'[I told] my boss I won't be staying overtime... [Not even] 5 minutes': Employee lets boss have it after he gets reprimanded for not staying past work hours for unpaid overtime

Is it really that difficult of a concept to grasp that you should pay your employees for their work? The whole "get this bread" mentality that has you working over time for no extra pay is completely whack and millennials and Gen Z are starting to shine light on that. However, there are still employers out there telling you to "show initiative" by staying late and giving up more hours of your life for free. How do these types of employers not see how soul sucking and entitled that is?

A guy who is new to the office workplace recently was brought face-to-face with this disrespect of work/life balance issue. He posted on Reddit that he has been working at this office for 9 months now. He had two evaluations and took all the constructive criticism to heart because he was still learning the ropes. However, now, at his third evaluation, he got a comment that didn't sit right with him. You see, he lives far from the city his office is in, so every morning he commutes with a few other friends who also work in the city at that same time and leave at the same time. If he didn't carpool, he would have to take the train and that is an extra hour and a half wait. However, he is act the mercy of that carpool, so cannot stay later at work, or else he would miss his ride and have to wait an extra hour and a half to go home. His boss, however, seemed that this "attitude" would not get him anywhere in his career and reprimanded him for not wanting to stay at work longer for no extra pay.

Well, the employee let him have it and the discussion seemed to end on a "agree to disagree" mentality. What would you do? Read the entire reddit thread and comments about the situation below!

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Posted by Elna McHilderson