telephones, for personal reasons, you are expected to reimburse the college for the related expenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-5496861462328752272007-09-03T16:42:00.000-07:002007-09-03T16:42:00.000-07:00I already have to submit a report on what I do eve...I already have to submit a report on what I do every day. I'd also like to see how they'd define "idle time," since a substantial portion of my <I>actual job</I> involves doing research on Google, reading stuff, and processing information. Sometimes even (horrors!) staring at the ceiling, thinking.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, I seem to work for civilised people.Interrobanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073177798747299275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-39348484747848192992007-09-03T09:47:00.000-07:002007-09-03T09:47:00.000-07:00This software would make me (if I worked someplace...This software would make me (if I worked someplace that was using it) feel a lot like goofing off with newspapers, books, what have you.<BR/><BR/>Does anybody really think "the whole morale of the team" is increased by things like this?The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.com