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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Top comments
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)
willmatrix 6
Overtime kicks in after 40 hours in a week. If you worked more than your scheduled shift, you aren't entitled to overtime until you exceed 40 hours in that week
Steph2801 7
Tell your boss to get ******. You work to get paid, they should pay for your service. Tell them to pay you for your time if not go cos you deserve better!
William_A_Wilson 6
just so you know, legally they can not have a smoke break if they have not worked yet. They need to work a set amount of hours before they can be granted a smoke break. And, by leaving during there relief time and not coming back, they can be fired and you would automaticlly claim overtime by your boss for being forced to work later then you were supposed to due to anothers failure to take over. Oh and one more thing to add and trust me, this is very important... sucks to be you :)
rinzlerkitty94 31
Call Workers Comp. They'll get you the money you've earned.