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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004290 More actions · Answer 1

It's going to be very interesting if the company ever adds extra readers. 😉

We're talking about computers here and it always fascinates me that an IN/OUT reader system doesn't do a simple bit of checking. For example, an OUT punch should be rejected if there is no open IN punch. An IN punch should not be allowed if there are any other IN punches that are still open. Trying to reconcile double punches and missed punches is solving the wrong bloody problem. Someone needs to fix the read system so that it works correctly.

If such a reader system is used to determine payroll, then trying to fix after-the-fact extra and missed punches is actually messing with people's pay. It's the reader system that needs to be fixed... not the reporting. The reporting is nothing more than a symptom of a bigger problem.

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________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden (10/5/2013)
It's going to be very interesting if the company ever adds extra readers. 😉
We're talking about computers here and it always fascinates me that an IN/OUT reader system doesn't do a simple bit of checking. For example, an OUT punch should be rejected if there is no open IN punch. An IN punch should not be allowed if there are any other IN punches that are still open. Trying to reconcile double punches and missed punches is solving the wrong bloody problem. Someone needs to fix the read system so that it works correctly.
If such a reader system is used to determine payroll, then trying to fix after-the-fact extra and missed punches is actually messing with people's pay. It's the reader system that needs to be fixed... not the reporting. The reporting is nothing more than a symptom of a bigger problem.

+1, good points Jeff.

But it is what it is, and Sharon has to deal with it.

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