Recently, Fort Hays State University has implemented a new way to pay students employed by the college. The application is called My Workday, and students have to clock in and out on the myworkday.com/fhsu/d/home.htmld website.
In the past, students filled out worksheets and kept track of their own time. Now, if students don’t remember to clock in, they won’t get paid.
As an employed student of FHSU, My Workday has many flaws. A major con is students have to be on-campus to clock their hours. If someone isn’t on the campus Wi-Fi, they won’t be allowed to sign-in to My Workday. For some students, this won’t be an issue. For students who work for the Tiger Media Network, it can be a major problem and distraction though. If I want to write an article, I would need to be in the library or other building on-campus. Even though I live close to campus and can work around this, some people live across town and should not have to make an unnecessary trip when they should be able to work from home.
During the school year, students often become busy with homework and their daily life, and sometimes can only work on articles late at night. With My Workday, if a student had a busy day, they might not have time to work on an article anywhere but their house. With this new program, it is much more of a hassle to work now.
While My Workday may work for the majority of students employed by the school, it does not work for those with TMN. Students of TMN need to cover the majority of news around campus, and since they will not be able to clock their hours unless on-campus, they may have to do so at a later date. Doing so contradicts the system. The new system was made to keep track of a student’s hours in a more accurate way. The biggest problem is, a student can log in whenever they are on-campus, they do not have to be working their job. Also, if a student wants to lie about their hours, they can find a way.
My Workday is an inconvenience, and multiple students with TMN are already failing to get as much accomplished as in the past because of this unnecessary change made to our payroll.
Another major con and frustration students may occur is after 20-30 minutes, My Workday will clock students out even if they are still working. I would say it stops your session after 30 minutes, but I have seen many instances where it goes over or under its intended time. I wouldn’t say the time clock on My Workday is inaccurate, but the session timer definitely seems to be.
Overall, My Workday was not a bad idea, but it does not work for students at TMN. The new system is a distraction and modifications need to be made.
For TMN, I’m Tristan Sasse