Are You Getting Paid When Your Geocaching?

2k · September 29, 2005

Don't tell anyone, but sometimes I'm out Geocaching on company time. <_<

Anyone else?

September 29, 2005

I am a work at home design consultant in the digital healthcare field, so really anytime I cache I am on company time. Sortof

2.7k · September 29, 2005

Only in enjoyement and fresh air. <_<

1.7k · September 29, 2005

Twice while out field-checking a map. Hey, the caches were on the way to and from the areas I was checking. OK, so I went maybe 3 miles out of my way for one. Only spent about 20 mins actually searching for both, so no harm.

18.9k · September 29, 2005

A couple of times while on a road trip. Also have logged some billable hours answering questions from a mountaintop on the cell phone but I was Geocaching and got bugged by work.

22k · September 29, 2005

No, but I've worked while geocaching. I'm on call 7x24 and I've been called while geocaching (on my own time) more than once.

1.8k · September 29, 2005

I don't get paid while geocaching...but I often am forced to do extra work without getting paid. :laughing:

38.2k · September 29, 2005

No but I get paid to post. :laughing:

7.3k · September 29, 2005

I've altered the clients I work with so I can cache in new areas - the extra driving becomes part of the business expense. But I'm not paid.

"paid to post" suspicions comfirmed

September 29, 2005

No but I get paid to post.

Me too... it's great isn't it? :blink:

September 29, 2005

Hmmmm, I haven't got paid to cache but I know more than a few *I* am paying to cache, with tax dollars.

September 29, 2005

I've taken support calls while out caching. But my boss explained that Salaried means On Call so it's OK. :laughing:

I browse the forums from work. Or from my hotel of the week. But anyone who knows me knows I'm always at work, even when I'm not.

-Jen

September 29, 2005

<--- paid to post *and* cache!

Mwahahahahaahaaaa....

2.1k · September 29, 2005

I am a work at home design consultant in the digital healthcare field, so really anytime I cache I am on company time. Sortof

...digital healthcare field...

I didn't know all those little digitals got sick???

cc\

2.4k · September 29, 2005

Who me? Paid to cache? Only a time or tw....well, ok....I've actually lost count of the caches I've done while working. With a "service territory" of all of PA and a little of surrounding states, and driving 1000+ miles a week, I drive past quite a few caches. Sometimes, I even have time to stop and do a couple.

3.5k · September 29, 2005

I'm salaried, so...I guess.

The sweet part is when I have to drive someplace work related and find a cache there too....I guess I get mileage to cache in those situations. :laughing:

Bret

September 30, 2005

If I have my cell phone, I'm at work :laughing:

September 30, 2005

Hmmmm, I haven't got paid to cache but I know more than a few *I* am paying to cache, with tax dollars.

:raises hand:

But they pay me for 24/7/365... so it's unavoidable.

September 30, 2005

I've grabbed some nearby caches while driving the company van but only on breaks, lunch or when off the clock. The company been really good to me so I'm not going to take advantage of them.

On the other hand I guess when I grab a quarter from a cache that I'm getting paid. :laughing:

September 30, 2005

yup, and paid to post. i guess being military has its perks. I get paid even while I am sleeping!! lol

3.8k · September 30, 2005

My boss asked how I was coming on the Kansas Delorme Challenge. He stated he would send me to the parts of the state that I still need caches in. So I guess my boss encourages me to cache.

September 30, 2005

With my old job I was, My area was from Western Montana to central Washington and central Idaho to the Canadian border.

Now it is just 8 miles to work and then 8 miles home, I need a new job. :laughing:

September 30, 2005

Everyday!! But I do it while driving from job to job. Is that cachebezelment??? DAMNNNN!!!! :laughing:

September 30, 2005

I cache any time I can! I have several hides in areas that I would never consider placing them in if I didn't travel in that area for work.

I also have one hidden near my office so I can watch others look for it while I wor... ok just so I (and the others that I work with) can watch. :laughing:

September 30, 2005

I'm a park ranger in NH and "have" to find the caches in my parks to make sure their locations are acceptable. At least that's what I said when I told my supervisors about caching!! Some of the local cachers have agreed to keep hiding caches in the parks I manage so I'll "have" to find them. Oh darn............

September 30, 2005

I used to.

Like Mach-1 & Redtail above one of my collateral duties was to keep tabs on the geocaches in our forest.

It was a tough job but someone had to do it. :lol:

I have since retired and took a new job, so now all my caching is on my own time and expense.

1.3k · September 30, 2005

No but I get paid to post.

I get paid to read your posts.

9.3k · September 30, 2005

As a deputy sheriff, I'm "on call" 24/7, so technically, I'm geocaching on duty, however, I don't get paid for it. On a side note, I've been involved in SAR tasks which have brought me very close to some caches, but I've always left them for later.

September 30, 2005

I'd never hunt for a cache on company time! I can't find them on my own time. I do get paid to browse the forums though.

I've got to keep a low profile since I introduced my remote manager to geocaching. As long as she doesn't know my GC handle... mums the word

Note to self: If she ever finds out my GC name - delete this post or I'm toast!

October 1, 2005

I've never been paid while geocaching, but I have been paid while benchmarking. I used to run traffic control for a paving outfit. Working on major roadways, I would talk to the state inspector about nearby benchmarks and locate them in between setting up lane closures. Unfortunately, we never paved a road close to a cache that I hadn't already found.

