Being made to work an extra 20 minutes unpaid a day

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I work in the admin base of the local NHS health authority, there are about 100 of us in our offices and nowhere near that number of car parking spaces. We double park which is ok but as more people have joined the organisation recently even that is not enough on some days. The powers that be have rented 10 additional spaces at the railway station down the road about a 10 minute walk away.

These 10 parking spaces have been allocated randomly to staff on a rota, each directorate is doing its own thing so you can end up with either a week there every 6 months or 3 months there as a one off. And I'm 1 of the lucky 10 who have been blessed with a pass

Us lucky 10 have been told that the time it takes us to travel back and forth to the car park needs to come out of our time and not the organisations. If we are late we need to email our boss with an expanation of how the time will be made back up.

I need to take my DC to school in the morning and the afternoon which fits within my working hours but a trip back and forth to the car park means I'm going to be early to school in the morning and late to pick up in the afternoon to ensure I'm at work for my contracted time.

AIBU to expect that as I am effectively helping the organisation out by walking down to the car park this shouldn't come out of my time?

i read it that 90 people can park outside the office, and 10 have to walk 10mins each way

Sorry OP, but every Trust I've worked at (acute, community and commissioning) has never had enough parking.

By virtue of being disabled I can park wherever I like - either in the staff car park as part of a salary sacrifice scheme, or free in the patient cat parks (though I don't like to). Even then I'm not guaranteed a space and if I'm late because I'm driving around looking for a spot I have to make up the time. It does fuck up childcare when that happens as it's an hour's commute each way and I'm a single parent. So my options are begging someone to pick up if they're free, pay late fees or reduce my hours.

Salary is based on the hours you do actual work, not how long it takes you to get there. Sorry, but YABALBU.

It's a 10 min walk to work from there
If the OP can try a bit harder and walk a bit faster or even jog then she would get there faster.

On the bright side, 20 minutes walking extra a day could add years to your life!

I would suggest seeing if any colleagues in your office are willing to swap with you. If a no approach your manager and ask, as some have suggested if you can work through part of your lunch to leave 10 minutes earlier for the period you are at that car park. I also suggest explaining to school to see if they can accommodate an early drop off. Long term you may need to look at flexible/part time working options.

I have a colleague like this. In fact she had the exact same conversation about the same issue. And got the union involved .

I work for the nhs.

There is a tiny staff car park right outside my ward, a larger staff car park five mins walk away and then a massive staff car park 10-15 mins walk away.

You never know which one you'll get a space in. So every day (especially on a late shift) you have to allow enough time as if you'll need to walk 15 mins. It's just life.

I do understand that the situation has changed for you but again there's no guarantees. My work base has moved from one end of the hospital to the other before now. Which impacts on walking times.

You could speak to your boss and ask for it to be done on a Rota system so everyone spends one month walking further.

I often work extra time for no extra money (I work in public transport). It's life. Ffs.

Wow

If I drive (I try to cycle most days) I pay £6 to park at the station. Then a train ticket costs another £2.5k per year.

Then I have to get the tube. Then walk ten minutes to the office.

The whole process takes 1 hour 45 mins.

I think anyone who can park at, or near to, their work for free is extremely fortunate