December 30, 2008 at 12:31 pmTime tracking
They took up for us. More precisely, not for us, but for our discipline. They introduced a scale of fines, they write an electronic system of accounting for working time. Okay, figs with him, you have to mean it’s necessary, we will go on time, especially since the schedule is quite flexible, you have to be at work until 11. But here is what I would like to discuss. In the electronic system of the accounting of working hours there will be one button "Came". That is, if you forgot to click - the fool himself, get a fine. If you lingered along the way, for example, met with the boss climbing the stairs - get a fine. If you came a minute before 11, but did not manage to download the computer - get a fine. I spoke out so that it would be possible to choose the time of arrival arbitrarily. I was ridiculed by my own colleagues. Yes, at first glance you might think that I collapsed from the oak, it’s everyone who will cheat. But if you think about it, it turns out that everything is completely wrong.
Pros of a system with one button:
1. Excludes falsification
Minuses
1. Does not exclude falsification! Because:
1.1 I’ll write a script that clicks the button at a certain time on the crown
1.2 I’ll crawl and change directly in the database
1.3 I’ll call someone and ask them to click on the button
1.4 for me. The admin can always change anything he wants
2. He introduces an extra an element of mistrust that reduces motivation. For me personally, my conscience is more expensive than $ 10, I will not cheat so that I would blush later.
3. The implementation of the system is more difficult, since in order to prevent falsification, you need to use all sorts of captcha, control over IP, block access to the database, although all this will still be broken. And the main thing is that these bans stimulate the desire to get around them!
4. Such a system does not preclude the calculation of unfair fines
4.1 Forgot to press the button
4.2 I delayed on the way to the computer, for example, to say hello or discuss something with colleagues
4.3 The computer was turned off while it was already late
5. Such a system did not exclude statistics violations. You can forget to press not only the button upon arrival but also upon departure, which means that it turns out that the person worked for a day. When summarizing statistics, it will be difficult to find out the exact time of presence.
6.To reduce the likelihood that they will forget to press the button, you will have to set and configure all sorts of reminders.
Total Plus one, although it is not upon closer examination. There are a lot of minuses! In my opinion, the choice is OBVIOUS!
But why am I alone in favor of the only right decision? I asked the opponents to give their reasons, but they cannot, except that I indicated. The only argument was this: “If you made a mistake in choosing the time, you have to bother the administrator so that he would fix it”
But this is nonsense! I can be mistaken only if for some reason I could not press the button on time. If this was not due to being late, then I would have to bother the amine every time , and not only when I made a mistake.
Am I dumb? No one around can explain my mistake to me, although I really want to understand where I am wrong and why you cannot make a time choice.
Pros of a system with one button:
1. Excludes falsification
Minuses
1. Does not exclude falsification! Because:
1.1 I’ll write a script that clicks the button at a certain time on the crown
1.2 I’ll crawl and change directly in the database
1.3 I’ll call someone and ask them to click on the button
1.4 for me. The admin can always change anything he wants
2. He introduces an extra an element of mistrust that reduces motivation. For me personally, my conscience is more expensive than $ 10, I will not cheat so that I would blush later.
3. The implementation of the system is more difficult, since in order to prevent falsification, you need to use all sorts of captcha, control over IP, block access to the database, although all this will still be broken. And the main thing is that these bans stimulate the desire to get around them!
4. Such a system does not preclude the calculation of unfair fines
4.1 Forgot to press the button
4.2 I delayed on the way to the computer, for example, to say hello or discuss something with colleagues
4.3 The computer was turned off while it was already late
5. Such a system did not exclude statistics violations. You can forget to press not only the button upon arrival but also upon departure, which means that it turns out that the person worked for a day. When summarizing statistics, it will be difficult to find out the exact time of presence.
6.To reduce the likelihood that they will forget to press the button, you will have to set and configure all sorts of reminders.
Total Plus one, although it is not upon closer examination. There are a lot of minuses! In my opinion, the choice is OBVIOUS!
But why am I alone in favor of the only right decision? I asked the opponents to give their reasons, but they cannot, except that I indicated. The only argument was this: “If you made a mistake in choosing the time, you have to bother the administrator so that he would fix it”
But this is nonsense! I can be mistaken only if for some reason I could not press the button on time. If this was not due to being late, then I would have to bother the amine every time , and not only when I made a mistake.
Am I dumb? No one around can explain my mistake to me, although I really want to understand where I am wrong and why you cannot make a time choice.