Employee Gets Back At Unreasonable Manager By Working Exact Hours

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Eric Lund
Jan 29, 2021 10:00 AM EST

Many jobs require their employees to be on deck at irregular or unscheduled times, which can get a little hairy if they're not being paid for it. Many bosses know that this isn't exactly fair so they'll cut their employees some slack here and there when they know the schedule is weird. This manager didn't, so he got hit with the classic, much like this other employee who derailed their incompetent boss by working their scheduled hours.

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    Font - Posted by u/LiabilityLandon 1 day ago O 2 23 23 S 43 图19 You can't be late anymore, you are to work only your set schedule. Ok, you're the boss.. oc M So after I graduated college I went back to work at my high school job at a large auto parts chain. I have a few stories of malicious compliance from there because it was a miserable place to work with miserable management, but I think this one takes the cake.
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    Font - I lived about 15 minutes from the store and would routinely work 1-2hrs past my shift to help the manager close up and tally cash sale receipts(we were mainly wholesale so the cash receipts were a small portion of the sales and had to be tallied by hand) as well as take out the trash, prep and stage the first deliveries for the next morning, as well as sweep the store front. I didn't mind doing these things because I got a little OT out of it, got in the good graces of the manager(or so I
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    Font - One morning I walked in at about 9:07, when my shift was scheduled to start at 9am. I didn't see what the big issue was since I had been staying late every day for months helping him close the store, but he apparently took issue with it that day. Which would have been fine if he had said something along the lines of "hey, liabilitylandon, you're late and I know you worked long yesterday, but let's still get here on time." But that isn't what he said. He flew off the handle and went on abo
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    Font - So, 5:30 rolls around(we closed at 6) and I stood in front of the computer until it hit 5:30 exactly, clocked out, and started walking towards the door. Manager: where are you going?! Me: home. Manager: what? Why? Who is going to help me close the store tonight? Me: I dunno, but you made it very clear I was to "work my schedule". So, I get off at 5:30, it's now 5:30, and I'm going home.
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    Font - And I walked out. The next morning I got there at 8:55 and just stood in front of the computer until it hit 9:00. Phones ringing? Too bad, my shift hasn't started. Deliveries need to go out? Sorry, I'm not on the clock yet. I clocked in at 9:00, and then clocked out at 5:30. Same conversation as the day before about who was going to help him close. The third morning I walk in, and he waits for me to clock in, then pulls me aside to talk to me. Manager: you know, I think we can overlook a
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    Font - Me: oh, interesting. I thought I was supposed to just work my schedule. Manager: yeah well I guess we can overlook that. I had very few problems with this manager after that little exchange. If y'all want more stories from the insane tiny-tyrant filled auto parts world, just let me know. Plenty more where that came from.
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    Smile - jacojerb 1 day ago E I'm surprised that the manager basically admitted his mistake, even if he didn't say as much in words. That's not usually how these stories go, so good on him, I guess
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    Font - Emipedro7 1 day ago manager: work based on your schedule OP: does exactly that manager: surprised Pikachu face But really, people are so eager to demand being on time and working according to schedule, when they easily overlook it when it is beneficial to them 645 Reply Share Report Save LiabilityLandon 2 1 day ago That was exactly what rubbed me the wrong way. I agree being late is bad, and it's something I strive not to be, but things happen, not to mention the assumption(yeah yeah I kn
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