New hire discovers mistake in contract that benefits him, refuses to budge and adjust start time: 'My colleagues are all 8am until 5:30pm. My contract is for 9 to 5pm'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Aug 22, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

If your employer failed to correct a mistake in your contract, that's their problem, not yours.

This hire began his new position and realized that there was growing resentment from some of his new colleagues. Why, you may ask? As it turns out, everyone else in the office had to begin work at 8:00 am sharp, while the new guy was regularly waltzing in at 9:00 am. That's not because the new hire was always running late, as some of his coworkers likely suspected. He actually thought he was following the rules, and based on his contract, he was. His hours were clearly stated to be a 9:00 am to 5:00 pm gig. Nothing more, nothing less.

So when his boss tried to switch things up on him and convince him to come in earlier, the new hire was fully prepared to take out that contract and show him the fine print. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. When you're done, check out this post about a job candidate who went "full Karen" on the hiring manager.

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    auneus m not bude amjeudis "My workplace [messed] up my contract in my favor..."
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    My workplace s[ my contract in my favour.... Would you change it? d up
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    I work in IT. After my old place had a bunch of layoffs, I have landed in a place that is pretty good and I've enjoyed it ok so far. I was interviewed by my bosses boss and was offered the job fairly quickly.
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    They passed over my details to HR to deal with the contract for signing and on boarding me. I always noticed that people were in the office later than I was and I thought it was a bit weird but I never said anything.
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    However after a conversation I found that my contract has substantially less hours than everyone else in my team. My colleagues are all 8am until 5:30pm.
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    My contract is for 9 to 5pm with a 1 hour lunch. Doesn't sound like a lot but it actually works out at 30 hours less a month roughly. My boss who I like said that my hours I work should be 830 to 530 but I said no,
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    that was the contract I signed so unless I was needed for something that needed overtime, which happens occasionally, I would be sticking to my agreed hours. So he dropped it but seemed a bit put out,
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    but I do feel a bit guilty because it's obviously been an error because it was the HR lady's first week and she didn't do the contract properly and I genuinely like my colleagues. Would you change your contract for camaraderie or stick to your guns?
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    dsdvbguutres 2 days ago Lol your boss can kick rocks. Who the in their right mind lets an employee who is with the company for 1 week make a contract and lets that contract get executed without reviewing it first?
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    OneMoreDog 2 days ago Unless they push back more and would consider a redundancy/severance over this I'd just leave it. Sounds perfect.
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    Excellent-Ostrich 908 OP. 2 days ago . edited 2 days ago Unlikely they could sever me over it because they have decent workers rights where I live, compared to places like America anyway.
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    Just SomeDude13 1 day ago Oh, you're not in the US? Yeah, you're probably fine.
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    borisallen49 2 days ago Would you change it? Let me think about that for a moment...ok, thought about it: no, no I wouldn't.
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    Well, if they want to exchange a higher salary for the additional hours, then maybe. OP, not that you should feel guilty at all in the first place, but
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    do you know what salaries your co-workers are on? They could be getting paid substantially more than you in the first place.
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    pasty_w-boy12345 2 days ago If this is a salaried position oh what a glorious mistake it is!!!!!!!!
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    Excellent-Ostrich 908 OP. 1 day ago Yes I'm salaried.
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    MuchDevelopment7084. 1 day ago no. If you made a mistake. They'd make you stick with it.
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    AMonkeyAndALavaLamp 1 day ago I'd change it if I needed more money, but no way in I'd let them change the hours in my contract without changing my pay as well.
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    leafxfactor1967 1 day ago Be a good employee and a great coworker....other than that, it's a them problem.
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