HHarry, I'll start the ball rolling. After a year or so when the new rule was "nod,nod-wink,wink" obeyed, they are really trying to make certain that no p/t supes go over their 5.5 hrs./day. The fulltime supes are called on the carpet if their p/ters go over that. The days of a p/t supe running center stops that were missed are ancient history in my center. Keeps us from violating the contract and keeps these supes from being abused. It has also eliminated a lot of "meeting-itis". Parttime supes at the beginning of a shift will now call out their fulltimers and say " I can meet with you later. Right noe I have got to ready my workarea for the shift."
But I miss the days when the hours all worked itself out by mutual consent. When I could do 4 hours one day- andstill do the job superbly- and other ,less fun days when 7 hours or more did not finish the job. I guess it protects us p/ters from abusive bossses, but I haven't had a lot of them.