Nowadays, I work at a (wood) chip mill, 10 miles from home. Not much caching to do on the mill yard, where I stay all day.

6.5k · October 1, 2005

Since I'm self-employed (my wife and I own a restaurant/catering company), I'm never really off duty unless on vacation far away (once a year if I'm really lucky). I even took calls during the trip to Geowoodstock3. Of course this means that I'm also technically 'on' while out to dinner occasionally and even travelling sometimes. Sometimes I'll even look for a cache during daytime errands-bank/postoffice/shopping runs. The only problem is that I do not get paid very much, but I eat well and love my boss.

October 1, 2005

I get paid even while I am sleeping!! lol

Not enough though.

October 2, 2005

We attended GCQAXT, Geocaching for Girl Scouts, today, and boy did we get paid. We taught a fantastic and frighteningly talented group of Girl Scout leaders how to geocache. One of the other concurrent classes was Advance Wilderness Cooking. They paid us with baked chicken, corn on the cob, dutch oven cornbread, green beans, ambrosia, cupcakes, and deviled eggs! They boiled the eggs in the coals by placing them in dixie cups filled with water. Best pay I ever got for any activity, and it was for geocaching!!!

- T of TandS

October 2, 2005

My latest cache is 15 feet from my office window, so I get paid to "monitor" it.

October 2, 2005

As a deputy sheriff, I'm "on call" 24/7, so technically, I'm geocaching on duty, however, I don't get paid for it. On a side note, I've been involved in SAR tasks which have brought me very close to some caches, but I've always left them for later.

"Hmm... Timmy's still lost, but... I haven't logged that cache yet... well..."

Decisions, decisions. I'd leave Timmy sit while I signed the log.

But that's just me.

1.8k · October 2, 2005

NO! Noone should cheat his employer! Someone like Dromo... up above is just using his own time when he's "over there." Lots of us can arrange to find a cache when we happen to be that way, if on our own time.

Frodo13
Posted: Sep 29 2005, 12:20 PM

I am a work at home design consultant in the digital healthcare field,

I understand each individual word, but...........

2k · October 2, 2005

NO! Noone should cheat his employer!

October 2, 2005

How could you ever even think about cacheing on company time? (All praise the company!)

Why would you ever want to deprive the company of the time you sold them? (The company above all else!)

You should never use the internet except for work purposes. (All hail to the company!)

You should never breath while on the company time without permission. (The company is my life!)

(The company is our friend and our only reason for living. Yeah Company!)

I have never had the opportunity to cache on company time ... forums are another thing.

November 3, 2005

I have been able to cache occasionally on company time...sometimes when enroute from one of 2 offices to the other, I manage to do a quick sidetrip in between...pretty sweet.

November 3, 2005

ALL THE TIME ..............

J

9.4k · November 3, 2005

Don't tell anyone, but sometimes I'm out Geocaching on company time.

Anyone else?

Some of us even get paid while we're moderating the forums :anibad:

November 4, 2005

I'm on salary, and also on call 24/7. Sometimes if I am traveling from one part of the state to another, if I need to take a break from driving, I will try to take that break and work in a cache. I spend a few nights a month in hotels, so I try to find a cache or two to do if there are no other things going on, such as late dinner meetings or something work connected.

November 4, 2005

My job is very, very similar to geocaching...I use a GPS and air photos/maps to locate a spot on the ground...then I make a lot of measurements when I get there. Geocaching is similar in the "hunt" for that spot on the ground.

-UA

November 4, 2005

I too get paid to post to and read the forums. Occasionally, like now I post and read on my own time. Sometimes I get paid to plan my Saturday morning caching excursions.

3.9k · November 4, 2005

I can even use it as a tax write off with the magazine.

El Diablo

November 4, 2005

I work for the IRS and I have all your names !!!!!

(not really, I work for an un-named major airline, based in Houston)

And no, I can't geocache on company time, but I can read the forums.

November 4, 2005

I wish.

Unfortunately I'm sitting at a console for a 12 hour shift, answering 911 calls.

But when the shift is over, it's my turn to play! It's a good way to wind down from the night.

Edited November 4, 2005 by xtinkshun

November 5, 2005

I have 2 things working in my favor:

- I work outdoors and some of the work I do involves GPS use,

and

- while my boss isn't a geocacher, she thinks caching is cool and she's really laid back about how I spend my time

so.................

hell yes I get paid to cache.

November 5, 2005

Guess I got the best of both worlds,,, as a pilot,,,I get paid to fly and layover in other States or Countries,,, my time there I use for caching. Guess it is a Win Win situation. HEHEHEHE --Frisco Finders

November 7, 2005

yes, I get paid to geocache...as a Recreation Specialist for the City of Duluth, I run 6 recreation centers and take groups of kids on geocaching trips...mainly in the summer, but do also some trips in the spring and summer....also, since I wrote the geocaching policy for the city, have checked on cache placements when their placement is in question (i.e., puts the city at risk for lawsuits, etc.)....my boss also gave me the go-ahead to check the locations of all the caches in the city, but I have so many other job duties, I haven't quite done that yet (even with approval, I'd feel too guilty caching all day)

It's wonderful!!!

and yes, I also cache on my own time as well

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