'By privilege he means leaving the time my shift ends': Manager asks workers to work 9 hour shifts when max is 8, demands they come in on Saturdays

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Mar 25, 2025 10:00 PM EDT

One of the most important things about a job is making sure they respect your time. It's the biggest sacrifice you make for a job, after all, is to give them your time. So you better be sure the terms and conditions of that exchange are workable for you. Ideally, you know when you're working and when you're on call. You have an idea of what time you'll be able to leave that day when you clock in in the morning. You know that when you're off duty, nobody will bother you. These are ideal conditions, but sadly not always realistic ones. 

When this happens, it's unfortunately on the workers to stand up for themselves. If you feel like your time is being taken advantage of, then you have to speak up. Then it's the job of the manager to listen to those complaints and address them accordingly. But this doesn't always happen either. 

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  • In this story, when a worker found themselves in a sticky situation at a new job. After quickly realizing they weren't going to respect his time, he tried to stand up for himself to the manager. But he wasn't given the respect that everyone is due. Read on for the story and see what you think.

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    Leaving the time my shift ends is a privilege at my work

    My boss who make us work obligatory overtime, 9 hours shifts when by law is max 8, want us to stay overtime every day from 7 am to 7 pm, even work on saturday full day, not even half day when shift is monday to friday. told me this the last friday, he ask me, and by ask me
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    ordered me to go to work on saturday but i could leave early friday, and by early he means at the time my shift ends, so on time, not early, you idiot. plus the other day he was telling me other coworkers are angry because i have privileges they dont have, and by privilege he means leaving the time my shift ends, basic
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    worker rights where i work are a privilege, the law says overtime is not obligatory, if you dont want to do it there is nothing they can do about it. i had to work saturday because when he was scolding me bout leaving when my shift ends he made me promise the next time he ask for overtime i cant say no, i have a life outside work, but he doesnt, he only works and works
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    Other workers offered advice on how to move forward with this issue.

    PleaeDontLookAtMe . 16h ago If it's illegal in your country, then reach out to the appropriate agency. I'd look it up for you, but you didn't say what country
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    trabuco18 OP. 16h ago im new at the job and so far i was evading overtime, this saturdy was the first time i did them, next time i will simply say no, im new so im being tested, if i dont pass the test i will be fired eventually, and my boss dont stop to remind me this, that so far i have not
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    convinced his own boss, which b, they hired me to do exactly what im ordered to do but anyway thats another topic, so if im going to be fired why i even bother? i will get paid for the time i spend there, no need to work more, im going to say no every saturday
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    kiwimuz 14h ago . Just turn up and do your hours and no more. If others are too afraid to do the same it's their fault
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    trabuco18 OP • 13h ago so far i was doing that, but this mf gets angry if you leave even when the bell rings, there is a bell that tells you when the shift ends, i did it once and i was already on my car, he talked to me to my phone asking me to come back just to scold me about leaving without telling him
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    mcflame13. 10h ago Just leave on time from now on and start looking for another job. I can almost guarantee that job has high turnover since they require. overtime even though it is illegal where you live. You should also look into who you have to report the company to since they are doing mandatory overtime since it is illegal.
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    NDeceptikonn • 15h ago That's if they tell you "wait don't clock out! Can you stay for three more hours?!"
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    • ErgoProxy0 10h ago I get so many passive aggressive comments about my schedule. I've been at my place of work for years and I do my 40 hours, nothing more unless I'm agreeing to cover for someone out. The other day one of the general managers said "you don't work Monday AND
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    Tuesday???? Who's your manager?" sarcastically because everyone there usually works 5 or 6 days a week while I work 4 10 hour shifts. Not only do I make more money than them so I don't need to do overtime I
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    find it odd that a lot them tell me I need to work more. Meanwhile they're calling out every other week because they're sick, or have an appointment, or their kid is sick because they're working
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    Ophelia GingerWolfe • 6h ago If the law is a max of 8 hours you need to contact and report the violation to whatever department that governs labor relations for your country.
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    Ready-Landscape9... . 3h ago Im in the same situation in the UK i sleep 20 hours Saturday night due to this. Im also abusing opiates to get through the aches and pains. Im 25 and i dont want to live this life but i have no choice but to do this or di
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    • Pretty-Ebb5339 15h ago Hiw long is your lunch break? Where do you live that you're not allowed to work more than 8 hours? If you're scheduled 8-5, and get a 1 hour lunch, you're working 8 hours. Mandatory overtime is a thing in the United States, and you can be fired for not showing up.
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    trabuco18 OP • 13h ago my shift is from 7 am to 4:30, thats 9 hours plus 30 of lunch break, and then the boss wants everyone to stay overtime and gets angry when anyone, not only me, leaves, he think we dont get tired or have life? i say to him i have things to do, you know, live, and
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    even if i do nothing i want to leave, i dont need an excuse, anyway he doesnt care, he told me basically to put my sh together and work. doesnt matter where i live just that law says shifts cant be more than 8 hours per day, anything more is overtime, has to be paid double and is not obligatory
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