I'm about at the end of my rope with my contracting company, and for the dumbest thing: timesheets.
You see, my contracting company contracted me out to ANOTHER contracting company that has the job position. So I'm sub-contracted to this company for the purposes of this job. This company has a 15-day timesheet. So, I record my clock -ins and clock-outs for 15/16 days (depending on if the month has 30/31) days, and then it is turned in to be signed so I can forward it to my "actual" company.
This was fine until a few months ago when my "main" company switched over to a new timesheet system. Which they have as weekly. As in, they want you to put in your times with valid documentation attached every week. See the issue?
It was fine at first, though. I'd just get the automated warning about turning in my timesheet or risk having my paycheck delayed. Fine. Delete it, move on, and submit two timesheets at a time once I had my bi-monthly timesheet.
Starting about... a month ago? Apparently the timesheet people felt that letting the automated system do its thing and being, you know, patient wasn't enough. So I'm getting near daily calls and messages left on my phone and in my email about submitting my timesheets.
Oh, and forget about just taking what I have so far of my timesheet and submitting that. It's not signed, so it's not a valid source of documentation. Wee.
So, I finally - in the middle of my work day no less - answer one of these harassing calls and basically lay into the lady on the other end who's been bothering me for a week straight. I CAN'T submit a timesheet because the company I'm working for is BI-MONTHLY and not WEEKLY. You have to WAIT, and I will put it in when I HAVE the timesheet.
Either she doesn't understand the words coming out of my mouth, or just doesn't care... since she just offers an "alternative" of enter the times in, but not submit. I relent and do so. Someone on the other end forcibly takes in the timesheet... and then rejects it because of missing documentation. Smart.
So, just recently, I put entered but did not submit the last week's timesheet with a note blatantly stating that I don't have the documentation for it due to the difference in the timesheet systems. I don't have documentation about Friday's times because we crossed into MAY then, and at the company I'm sub-contracted out to, that's the start of a new timesheet (which I will not have a signed copy of until the 15th).
And just now? I got a message on my phone that I need to submit the timesheet. From the same lady who told me to enter and not submit if I don't have full documentation because "that'll be fine." I'm just waiting for it to get snagged again and then rejected because I don't have documentation for the 1st. Documentation I mentioned IN THE NOTES that I will not have until the 16th at the earliest.
I wish I could reach through my phone and strangle this lady until she understands.
You see, my contracting company contracted me out to ANOTHER contracting company that has the job position. So I'm sub-contracted to this company for the purposes of this job. This company has a 15-day timesheet. So, I record my clock -ins and clock-outs for 15/16 days (depending on if the month has 30/31) days, and then it is turned in to be signed so I can forward it to my "actual" company.
This was fine until a few months ago when my "main" company switched over to a new timesheet system. Which they have as weekly. As in, they want you to put in your times with valid documentation attached every week. See the issue?
It was fine at first, though. I'd just get the automated warning about turning in my timesheet or risk having my paycheck delayed. Fine. Delete it, move on, and submit two timesheets at a time once I had my bi-monthly timesheet.
Starting about... a month ago? Apparently the timesheet people felt that letting the automated system do its thing and being, you know, patient wasn't enough. So I'm getting near daily calls and messages left on my phone and in my email about submitting my timesheets.
Oh, and forget about just taking what I have so far of my timesheet and submitting that. It's not signed, so it's not a valid source of documentation. Wee.
So, I finally - in the middle of my work day no less - answer one of these harassing calls and basically lay into the lady on the other end who's been bothering me for a week straight. I CAN'T submit a timesheet because the company I'm working for is BI-MONTHLY and not WEEKLY. You have to WAIT, and I will put it in when I HAVE the timesheet.
Either she doesn't understand the words coming out of my mouth, or just doesn't care... since she just offers an "alternative" of enter the times in, but not submit. I relent and do so. Someone on the other end forcibly takes in the timesheet... and then rejects it because of missing documentation. Smart.
So, just recently, I put entered but did not submit the last week's timesheet with a note blatantly stating that I don't have the documentation for it due to the difference in the timesheet systems. I don't have documentation about Friday's times because we crossed into MAY then, and at the company I'm sub-contracted out to, that's the start of a new timesheet (which I will not have a signed copy of until the 15th).
And just now? I got a message on my phone that I need to submit the timesheet. From the same lady who told me to enter and not submit if I don't have full documentation because "that'll be fine." I'm just waiting for it to get snagged again and then rejected because I don't have documentation for the 1st. Documentation I mentioned IN THE NOTES that I will not have until the 16th at the earliest.
I wish I could reach through my phone and strangle this lady until she understands.