10/29   My company is putting everybody through mandatory training.
        Training takes place at 12:00 and usually takes 90 minutes, during
        which time we are served lunch.  They remind us that, since they're
        serving lunch, we are expected NOT to charge time for the first hour
        of training.  Training only occurs about 1-2X a month, and the
        burden is not great, but it irks me that they expect a tray of tacos
        to cover the combined hourly wage of 70 engineers.  What would you
        do in this situation?
        \_ I'd eat my tacos.  But then again, I'm a starving PhD student.
           (I'd also learn to follow everyone else's indenting convention).
           \_ Somebody didn't use motdedit.  I restored it.
              \_ Stuff motdedit and your assumptions in your ear.
                 \_ Suck it.
        \_ If you're REQUIRED to be there, it's billable time.  Problem is they
           might say it's not required, and then give you bad performance reviews
           or fire you for some made-up reason.  I'd eat the tacos and bend my
           timecard a little
        \_ I get the labor law thing... it's a good company and I'm not
            complaining, except about the jackasses in one department.
        \_ Are you an hourly employee?  I'd expect a really nice lunch from
           them. Your lunch hour is about more than food.
           \_ salaried
        \_ what knucklehead told you you cant bill this time?  it doesn't
           matter if they've got 77 dark eye virgins dancing naked for your
           pleasure, if it's mandatory then it's *their* time not yours and
           it should get billed.  if you're at the kind of company where you
           can bitch about it without getting fucked then go ahead.  otherwise
           just fudge your hours somewhere and don't let them screw you.  if
           you're hourly you're expected to fudge hours anyway.
        \_ Bring your own lunch, and then see what they have to say.
        \_ Some of you guys don't seem like team players.
           \_ heh
        \_ formatd was here.  what the hell is so hard about hitting tab at
           the start of line instead of 6 spaces?
           \_ read above.  It was copy-pasted out of the archive.