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Workers maliciously comply by racking up milage when boss schedules unpaid weekend meeting to cut costs: '45 employees drove their own vehicles to the training'

Managers love things like mandatory training sessions just as much as they hate excuses about why you haven't gotten your work done… Even if you haven't gotten your work done because of all the mandatory training sessions and useless meetings they've scheduled for you. 

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  • To work around this—and to try and avoid your pesky excuses about why you're struggling to manage your 45-hour workload during a 40-hour work week, of which 10+ hours are taken up by meetings and meeting prep—they'll go ahead and start scheduling all-hands meetings during lunch breaks and weekends because “everyone is available at those times.” Completely disregarding the fact that their genius idea of making you work while you aren't getting paid is actually totally illegal. But, having an all-hands meeting is expensive when you calculate the cost of the time of everyone attending, so it's no surprise that unscrupulous leaders repeatedly seek to cut costs by holding these meetings during unpaid hours… 

    This worker got back at their employer for scheduling a last-minute Saturday morning meeting, ensuring that costs were, in fact, not cut by having all of their coworkers charge as high of milage possible for their transportation to attend said meeting. See their story, along with the reactions from the thread where it was originally shared with a popular online community, below

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    Posted by u/MagicManic Panic 6 hours ago Last minute mandatory Saturday training? Fine, but you're gonna feel that mileage. Fifteen years ago I worked at a company that had regular mandatory training courses throughout the year. They always gave us plenty of notice and we (coworkers) would usually carpool together to make the 1-hour drive less boring, and it also saved the company money as they paid for mileage. There would be 5 employees in one vehicle, which was fine.
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    But after a few years, the company became really really concerned with their profit and seemed to no longer care about the employees. So one day, they decided that employees had a mandatory training but it was the following day, a Saturday, with not even 24 hours notice. They didn't care that we all had plans and families; the training was mandatory. So I went to every employee and shared my concern that the training tomorrow was way too short notice to car pool. I made sure we were all aware th
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    So the next day, 45 employees drove their own vehicle to the training. The parking lot was full and some had to park in an overflow area or on the street. The admins were livid on Monday when they got 45 mileage sheets turned in and found out how expensive a last minute mandatory training could be.
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    fistbumpbroseph 5 hr. ago Glorious. 278 Reply Share 347 hunybuny9000 · 5 hr. ago This is the perfect petty revenge. You treat your employers good, and they will put out good work and try to be good employees. But if you suddenly treat them like numbers, so too will they treat you like numbers. ... Reply Share ●●●
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    Paintstrip 5 hr. ago What about OT? Sounds like it is not a normal work day. 62 Reply Share MagicManic Panic OP 5 hr. ago They didn't allow OT. They seriously diced our schedule up to minus 8 hours from us leading up to the training so the hours spent at the training course was straight pay. They also only gave us 38.5 hours per week because anything above 39 kicked in benefits. that company. Reply Share 116
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    Gangreless 5 hr. ago This wasn't nearly as satisfying as it was in my head reading the title. I was hoping you were like a state away in vacation and drove back. 31 Reply Share MagicManic Panic OP. 5 hr. ago If I had the opportunity, I would have done that too. Bastards... 34 Reply Share
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    26) spock_95192 hr. ago they could have chartered a Greyhound Bus for less than what they paid in mileage I am assuming 45 cents per mile times 45 employees times 120 miles [60 miles there and 60 miles return trip] $2430.00 Reply Share 63 6
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    The BadGuyBelow . 4 hr. ago That seems to be the route that all companies end up going. They might start off being good employers, and showing that they actually care, but in the end capitalism wins out and the only thing that matters is more profit than the previous 3 months at all costs. Pretty much everyone can tell about their own personal experiences when it comes to that happening. Greed is good, and people do not matter when in pursuit of profits, and no amount of profit is ever enough pr
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    I__Know Stuff 2 hr. ago . I love how it was too late to arrange a carpool but it wasn't too late to contact everyone to make sure they were all aware that it was too late to arrange a carpool. 463 Reply Share
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    purplegramjan 2 hr. ago Yep, good one. But are you looking for another job? Sounds like that company is you every day Reply Share 3 Balierg 33 min. ago Fifteen years ago 23 purplegramjan · 32 min. ago Aha! Reply Share 1 ●●● Reply Share ●●●
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    Unclesquatch777 3 hr. ago Pardon me while I laugh my Reply Share 1 off.
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