Dear folks, need your assistance on the following question: Does "Overtime" pay considered as one of the employees' motivational tools? if yes, why?
From Oman, Muscat
2From Oman, Muscat
Hi,
As I feel it is comes under motivational tool.
Overtime...working aftr your working hours
It means getting chance to learn things in a small group. getting chance
to give some extra output which make your contribution in a different way to the oraganisation by which u'll b recognised in your team
getting chance to keep ur creative ideas
making personal relations with the superviser
and so on but the overtime should not b forceful.
When if comes under forceful Overtime to fulfil the target and to get more pruductivity,employee feel frustrated and it acts as a demotivational
factor.
It all depend on selfmotivation ...wether the person looking for his growth,wants to learn more about system and process,having creative skills or not , etc
Prativa
From India, New Delhi
As I feel it is comes under motivational tool.
Overtime...working aftr your working hours
It means getting chance to learn things in a small group. getting chance
to give some extra output which make your contribution in a different way to the oraganisation by which u'll b recognised in your team
getting chance to keep ur creative ideas
making personal relations with the superviser
and so on but the overtime should not b forceful.
When if comes under forceful Overtime to fulfil the target and to get more pruductivity,employee feel frustrated and it acts as a demotivational
factor.
It all depend on selfmotivation ...wether the person looking for his growth,wants to learn more about system and process,having creative skills or not , etc
Prativa
From India, New Delhi
I forgot to mention... If there is a compensation for overtime,people love to work and it counts as motivation Prativa
From India, New Delhi
From India, New Delhi
Hi all
There is a flip side to this too...
I have noticed in many organisations, where there is an overtime facility, employees stay back after office hrs even if there is no urgent work. This works against other employees who leave on time (esp women). Slowly, the late-sitting culture seeps into the organisation, where ppl simply wait for claiming overtime.
This puts pressure on genuine employees who work hard but leave on time and they are perceived as "one who leaves EARLY" , "lazy" and "ïrresponsible".
This has been my personal experience too!
Rather I feel, we shud reward employees who complete their work on time and leave!! This will be more of a motivator than overtime!!
What say guys???
Rgds
Deepa
From India, Bangalore
There is a flip side to this too...
I have noticed in many organisations, where there is an overtime facility, employees stay back after office hrs even if there is no urgent work. This works against other employees who leave on time (esp women). Slowly, the late-sitting culture seeps into the organisation, where ppl simply wait for claiming overtime.
This puts pressure on genuine employees who work hard but leave on time and they are perceived as "one who leaves EARLY" , "lazy" and "ïrresponsible".
This has been my personal experience too!
Rather I feel, we shud reward employees who complete their work on time and leave!! This will be more of a motivator than overtime!!
What say guys???
Rgds
Deepa
From India, Bangalore
Hi !
In my opinion money is a temporary motivational tool. How much' it motivates and for how long is another matter.
My experience has been that you can scratch an itch and relieve the problem for only a short period of time.
So it is not motivational tool
SABEETA [/code]
From Pakistan, Islamabad
In my opinion money is a temporary motivational tool. How much' it motivates and for how long is another matter.
My experience has been that you can scratch an itch and relieve the problem for only a short period of time.
So it is not motivational tool
SABEETA [/code]
From Pakistan, Islamabad
Dear Mr. Waleed,
Yes, it is considered as one of the motivational tools because of the following reasons:
1. In some total, employees get more money.
2. Many companies does not pay for overtime and therefore when employees compare it with such companies feels motivated.
3. Many times some employees want to earn more money by any mean and this is the farest way.
4. Employees, who are unmarried and working away from their home, have nothing to do after office time- they can spent some more time as overtime and get money as 'reward'.
5. Some employees want to work hard and are self motivated, normal office time remain short for their capabilities. By overtime they get double motivation.
What do you say?
Thanking and regards,
Arun Singh
From India, Ahmadabad
Yes, it is considered as one of the motivational tools because of the following reasons:
1. In some total, employees get more money.
2. Many companies does not pay for overtime and therefore when employees compare it with such companies feels motivated.
3. Many times some employees want to earn more money by any mean and this is the farest way.
4. Employees, who are unmarried and working away from their home, have nothing to do after office time- they can spent some more time as overtime and get money as 'reward'.
5. Some employees want to work hard and are self motivated, normal office time remain short for their capabilities. By overtime they get double motivation.
What do you say?
Thanking and regards,
Arun Singh
From India, Ahmadabad
Hi!
Arun has nicely presented, but the subsequences are also to be considered viz:
pesonnel may develop habits:
of working slowly,
work only if receive some thing extra,
and some times the extra earned money at some level leads to other bad habits etc if not capable of planning expenditure.
According to me it is (carrot) not the most effective same as the fear.
Regards.
Hemant (hmkansara)
From India, Surat
Arun has nicely presented, but the subsequences are also to be considered viz:
pesonnel may develop habits:
of working slowly,
work only if receive some thing extra,
and some times the extra earned money at some level leads to other bad habits etc if not capable of planning expenditure.
According to me it is (carrot) not the most effective same as the fear.
Regards.
Hemant (hmkansara)
From India, Surat
Hi,
Sorry but I disagree here a bit..Overtime pay is a right of an employee for the extra work he/she has done apart from his/her daily quota/ working hours. It cannot be considered as a motivational practice. Motivational practices are used to get better performance during the regular work..overtime pay will attract people who need more money to work for extra hours..
Seniors, plz correct me if I'm wrong.
Regards,
Mrinal
From India, Pune
Sorry but I disagree here a bit..Overtime pay is a right of an employee for the extra work he/she has done apart from his/her daily quota/ working hours. It cannot be considered as a motivational practice. Motivational practices are used to get better performance during the regular work..overtime pay will attract people who need more money to work for extra hours..
Seniors, plz correct me if I'm wrong.
Regards,
Mrinal
From India, Pune
Hi
Over Time is not at all amotivational factor, in that also the employees are delay the work for doing the over time and for getting the OT benefits.
That's why some organizations are not encourage the over time factor.
Regards
Satya
From India, Mumbai
Over Time is not at all amotivational factor, in that also the employees are delay the work for doing the over time and for getting the OT benefits.
That's why some organizations are not encourage the over time factor.
Regards
Satya
From India, Mumbai
Overtime can be motivational factor fr some employee BUT in the long run it does harm to both employee as well as organization.
Once , a routine of overtime is set, slowly peolpe start deliberately delaying the tasks in order to do it after office hours.
Overtime also is an indicator of inefficiency on the part of organization (except in the case of rarest of the rare situations where a task has to be done after definde office hours , but then what for are the staggering timings???)
Employee also develop a feeling that sitting late will impress their boss.
Some employee get highly disappointed with the company if they have to do overtime regularly because money is not THE motivation for all.
Overtime also mar the emotional bondage of employees with their family in long run.
Also, it limits the learning potential of employees as employees are left with limited time for self development.
From India, Madras
Once , a routine of overtime is set, slowly peolpe start deliberately delaying the tasks in order to do it after office hours.
Overtime also is an indicator of inefficiency on the part of organization (except in the case of rarest of the rare situations where a task has to be done after definde office hours , but then what for are the staggering timings???)
Employee also develop a feeling that sitting late will impress their boss.
Some employee get highly disappointed with the company if they have to do overtime regularly because money is not THE motivation for all.
Overtime also mar the emotional bondage of employees with their family in long run.
Also, it limits the learning potential of employees as employees are left with limited time for self development.
From India, Madras
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