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'Management acts like they can't do anything about it': Worker reports that company's new software is stealing employee's reported time

When apparent negligence and mysterious circumstances are working directly in your employer's favor, it's sometimes hard to imagine that things aren't actually working as intended.

Longtime readers will know that I'm a big believer in Hanlon's Razor, the idea that you should "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." As with Occam's Razor, where the simplest explanation is the most likely, the simplest likely explanation for something is usually that they're just stupid. That being said, it's pretty safe to say that there are times when these situations are working as intended. When your employer implements a new scheduling software that makes it harder for you to claim the overtime that you're working and subsequently refuses to respond to feedback regarding that, whatever the original intentions of the software were, it's safe to say that they're comfortable with this result.

This worker shared their frustration at the realization that their company's new timekeeping software was incorrectly recording employee's reported time… and not ever in the employee's favor. They took to this popular community to share their story and ask readers for their thoughts and advice.

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Posted by Brad Dickson
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