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Jesse Wilkins's avatar

Agreed 100%, I have had the conversation with peers and leaders before. The reason I was given in response to being at a place for a period of time was to either develop other leaders by having them do other training to fill that time or that soldiers can’t get in trouble if they are at work and not off in town or the barracks.

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Sean Sweeney's avatar

Yeah. That kind of stuff is frustrating. I understand that remedial and concurrent training are important but you also have to take in to account rest and motivation if your soldiers to get the best out of them.

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Barbara Sweeney's avatar

Well said. Here is another way to look at the same scenario if an hourly worker is scheduled for 8 hours and his tasks are completed in 6. Do they ask for other tasks to fill in the 8 hours or ask to go home at 6 hours and lose pay? What should their leader do?

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Sean Sweeney's avatar

Agree. I think my views are based upon my salary worker experience but I also think that means the hourly manager isn’t planning ahead or doesn’t know how long certain tasks or assignments actually take.

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