Today, I had a 10-hour shift that started at 5 a.m. We can't leave until relief comes and we don't get paid for overtime if our relief is late. The good news is my relief came early. The bad news is he went on a smoke break and never came back. They want me to stay until we close and I'm the only cashier. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to work on my day off for some overtime. I’m not to leave my position until relief arrives. Twelve hours after my shift was supposed to be over, my boss calls me, asking if I can work another 8 hours at a different post, not knowing I’ve already worked 20 hours straight because the system rebooted. I didn’t get paid overtime. FML
Today, I had to work a double shift after my relief called in "sick" just so he could go to a party. FML
Today, while working at my job at a lumber/hardware store, my coworker told me he was taking an hour break instead of the usual half-hour. Not only did he leave me with a store packed with customers on Customer Appreciation Day, but he never came back until closing time. FML
Today, I covered a 10-hour shift for a sick coworker. Glad to earn some extra money for the holidays, I went to clock out. I hadn't even clocked in when I first got there at 7 am. FML
Today, 30 minutes before I was supposed to quit work at 6pm, my boss showed up. After telling him how the day went, he asked why I was still there. Apparently, for the holiday, we close early. 4 hours earlier. FML
Today, I'm a cashier in a grocery store. The visiting regional manager tore me a new one for being lazy. His reason? After working a double shift with no break, I decided to sit down for a minute when things got slow. FML
Today, at the job I've had for eight years, I finally got the raise I was supposed to get a year ago. One hour later I found out the store was closing and we were all out of a job in two weeks. FML
Today, after working 12 shifts in the past 8 days at 2 jobs and thinking today was a day off, I got the call that I misread my schedule and I was in fact scheduled. Got off at 2:30 am, work again at 9 am with 9 shifts to go this week. FML
Today, I started a new job. The hours are long, but I didn't mind as I could REALLY use the overtime. Turns out, they don't pay over time. I'm just expected to go "above and beyond for the company." FML
Today, my job has a policy where you can only have two breaks if you work 7 hours or more. I've recently been assigned multiple strings of 6 hour 45 minute shifts. And no, I can't work 15 minutes of overtime so I can have the extra break. FML
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xx000o 27
Time to start smoking.
darkshadus 10
You must work for Walmart they tried that with me and I said "overtime or I'm leaving" they can't force you to work a second shift.
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Comments (76)
xx000o 27
Time to start smoking.
Qandol 26
And never come back afterwards.
zilla963 5
That stinks ... they should be punishing the person that came late.. not the person that stayed to cover.
tounces7 28
It doesn't sound like the person that was late is ever coming back, so it's kind of hard to punish them. However it sounds like the employer is breaking the law anyway.
Bowman3242 3
I'm all 50 states, it's illegal to refuse someone pay it they work 40+ hours a week.
bartsj88 6
The issue isn't "not paying at all." It's not paying overtime, which is legal under certain circumstances.
FlexMaster 10
you should "take a smoke break" next shift
luther48 20
You are so profound! That guy ditched me meaning I should ditch someone else to balance the universe! Dumbass.
darkshadus 10
You must work for Walmart they tried that with me and I said "overtime or I'm leaving" they can't force you to work a second shift.
Bearsmomma 30
It MUST be because Walmart is the ONLY company that can screw over employees?
InfiniteSunshine 32
Like other people have said, I'm pretty sure it's illegal to not pay you overtime if you're working a certain amount of hours. Also, I know it can be hard, but this is a situation where using the word "no," would be best. They already have you working long hours and ask you to stay even longer, without paying you properly, because they have an unreliable employee. They're pushing boundaries to see what they can get away with. If you let them treat you like this now, they won't stop, they'll try and take advantage of it every chance they get. I've seen it many times before and many employees just let it happen. Your relief came, your job is done. The fact that he left is not your problem or responsibility, it's the stores to either find what happened to him, or get another person.
Triangle6757 9
Well f**k them.
TeacherTeacher 11
How was this person allowed to take a smoke break when he had just arrived?
VeeFML 10
because they'd arrived early, they probably went before the shift started.
ronbach 8
its only overtime if its more then 40 hours a week. so if OP is part time and would be less then 40 hours even with a long day. no overtime.
luther48 20
Again, overtime isn't the same at each company. Three main options: 1. None (yes, it's legal and extremely common) 2. More than 40/week 3. More than 8/day
Sammeydw 22
Yes, it is very common, but 'none' is only legal under certain circumstances.
k_cummins 21
I work "part time" and am frequently scheduled 35-40 hours a week. If op is the same adding those extra hours could easily put him into overtime
tounces7 28
Overtime is federally regulated, it doesn't matter what a companies rules are, they are still required to follow federal law or state law - whichever is stricter.
luther48 20
It's absolutely not illegal to not pay someone for overtime. It depends on their contract. For example, I'm a salaried employee in at at-will state. Either party can terminate the contract for no reason at any time, and I get the same paycheck every two weeks regardless of hours worked. The exception is FMLA. No money. If I start working 35 hours every week though, I can be terminated. Typically it's 45-50. Sometimes 70, sometimes 37. Same paycheck.
ApparentlyNotEno 28
In the United States at least, there are very few (if any) salaried cashiers. The rules for classifying employees as exempt are rather strict now, and were made to prevent just this sort of abuse.
nykkilynn16 7
I have never seen a salaried cashier.