'It added up to a lot': Employees get massive payout when micromanaging manager insists supervisor double check team's clock-ins

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    Font - Posted by u/Danjcb 21 hours ago 4 5 ³ Check my employees clockings at work? No problem. No problem at all. OC S This happened a little while ago, but I still think about it sometimes. I was a supervisor of a small team (who were great at what they did) and one payday had three worried staff members thinking payroll had cocked up and given them too much money - they hadn't. One of my guys came in 5 minutes late and got "caught" by one of the other managers. Who told my boss and it got roun
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    Font - It didn't sit right with me. Two things weren't in his favour right now - one- he was being a tool and two - I'd already got another job lined up which he didn't know about. So I didn't care. What next? I did as I was told and I checked. Couple of minutes here or there, nothing major. I then checked all of the extra time they worked since they'd started and added it all up. Made sure to take out anything they'd already claimed as overtime. Logged it in the system and approved and sent it
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    Font - It added up to a lot. I delayed it a couple of days to make sure it all went through and double checked with finance to make sure all was good. Then I called a meeting with my boss to let him know everything and hand him a letter. He was not pleased. Worth it.
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    Product - The_Spongebrain 10 hr. ago This is my favorite kind of malicious compliance. The boss asks, the peon delivers. Woe be to the prideful "leader." Reply Share Vote SubstantialBasis 5 hr. ago Every once in a while, you gotta peon the boss Vote ... Vote Reply Share ipunchvagina 4 hr. ago Sometimes your the statue and sometimes your the pigeon Reply Share Vote 2 ipunchvagina 4 hr. ago Sometimes your the statue and sometimes your the pigeon Reply Share ...
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    Font - vacuousintent. 10 hr. ago Good on you. You're a good supervisor. Reply Share Vote Danjcb OP 10 hr. ago . I was only annoyed I hadn't done it earlier - they were a good team Reply Share Vote JLidean 8 hr. ago Think about the message sent Manager quits after asked to do an investigation where it is found, the company was stealing time from employees and not the other way around. This would have put other departments on alert, and more than likely a fast correction from HR. As they say if yo
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    Font - . maximumhippo - 21 hr. ago Similar story but, not enough to warrant it's own post. My boss told me to remind everyone on my team that by company policy "all overtime must be approved by a manager", and then tell them not to clock in early or clock out late. In order to reduce the amount of overtime paid out. I reminded my boss that also according to policy all employees are allowed to clock in/out up to 15 minutes early/late. And one of my people would absolutely take every second of tho
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    Font - TylerDurdenUMD - 20 hr. ago . My team is half hourly, half salaried. Execs are killing us by not getting the right staffing where we need it. OT is supposed to be capped at a couple hours. Ha. I've cleared them for as much as they need no questions asked. Told them even if they think of strategies for their workload in their off time, count it. And for my salaried accountants, they've each gotten a week of off the books PTO and I'll probably give them another week by the end of the year.
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    Font - talibob 21 hr. ago This is my favorite kind of malicious compliance. Everybody who deserved to win, wins and boss gets screwed. Well done. Vote DiaDeLos Muebles 18 hr. ago Yep. But then he left his team with his angry boss and no buffer. Vote Reply Share Vote Reply Share The_Celtic Chemist. 17 hr. ago He also left his team with the knowledge that they can demand what they're owed. Reply Share
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    Font - bp_on_reddit 21 hr. ago S Micromanaging: the art of overanalyzing other people's productivity to hide one's own uselessness Vote Reply Share nintendojunkie17. 21 hr. ago This is my new favorite definition. ↑ Vote Reply Share
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    Font - Just_Aioli_1233 · 20 hr. ago I can't stand managers who think this way. So long as the work gets done, who cares if someone was exactly on time? If someone's having a bad day and wants to confide in me about their dead relative/breakup/miscreant kid/etc as to why they were slightly late, I'm happy to listen. But as long as it's reasonable, I'm not going to pressure them. If it's consistent lateness, I'll remind them of expected start times. If it's a one-off but something on the order of

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