Management Won’t Approve Employee’s Overtime, Employee Left For Home Early, Overtime Got Approved

If a manager is not paying you for the overtime, start leaving early and you will get paid.

Do you know that if employees stop working overtime, a company would lose clients which cause them a good profit? An employee who posted on Reddit used to work for a big telephone company. OP had three other coworkers working in his department. One day, all three of them were not present in the office so OP covered the duties of all three of them. He did not even utilize his two breaks. When he gave his timesheet to the manager and told him that he has worked 9 hours, the manager told him that he can not approve overtime but he can leave an hour early on Friday. OP agreed. On Friday, two of the employees were absent and the third one left early for an interview. OP got an order for a T3 which was an expensive order. OP told the client that he has to leave because management does not approve overtime and the night shift guy would deal with it. OP clocked out and he had not even reached his car when he got a call from the management telling him that overtime is approved but OP did not listen to him and preferred to leave for home. Scroll down to read the full story.

1. In 1990’s T1 data connection would cost $500 and only a few and very large companies would have a T3.

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2. OP used to work for one of those telephone companies. There were four people in OP’s department and one day, three of them were not present in the office so OP was the only one in the office.

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3. OP worked 9 hours, he even worked in his breaks. His supervisor appreciated him but he did not approve overtime. The supervisor suggested OP can leave an hour early on Friday.

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4. The vacationer and the sick person did not come on Friday. The third person left early for her interview and OP took a half-hour lunch break.

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5. OP got paged for a ticket of T3. OP joined the call but at 3:25, OP told the client that the night person would help him since the company does not approve overtime.

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6. The pager started blowing up and they told OP that overtime is approved but OP did not stay and left for home.

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Management learned their lesson because OP left early for home. This was the time when they realized that they will be losing clients. Scroll down to read what people have to say about the management issues.