'That was blatantly a work-related activity': PT assistant bills his boss double-overtime after he instructs hourly employees to wash work towels on their own time at home, gets the policy revoked overnight

There are pros and cons to hourly work. While you're only getting paid while on the clock on the job, you can cash in on overtime, pickup extra shifts for more dough, and count your skrilla at the end of each pay period. And, unlike a salary position, if you get loads of new work dumped on your plate, you'll likely get paid for it. 

However, the employer in this next story thought he could get away with a little daylight robbery against his employees, hoping for some free, at-home labor from his workforce. Well, Buddy, this ain't a salary position! You've messed with the hourly crew this time.

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  • An hourly job may feel tedious at times—clocking in and out of work to keep your micromanagers happy—but at least it's easily quantifiable. Your time is worth $X/per hour, and that's irrefutable! So if you had a boss who was instructing your team of hourly workers to start picking up tasks at home, you'd likely tell them where to shove it. But instead of refusing the extra overtime hours, the physical therapy assistant in this next story decided to get paid for his extra effort—double-overtime at that!

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  • Because when you have to do laundry at home that isn't even yours, you might as well clock in and reap the benefits on your next paycheck. Keep scrolling for the entire story of malicious compliance that taught this freeloading boss a lesson about hourly wage workers.

  • "Boss asked me to wash work linen at home, so I did."

    I worked at a therapy clinic for a short span. We would use towels, and pillow cases frequently for exercises and icing/heat applications. We had just moved
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  • to a new site that did not have an in house washer or dryer, and my director had no intentions of hiring a contractor to deliver and pick up linen. We were tasked by the director with taking the linen
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  • home ourselves and washing it. Many of my coworkers just took it as part of the job, but I did not agree. We were hourly workers and that was blatantly a work related activity. When it was my
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  • turn to take the linen home, I clocked in on my phone prior to starting the washer, and clocked out only after I had taken out AND folded all of the linen. A week later my manager sends me a text questioning my extra time,
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  • and I simply replied with I was on the clock washing the linen. It was not long after that we had a new contractor coming by the office weekly to pick up and deliver fresh linen.
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  • oromis95 That doesn't include all the extra costs associated to running a washer and dryer and wear and tear.
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  • Silvaria928 Amazing how fast management will do a U-turn when they realize they aren't getting extra work for free.
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  • Newbosterone And I thought you were going to solve the problem by washing them with a cheap red t-shirt and returning pink linens.
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  • CoderJoe1 I'd clock in, take them to a laundromat, then bill the company for the expenses of the laundromat.
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  • crumblednewman Okay, besides the fact of time theft, I would throw a FIT if my boss suggested I take linens soiled by other people and covered in who-knows-what kind of fluids to wash in my personal washing machine?! LIKE H L, that if flipping disgusting.
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  • zenunseen Who in their right mind would think that's a reasonable request for hourly workers? OP, you did the exact right thing in this case
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  • CaptainInMass You should be compensated for your time, your water use and your electricity as well as a stipend for wear and tear on your non-commercial home appliances. He's saving money for the company at your expense. Outrageous.
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  • fishcanner I swear every small private clinic doctor/ owner have this exact same idea while never bringing the linens to their own homes to do themselves.
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  • Newplasticactionh... If you transported the linen in your car to and from work that could have dictated clock in/out times.
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  • Katy_moxie. That man realized he had someone who would enforce their hourly pay and, if you talked to everyone, he would pay more for the overtime than it would be to get a linen company.
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  • EarlBefore Swine I would have, not only clocked in for those hours, but would have submitted reimbursement for laundry soap and water usage.
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  • TemporaryAmbassa... Would have been prudent to also charge hours while transporting company materials both ways.
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  • Jackmerius_Tac "I'm gonna pay someone to do sure not gonna it, but pay my employees to do it!"
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  • Mjhandy ⚫ My boss asks the staff to do this. I tell them add your time to the time sheet. Don't do shi for free.
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  • BhavinVasa I respect and appreciate those who are able to stand up for their interests and rights in the workplace. Unfortunately, there are not many such people.
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  • psychomachanic5150 They got off cheaply if they only had to pay for your time. I would have refused to do it because I was not being paid for the utilities, detergent, etc.
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  • AlaskanDruid Health code violations Supposed to pay for both electricity and wear and tear of Dryer/Washer. Supposed to pay for travel to and from home due to carrying work items. They got off cheap.
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  • KiteeCatAus Love it!! An employer can't choose to be cheap and make employees work on their own time.
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