Checks and more checks
March 6th 2007 09:31
Part of what I'm doing in my day-time job, now, is some of the time-sheets. What a complicated system of checking goes into these. First they're handwritten by the employees - in many cases - or, for those who present weekly timesheets as opposed to daily ones, they're printed off the computers.
Then the information on these is entered into a system which I won't name, but which seems to me to be incredibly slow. The only advantage is that it stops you from entering data so fast you make mistakes. (Although, being a novice on this, I still make mistakes.)
Not only is it slow, it's complicated, and it's made more complicated by the system in use at this firm, where absolutely everything, including how often you breathe, is given a job number.
The data is entered and saved. You print out a report to see if you've made mistakes. Usually I have. You go back and repair the data. You print out another report and re-check. If you've got it all right, you go to a spread-sheet, and enter the figures again, in order to add another check to the system.
When this is all correct, you post the timesheet. On pre-pay day it's possible you'll get the paymaster coming back to you, having checked the spreadsheet against her own reports, and telling you that various things are incorrect. You start the process again, doing a repair job.
Finally, if everyone is happy, the recipients get paid.
I wipe the sweat off my brow.
Then the information on these is entered into a system which I won't name, but which seems to me to be incredibly slow. The only advantage is that it stops you from entering data so fast you make mistakes. (Although, being a novice on this, I still make mistakes.)
Not only is it slow, it's complicated, and it's made more complicated by the system in use at this firm, where absolutely everything, including how often you breathe, is given a job number.
The data is entered and saved. You print out a report to see if you've made mistakes. Usually I have. You go back and repair the data. You print out another report and re-check. If you've got it all right, you go to a spread-sheet, and enter the figures again, in order to add another check to the system.
When this is all correct, you post the timesheet. On pre-pay day it's possible you'll get the paymaster coming back to you, having checked the spreadsheet against her own reports, and telling you that various things are incorrect. You start the process again, doing a repair job.
Finally, if everyone is happy, the recipients get paid.
I wipe the sweat off my brow.
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