‘We’re short-staffed, so you can't quit': Boss demands new hire work unpaid overtime due to being short-staffed, leading to quiet quitting

New hires are like the runt of the litter; small, without confidence, and in need of some extra assistance. Bosses often underestimate new hires, under the assumption that they should be grateful to have a job, and should want to contribute and 'take one for the team' until they reach emotional burnout. In this case, OP began working in a short-staffed office. The person training OP ended up quitting, which only caused further problems for OP, who was already picking up a lot of slack. Their boss used that as an additional excuse to make OP work through lunches (timeclock deducted) and stay after scheduled shift time. So, OP was essentially working overtime, without getting paid, and was also not allowed to go eat lunch, resulting in long, exhausting shifts.

OP realized that they didn't actually owe this boss anything, so they began quiet quitting and looking for a new job. When OP was approached for 'slacking off', they simply nodded in the face of their superiors. Scroll down to read what happened next. For more like this, here is a server who found out that their boss was actually shorting them, taking their tips, and giving them hourly wages, resulting in the server not being able to pay rent.

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