September 14, 2012 - J

[7:07 : I arrive]
7:40 ; J arrives
7:40-7:48 ; wandering
[8:00-8:06 ; I am not in the department to observe]
8:10-8:12 ; phone
8:13-8:39 ; Note 1 @ 42% goofing off
8:42-9:36 ; Note 1 @ 51%
(9:15-9:19 ; management in area)
9:36-9:45 ; wandering
9:45-9:58 ; Note 1 @ 25%
9:58-10:18 ; wandering, see NOTE 2
10:20-10:24 ; Note 1 @ 50%
[10:24-12:20 ; my machine breaks down; I am repairing, not observing]
? -12:20 ; wandering
[12:25-12:48 ; lunch, I am not in the department to observe]
? - 1:40 ; wandering, with a pass-through at 1:23
1:40-1:53 ; Note 1 @ 58%
(1:54-2:01 ; company Group Photo)
2:01-2:05 ; wandering
2:08-2:12 ; Note 1 @ 60% - also, see NOTE 3
2:12-2:20 ; wandering
2:22-2:43 ; Note 1 @ 44%
[2:43-2:49 ; I am not in the department to observe]
? -3:00 ; wandering
3:03-3:36 ; Note 1 @ 11%
3:33- ? ; wandering
[3:39-3:51 ; I am not in the department to observe]
[3:53 ; I leave the building]
3:53 ; J leaves the building


If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.


NOTE 1: Of late, J has begun to... not work more, but goof off smarter. He alternates between working and not, so that it becomes difficult to track him unless you watch him at all times. He's not goofing off non-stop, but he's not really working, either. I've struggled with how to document this, and I think I came up with a decent system: during a given time period, I look over at J at random and ask this question when I do - Is he working, yes or no? I am allowed to note this no more than once a minute, and at the end of a time period, I calculate the percentage of times I've seen him goofing off versus the whole number of observations within that time, which gives me a goof-off "rate". This eliminates (or at least lessens) the subjectivity of my estimates of the level of his malingering.

NOTE 2: left the building in a car. Returned with fast food.

NOTE 3: J was running his machine at about a quarter of the speed which it should have been running at, thus extending his time to goof while "legitimately" running his machine.