Posting Away (Habbox Roles)

[Drunq]

Just a quick one... Opinions, please?

Do you think Habbox should start a rule for how much you can post away in a month? I know 3 weeks is almost a month. People in Habbox Roles, of course. There's 4 weeks in a month though? Should it be less or more?

But it shouldn't be allowed if you post 3 + 3 weeks meaning 6? If you really have to leave, then resign? I'm saying why waste someones time?

[sex]

you should be allowed post away 1 week a month MAX
even that is pushing it

[Empired]

I thought it was 3 weeks for 2 months :P And I'm sure if you posted away for three weeks every two months your manager would have something to say about it..

[xxMATTGxx]

Just a quick one... Opinions, please?

Do you think Habbox should start a rule for how much you can post away in a month? I know 3 weeks is almost a month. People in Habbox Roles, of course. There's 4 weeks in a month though? Should it be less or more?

But it shouldn't be allowed if you post 3 + 3 weeks meaning 6? If you really have to leave, then resign? I'm saying why waste someones time?

In a way we already have these rules in place. We allow all staff members to post away for anything up to three weeks without having to get permission. If you are going to be away for much longer than that then, we tell you to contact General Management and we will either grant/deny the extra leave - We do this on a case by case basis.

We won't be increasing or decreasing the three week rule that's for sure. Now some people do like to bend the rules a bit and maybe class it as a "loop hole" where they abuse it. But a lot of the time these people get spotted and we try and deal with them quickly. We could possibly tweak it slightly to minimise this even more. But if you or anyone else feels that a staff member is simply abusing the "Away" rule then feel free to send a Private Message (PM) to the Department Manager(s) or General Management and we'll look into it for sure.

[FlyingJesus]

People posting away has been a problem for a long long time and is really just an excuse for complacency. Genuine reasons for being away are loss of electricity, family deaths, and going away on holiday, but "having work to do" is a reason to leave the position, not to hold up the entire department while you're clearly still visiting the forum and being on the client for hours on end.

[Drunq]

you should be allowed post away 1 week a month MAX
even that is pushing it

YEAH! IKR!

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People posting away has been a problem for a long long time and is really just an excuse for complacency. Genuine reasons for being away are loss of electricity, family deaths, and going away on holiday, but "having work to do" is a reason to leave the position, not to hold up the entire department while you're clearly still visiting the forum and being on the client for hours on end.

Yeah, I never post away if I'm active online. Which is ALOT lol, 3 hours a week in most roles? Isn't much at all! They should experience real life work lol!

[Samantha]

you should be allowed post away 1 week a month MAX
even that is pushing it

What about holidays and stuff like that?

I think 3 weeks is fine, what I find annoying is staff being 'away' for 3 weeks, but not meeting their minimum either side of that barrier and then being posted away again - I believe it's happened 2/3 times whilst I've been AGM that I've noticed and people do get dismissed for it.

However, I do agree with reasonings, loss of Internet, holidays, family stuff (funerals, weddings, etc.) but I remember people posting away for all sorts before, like getting more furni on Habbo, cba, it isn't on.

[Inseriousity.]

It's still volunteering, let's not try to lose some perspective.
The rules clearly state that if you're active at Habbox during your away time, you're classed as being able to do your job. Managers have the power to tackle abusers, if they fail to use it that's their own problem.

[xxMATTGxx]

1 Week isn't a good idea when a lot of people tend to go on holidays for like 2 weeks :P

[Chris]

3 weeks is fine. Abusers have been dealt with in the mod department in the past so it's never been a major issue there.

[Rachel]

People tends to post away and abuse it. Some may think they can get away with it. When I was in the department there was always people posted away or planning to go away but yet again some were still active on the forum or on skype. For example, internet problems not able to dj this week due to internet....but yet again you see them online on skype. No they are not on mobile. Some has valid reasons some just couldn't be bothered to even DJ.

Now the the question I always ask to myself, why apply when they are always posting away almost every week....? no really it is understandable to have a few things to do and not be able to DJ, as real life comes first but posting away that much??? Well, just resign and come back when you think you will be more available.

