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Yeah, the other complaints are valid but complaining about punching in? I don't see how that's an issue.

Clocking in and out serves little purpose if you're salaried.

Might be needed if your salary expense has to be charged back to various internal accounts or to external clients. My first job was salaried, but I had to fill out a time sheet so clients could be billed.

Filling out a time sheet and clocking in and out are two different things.

I have to fill in a time sheet, but I never ever clock in and out.

If someone clocks in and out, they don't need a timesheet. It's automatically recorded.

I don't even fill out a timesheet; they just pay me. It was kind of shocking at first when my manager told me there wouldn't be any sort of time tracking.

In my case, the company uses a single time tracking system for all full-time employees across the country. Different states have different requirements for reporting. There are seven types of PTO, depending on where the employee lives.

One would hope it's automatic, but no. There may be two or three sets of books you need to fill in many places.

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