Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 If there's overtime to be filled they don't care what body does it as long as there's a body there....supervisor or not. We don't feel like the supervisors steal ot from us.....there is a supervisor who seems to add ot slots w/her name in them when shes running low on cash......I have mentioned this before and others have noticed it but nothing is done. Then we have the ones who will " willingly " work ot as long as they get to pick what position they work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 I am not a supervisor, just one of the dispatchers. But, (and a big but )-- is if your dispatch is unionized or not. You do not state whether they are. IF they are, you sound like you could be facing some paperwork in the form of greivances. Of course, it all depends on the language of the union contract. Anyways, even if not unionized, the word " fight " in your one sentence kind of sets a bad tone. Just my opinion ......and you know what they say about those....;-o) Cin in good ole Ohio happy day, be safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 In a message dated 5/10/2001 12:02:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, shelleym@... writes: > Okay, how many supervisors out there are allowed to work overtime in > dispatch? I'm allowed to fill in while during my regular shift, but they > don't want me to work overtime as a dispatcher. Please give me any input and > where you are from so I can fight this with my administration and my > dispatchers. Can you believe the dispatchers think I am stealing their > San Fire, CA: Supervisors bid for available overtime along with anybody else - both supervisors and dispatchers bid on overtime spots to cover supervisor and dispatcher vacancies. But if the overtime spot is for a supervisor vacancy, the supervisors get first pick ahead of the dispatchers (and also the dispatchers bidding for that spot know that they will be assigned acting supervisor for the shift if they get the bid); and vice versa for the dispatch spots. Currently our supervisors are all working supervisors, meaning we are assigned positions and handle reliefs, etc, from our supervisors console. This may change, if we ever get enough staffing not to have to do that! Randall Larson/SJFire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 We don't have supervisors " per se " in my workplace so this isn't an issue....however I can't possibly see the problem with a supervisor volunteering for overtime where someone is going to get into a 'held/forced' situation - if someone is willing to take it, then so be it - but if someone is going to be held hostage in the comm center against their will to cover overtime they don't want to cover, why would they say that the supervisor is 'stealing' their overtime if they are willing to fill the shift??? diane uvm pd / vermont > Okay, how many supervisors out there are allowed to work overtime in > dispatch? I'm allowed to fill in while during my regular shift, but they > don't want me to work overtime as a dispatcher. Please give me any input and > where you are from so I can fight this with my administration and my > dispatchers. Can you believe the dispatchers think I am stealing their > overtime, when all I want to do is to keep one of them from getting held!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 <<Can you believe the dispatchers think I am stealing their overtime, when all I want to do is to keep one of them from getting held!!! >> Now take my wife, please! I would gladly give my ot away. At my place of employment they do not let the full time supervisors work dispatch shifts. Ask any of the full time sups or administration..they are considered " safety hazards " and do not/will not work a dispatch shift or a comm officer (call taker) shift. (period) Bob in Tacoma Dispatcher Law Enforcement Support Agency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 For some of us small agencies it's the supervisors job to pick up the overtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 We're not allowed to. Dispatchers are union, and we're not. And the dispatchers would definitely consider it stealing their OT. 911:: Supervisors > Okay, how many supervisors out there are allowed to work overtime in > dispatch? I'm allowed to fill in while during my regular shift, but they > don't want me to work overtime as a dispatcher. Please give me any input and > where you are from so I can fight this with my administration and my > dispatchers. Can you believe the dispatchers think I am stealing their > overtime, when all I want to do is to keep one of them from getting held!!! ============================================= kevbayer911@... IM:kevbayer911 ~If at first you don't succeed, do it the way your wife told you~ TheBayerFamilyWebSite: http://sites.netscape.net/kevbayer/index.html ============================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 I am a supervisor and we are not union. I choose not to " steal " the ot, however I will work it of no one else wants to. I figure that at my pay rate I'm sure the admin would rather I didn't work any ot anyway unless I absolutely have to. Clyed W Pinellas Park PD, Fl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 >Okay, how many supervisors out there are allowed to work overtime in dispatch? As a supervisor I am allowed to work overtime in dispatch... However any overtime is being frowned up... The agreement with the state says that I can't work that overtime until it has been offered and turned down by all personnel in the Telecommunications Operator II positions (dispatchers). So... here's the catch... In the job description for my position it states that one of my job duties is to fill in for operators when on vacation... sick... etc... I end up changing my schedule... working as a dispatcher.. and not paying overtime.... It gets even more complicated... but I think I've answered your basic question. Weintraut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 It is over a month from the new fiscal year. All the overtime for this fiscal year is gone. We are working at 50% in dispatch. We have officers that volunteered for a " relief cadre " and have gone to the schools etc. Try asking one of those officers to not do the road one day, and do dispatch, when we have no one. Want to see fireworks? As to supervisors...suppose to do 40 hrs....we are salaried persons. Amazingly, now that I am having to actually cover shifts in dispatch, I am having to stay over to do all the admin stuff..and to do the interviews to try and get people hired. I rarely do less than 10 hrs a day....usually is closer to 12. No extra pay....I am salaried. Freida > >Okay, how many supervisors out there are allowed to work overtime in > dispatch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2001 Report Share Posted May 13, 2001 In a message dated 01-05-10 15:02:29 EDT, you write: << Okay, how many supervisors out there are allowed to work overtime in dispatch? I >> We have between 7 and 10 supervisors -- I forget how many cause we got 2 brand new ones and one I love that's been there about 6 months as well as the others --- EVERYONE of them does come out on the floor and work radios and phones. They sit down and just go for it. And they come in on their days off and do it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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