'You can't use a competitor's phone': Employee collects 9 hours of OT and gets new boss fired after not being allowed to make a call during a blizzard and power outage

Something bosses never seem to consider when enforcing strict rules is the consideration of life events that are out of everyone's control. In this instance, we have a fancy new boss from the big city who moved out into a rural area to work for a company that runs local cell phone towers. One employee was threatened with termination if he was caught using a competitor's phone ever again. The confrontation itself was already a bit much.

Well, flash forward to a power outage in the most remote area that the company covers. The employee was caught in a snowstorm and had to drive back and forth a bunch of times, documenting everything in an email he sent when power was restored. His boss was not too happy to hear that he ended up collecting nine hours of overtime without a meaningful update during the power outage, but how was he able to give them that update without being allowed to use his competitor's phone?

Keep scrolling below for the full play-by-play. For more, here's a story about a worker who refused to return to the office.

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