Employee Derails Incompetent Boss By Working Scheduled Hours

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Eric Lund
Apr 24, 2021 11:00 PM EDT

When you're already going above and beyond to cover someone else's loose ends, it's a breath of fresh air to be ordered to just do your job. This boss didn't know what they were getting into when they tried to tell this employee to simply work their scheduled hours. For another dumb boss story, here's a boss who orchestrated their own downfall.

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    Text - Posted by u/dorky_dad77 22 hours ago 17 10 e11 3 12 E 8 S Was told I had an 8 1/2 hour shift and not to leave early, so I started working for only 8 1/2 hours. oc M I work as a supervisor at a manufacturing plant, and I was hired for an 8 hour shift as the night time supervisor. As soon as I started, they changed, and said they really considered the shift to be from 11 pm to 730, so they would need it to be 8 1/2 hours. I'm salaried, there wasn't much I could do, and it wasn't a big deal,
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    Text - As I get into a groove working there, I find out that the 2nd shift supervisor is a train wreck. No one would describe him to me, just saying I had to meet him. He leaves an hour or two early from his shift 2- 3 times a week. Friday nights he leaves the plant at 530, and tells them to call him if there are any problems. He calls out, at a minimum, once a week. Its psychotic. Every time he is out, I come in at around 8 pm to cover the last 3 hours of his shift and my full shift. At least o
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    Text - Then Sarah starts as my boss. I actually have bosses, which is how every successful employee works. Sarah is a nightmare. Sarah wants me to work 11-11 on MTW, and 11-10 on Friday. I dig in my heels, document like crazy, and after a couple months of harassment, HR actually backs me up and she has to stop. But now Sarah is angry, and she sees me leaving at 715 one morning after coming in 2 hours early. She sends an email clarifying our time expectations. 2nd shift train wreck calls in that
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    Text - I get an email saying she is coming in early to talk to me, and when she shows up, I'm getting a formal warning for my early departures, going into my personnel file. I've never been written up in my life. During the meeting, with HR in attendance, she said I am expected to be there for my 8 1/2 hour shift. I made sure that the expectation was on record for an 8 1/2 hour shift, which HR documented.
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    Text - The next week, the 2nd shift supervisor is out two days. After the first day, Sarah asks me the next morning why I didn't come in early, as there were problems on his shift, and I said I fulfilled my 8 1/2 hour shift, and I'm not responsible for his. They had to hire a contractor at $125 an hour to cover all of his missed time, which amounted to 19 weeks this past year. Eventually they hired a 4th supervisor at $85k per year to cover his gaps. Sarah got demoted, and I only ever work 8 1/2
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