[FlyingJesus]

It's not the time that's the problem so much, it's the reasons

[-:Undertaker:-]

Habbox is not a real job, it's a hobby - we're giving up our time for the website, not the other way around. We already have problems with falling staff numbers... it's not as though there are people clamouring for jobs within most of the departments. The rule has worked fine and does work fine, why fix something that is not broken?

I'll admit myself that I have my on and off weeks in the departments I serve in. This is because a) I have other things to do in my life, b) My Habbox roles come second to my time on the forum due to the fact I was asked back into my roles and c) At my age and lack of interest in Habbo anymore, I shouldn't really have Habbox roles anymore: I returned as a favour to two friends. If I were to take two weeks off because of social life/university committments, would Habbox benefit from losing me from the staff? Because that's what we're proposing here.

[FlyingJesus]

Why would you need two weeks off to socialise that's like 2 days still loads of time to do a basic Hx job if that's a commitment you've chosen

[Drunq]

Well we have 7 days a week 24 hours a day surely people can do 3 hours out of 168 a week!!! lol

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[Drunq]

Habbox is not a real job, it's a hobby - we're giving up our time for the website, not the other way around. We already have problems with falling staff numbers... it's not as though there are people clamouring for jobs within most of the departments. The rule has worked fine and does work fine, why fix something that is not broken?

I'll admit myself that I have my on and off weeks in the departments I serve in. This is because a) I have other things to do in my life, b) My Habbox roles come second to my time on the forum due to the fact I was asked back into my roles and c) At my age and lack of interest in Habbo anymore, I shouldn't really have Habbox roles anymore: I returned as a favour to two friends. If I were to take two weeks off because of social life/university committments, would Habbox benefit from losing me from the staff? Because that's what we're proposing here.

Yeah. I'm generally talking about people, who post away for the sake of it, or don't even meet their mins, which is on purpose. Effort is always the key.

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[Shar]

3 weeks is fine. Abusers have been dealt with in the mod department in the past so it's never been a major issue there.

I'm really sorry Chris you didn't have to fire me



O/t I think it's quite unnecessary to bring it down to 1 week. It's the managements job to make sure people aren't abusing it.

[e5]

3 weeks and no longer is fine, otherwise you're usually forced to resign I think because it's not fair on other users (unless in serious circumstances)

If you were away longer than that, you cannot physically not go away because of your Habbox job, that would be ridiculous so I know it may seem unfair from that view because of that reason but it's tough really.

[:odey:]

I couldn't be bothered to read the entire thread so it's probably already been said cry

But wasn't there some rule that if you were posted away but you were on habbo/the forum etc you could be warned or something

[Tyler]

The rules are fine. People go on holiday for 2 weeks. so 1 week is unfair. Also if there on habbox or habbo for a long time just give them a strike because they are clearly active

[Kyle]

people will make up all sorts in order to post away and still use habbo. it has been a big problem in the past with even management being away for long periods and then being too lazy to actually return to their post, eventually being fired or forced to resign. happened to a few in help desk management as well as radio.

key is maintaining a work(yes, ok, it's just a habbo job w.e)-life balance when you're actually in your position so you don't feel the need to have to post away to get away from the strain. none of the lower positions ask for much commitment at all and managers, if you feel the need to take 2 weeks away for 'socialising' then perhaps consider hiring an assistant/equal and delegating some of your oh-so-hard managerial tasks.

[Empired]

people will make up all sorts in order to post away and still use habbo. it has been a big problem in the past with even management being away for long periods and then being too lazy to actually return to their post, eventually being fired or forced to resign. happened to a few in help desk management as well as radio.

key is maintaining a work(yes, ok, it's just a habbo job w.e)-life balance when you're actually in your position so you don't feel the need to have to post away to get away from the strain. none of the lower positions ask for much commitment at all and managers, if you feel the need to take 2 weeks away for 'socialising' then perhaps consider hiring an assistant/equal and delegating some of your oh-so-hard managerial tasks.
This really. It's not a problem anyway. Your manager will always notice if you're abusing the system and you're not going to stay in the department for much longer if you carry on abusing the posting away system.