Employee Ignores Boss’s Concerns When It Comes To Time Theft, Asks If They’re Wrong For Calling Out Their Boss

• By Malaika
• 4 months ago
• 5 minutes read

Most employers despise paying overtime.

Most businesses operate on tight budgets and closely monitor labour costs, so overtime pay is a significant expense. Despite the legal requirement to pay employees time and a half for overtime hours, many employers actively discourage employees from working outside of regular hours. This would be fine if companies did not keep their employees for longer than the scheduled time, but that is not always the case, and higher-ups will force you to work even when you are at home while not paying you a penny.

I understand that for most businesses, profit is the bottom line and labour costs are an expense, but that doesn’t mean they can treat their employees poorly. I’m also not saying they shouldn’t be allowed to implement rules that save them time or money, as long as they don’t harm their employees. Asking your employees to arrive 10 minutes earlier may not seem like a big deal, but should an employee have to sacrifice their time when they aren’t being paid?

That’s the question the original poster of this story posed. Scroll down to read it for yourself.

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Technology is changing quite quickly these days.

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Some people are too obsessed with power and love to flaunt it.

OP has worked at this company for quite a long time, and the slow computers that take minutes to load up have always been a problem.

It usually takes five minutes for the computers to load up, so OP does some things while they start up.

So the boss called everyone for a meeting and asked everyone to come 10 minutes early to start the computers since the time theft was costing him a lot of money.

OP asked whether they would be getting overtime for this extra time.

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OP also explained why he isn’t able to turn on the computers when he comes in rather than asking the employees to come earlier.

OP wasn’t done and mentioned that he wasn’t going to sacrifice his time for the company for free.

The boss was obviously not happy, and his co-workers didn’t agree with him either.

From the outside, it may appear that the OP is making a big deal over something minor, and I am guessing that is why his coworkers aren’t on his side. However, he was correct when he stated that the boss could turn on everyone’s computer when he walked in rather than requiring employees to arrive even a minute early. I believe the boss is exaggerating the issue of time theft when it is actually his slow computers. If he is so concerned about a few minutes, he should purchase better computers.

Most people in the comments were on his side.

Only an employment lawyer could tell you this.

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It may only be ten minutes, but this is how it starts.

It is his responsibility, at the end of the day.

OP is working extra, so he needs to be paid extra.

Some people chided the OP for simply posting this to get validation when he already knew the answer.

Standing up for yourself is harder than it seems.

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People also shared their personal stories.

Apparently, this kind of thing happens a lot.

Some bosses need to understand that employees are humans as well.

Some redditors were angry at OP’s post since it was clear that he wasn’t in the wrong.

Even a minute adds up when you look at the long term.

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What are your thoughts on how the OP handled the situation? Do you think he should have just stayed quiet so as not to upset his coworkers? Or do you think he has the right to stand up for overtime? What would you have done in this scenario? Comment below to let us know, and don’t forget to share this story with your friends so they can add their thoughts as well.