Flexi-time employee gets chewed out for 10 minutes of overtime, maliciously complies the next time their boss needs them to stay late: 'Policy is policy'

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

May 13, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

Managers always seem to need us when we're clocking out, but they're the first one to complain when we stay a little too late. While a big part of a manager's job is to manage their employee's time schedules, it's awfully counterintuitive to scold a trustworthy employee over a few minutes of overtime–which is exactly what happened to the hardworking employee in our next tale.

After noticing projects that needed completing before the end of the day, one diligent worker decided to stay a few minutes after his shift to ensure the job was finished. Even though he was a flexi-time employee (aka an employee with a flexible schedule to ensure timely completion of the work), his manager took him aside and nearly wrote him up for his 10-minute offense. Apparently, unless they were working in 15-minute increments, their wages were forfeit.

So the flexi-time employee did what anyone should do–he maliciously complied with company policy and refused to offer a few spare minutes of energy in the office. You know, because 10 minutes of his time was worth $0 at the end of the day. Scroll for the whole story and the juicy details of this workplace MC.