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2nd-shift factory worker forced to come in for 1 hour on his day off to help cover gaps in shift handover after the 1st shift complains about overtime, raising the issue of the personal cost and burnout

Brad Dickson

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Call center operator obliged to start 15 minutes before his shift to load the company's archaic software, told to work until 4:00 PM on the dot, he complies, ending a call right at the end of his shift: 'I am following expectations and written directions'

María Cetra

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Employee takes an hour-long nap every day before shift starts until boss finds out, who demands they clock in early and work instead: ‘I'm thinking about calling it quits’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Overworked junior specialist realizes his ‘above and beyond’ work mentality won't get him anywhere so he stops, managers are now drowning in work: 'It's truly satisfying to see'

Elna McHilderson

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'5:01. That's my new nickname': Boss mocks employee for always leaving right at the end of the day, employee refuses to budge

Ben Weiss

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Boss demands employee cover for him during the weekend, employee requests 2 days off in return, then involves HR when boss refuses: 'I will fight for my time off'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Retail worker leaves mid-shift to go to the movies, complying with manager's strict overtime policy: 'I had hit 40 hours and had to leave'

Ben Weiss

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Boss enforces strict no-overtime rule, employee clocks out on time and freezes steel mill operations with 2-mile-long parked train

Isabella Penn

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Boss refuses to let employee use vacation days from overtime all at once, employee complies and gives himself a 4-day work week for the rest of the year: 'My boss wasn't particularly happy'

Ben Weiss

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Boss demands employee stop taking advantage of their flexible hours and end workdays at exactly 4 pm, then takes it back after realizing the effects on company output: ‘He admitted he was wrong’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Retail manager demands employees wait until closing time to start cleaning up, leading employees to rack up overtime pay every shift: ‘He wanted us working until the very end’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss cuts back on granting overtime, worker complies and refuses to jump on urgent project after hours: 'All scheduled overtime had to be approved…cool!'

Ben Weiss

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'Work smarter, not harder': New boss gets rid of overtime policy despite team's concerns, employees maliciously comply and boss ends up scrambling

Ben Weiss

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‘30 minutes or 2+ hours, your call’: Paramedic drivers score 2 months of overtime pay when a nitpicky manager's decision to disband their workforce's ‘gentleman’s agreement' costs the company $1000s in overtime pay

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Company changes overtime policy to avoid paying extra to employees, one team uses new rules to get $6000 more while working the same as before: ‘We were suddenly entitled to loads of overtime’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss schedules daily end-of-day meetings, new hire discovers they're unpaid and quietly leads office-wide rebellion just by leaving at 5 p.m.: 'All it took was one person'

Isabella Penn

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