Today, my boss asked me to work over the entire weekend. That would be fine if I didn't already work a 60 hour week. He also said the extra hours on the weekend wouldn't be paid. FML
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Today, my boss asked me if I could work this weekend, doing the work of 2 people, for almost no extra pay. I had a weekend out with my kids planned, so I said I couldn't. My boss called it a shitty excuse, yet gave a free pass to a guy who claimed he had a "phobia of working on weekends". FML
Today, I got into an argument with my boss about the importance of a decent work/life balance. He then asked me to work overtime on a Saturday. FML
Today, my boss asked me to pick up more waitressing shifts because we are short-staffed. I already work seven days a week. FML
Today, my boss told me I’m doing too much overtime, and that it’s draining our budget. I never volunteer for overtime, I don’t need it. Every bit of overtime I do is shit he says I have to do to meet deadlines, most of which are just the parts of his job he can’t be bothered to learn how to do himself. FML
Today, after informing my boss that I needed stress leave from my 70-hour-a-week shifts, I got my new work assignment. Sixty hours a week, starting at 2 a.m. FML
Today, I finished working a week's overtime managing admin, stock, finances, and three members of staff. I realised that despite all my extra work, I actually earn less per hour than the students who only work on the weekends. 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, I once again got less than 20 hours of work for the entire week. My boss's solution? Double the staff. FML
Today, my boss asked that I add the work of our third coworker's position to my shift because he's never finished his duties. She gave us a 50 cent raise to "babysit" a 60-ish year-old man. I responded to respectfully fire him or pay me 20/hr. His last day is Friday and he doesn't even know yet. FML
Today, after working for over a decade at the same place, I was formally written up with two days of leave without pay for refusing to work extra overtime. I've been working over 80 hours a week for four months now and even cancelled some very important plans so I could work every day. FML
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biasedshooter 24
then say no
skiingpoutine 12
He's not even thankful for the hard work and hours you've put in! Isn't it illegal for the company not to pay you for your time worked anyway? I hope you said no. It sounds like you're exhausted. Good luck!
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Comments (112)
cleio81 5
your boss can not legally ask you to work unpaid hours. for so many reasons... if I were you I would quit. That is not a good place to work.
expertsmilee 26
**** that. Work the weekend and then when you're not payed for it, sue the hell out of them. Never turn a blind eye to a lawsuit for some good money that you can easily win when it's smacking you in the face with a 2x4.
Xynie 20
That's ******* stupid. Not only would she lose the case because she knowably knew she wouldn't get paid but she would waste everyone's time and possibly risk her job.
crudeandrudeguy 29
Knowably knew? That's a lot of knowledge.
expertsmilee 26
Pray tell #47, how would they prove she knew beforehand? And even if she was aware of it, how would that make it any less illegal?
Vlen_fml 20
They're not in the States buddy, and even then if it was a Salary job extra hours are not paid directly. they might show up in an end of year bonus or not. OP is from the UAE, which i'm pretty sure has a Salary standard, not an hourly standard.
maddigraphs 9
It IS illegal to work without pay. So if they want you to work without pay then you need to make a big deal about this.
bubba3939 3
No, not for salary workers. They can have you work 60 hours a week or 20 you still get paid the same amount.
amazed_71 14
Not so much. after x amount of hours they have to pay something
MandieL 27
Only for hourly jobs. Salaried jobs are different.
masschris 17
Tell him to **** off then put thumb tacks in his chair if he has one
MandieL 27
It is not illegal for a company to do this. If you are paid salary rather than hourly, companies can ask you to work extra hours with no extra pay. They can claim that your bonus will reflect it as an incentive. My husband worked "on call" for many years with no extra pay when he went in. Finally they revolted and demanded to be paid extra for their time.
Shade1982 21
I'm sorry, but your husband has been taken for a ride, glad to read they refused to accept it any longer. It is absolutely illegal to let people work for free, which this basically is. If you are paid a fixed monthly income (which is kinda rare these days anyway), your contract will (or should) reflect how many hours you have to work for this, just to protect employees from exactly this kind of abuse. That's not to say many, many, many companies will not still try it and even get away with it as well. Many people will not complain, because they are afraid of losing their job. It sometimes shocks me how many companies (be it big or small) will abuse their employees. There is a journal somewhere written by a (now former) employee of Electronic Arts, revealing some really disturbing things for example...
amazed_71 14
#20 Even salaried personnel are only allotted so may hours before additional compensation should kick in. For example, if salary is based on a 45-hour work week, then being forced to work 55 hours should bring in some compensation for the additional hours. How much compensation as well as how many hours have to be worked before it kicks in is, I believe, determined by your state's labor board.
Dexter83_fml 17
Tell your boss to **** off
staminprime 12
it will actually be illegal for him to say the hours wont be paid
LostDN 9
say no then but either way legally if you do it they have to pay you
megzaros 13
It sucks that he'd ask that of you. Sounds like he's taking you for granted, and you shouldn't let him. Say no.
NightOWL666 14
That's what we call illegal. If you say no he can't hold it against you. That ******* sucks. I worked 7 days a week but at least I was paid for it.
ChiefKoala 30
This really sucks, and I'm sure it's illegal. At least here anyway. Also, I'm thoroughly surprised no one has made a comment pertaining to your job being something related to terrorists because of the word Arab there. I'm very surprised some jackass on here hasn't made that stupid "joke".