Boss Cuts Back On Overtime Pay, Employee Stop Working After Working Hours, It Backfires On Boss

• By Malaika
• 4 months ago
• 4 minutes read

Companies usually dislike paying for overtime.

Many industries hesitate to pay their employees overtime due to the additional costs involved. Employers may attempt to limit overtime hours or avoid paying time and a half, which can result in employee dissatisfaction and legal issues. The issue of paying overtime wages remains contentious for both employers and employees.

Not only that, but there have been instances where companies have attempted to avoid the issue entirely by calling employees after hours and claiming that it will only take a minute, thereby avoiding overtime pay. I understand that businesses need to make money, but that doesn’t mean they have to treat their employees like non-human beings. That is also what the company was attempting to accomplish in this particular story.

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Paying overtime to your employees is not uncommon.

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Sometimes you have to stand your ground so that the company doesn’t take advantage of you.

OP works in a field where urgent responses are normal, but their employer suddenly cares a lot about overtime.

The company wanted all overtime to be approved beforehand, which wasn’t always possible.

Apparently, unscheduled overtime would be reviewed after the fact, and depending on the circumstances, the employee might get their pay compensated.

This is when OP decided to do something about the change in rules.

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The next day that the policy was changed, OP wasn’t going to take any calls after work if they were going to get paid overtime.

The company apparently wasn’t going to pay overtime, so OP ended the call and fixed the issue the next day.

OP always made a point to not do anything after work, especially since they weren’t going to pay for it.

OP also made sure to tell their supervisor that they needed authorised overtime before they would do anything after work.

The company usually responded that they would send authorization the next day, but OP always refused until they got their back covered.

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The company tried to fight OP on this but eventually relented and sent OP the email authorising overtime pay.

OP’s co-workers also started taking similar actions, which meant the company had to change its policy once more.

I’m not surprised that the OP reacted this way after learning of the changes to overtime pay. After all, if they are not compensated for extra work, why would they do it in the first place? I’m glad they changed the rules, but I don’t think the company had much choice given that other employees were mimicking what the OP was doing. It is critical for businesses to listen to their employees and implement changes to ensure equitable treatment.

This is how things like this need to be handled.

I am sure the company never saw any of this coming.

Whether it is a minute or an hour, it obviously requires overtime.

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Nobody should have to work after-hours without pay.

That would be quite funny, to be fair.

I have been in a similar situation before as well.

It isn’t great for one’s work-life balance.

At least OP got the company to start thinking about the policy change.

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What are your thoughts on how OP dealt with the situation? Do you think the employees could’ve handled it better? If so, have you been in a similar situation before? Let us know in the comments section below, and don’t forget to share this story with your friends so they can share their similar experiences as well.