I work in Nashville, TN and my workplace is always having me stay a couple of more hours than I am scheduled to stay. This is bothersome because there are other people that could to 'prep' and it is not really my job. [once time to leave comes around] I do not mind doing this sometimes, but it gets to the point where it is an everyday thing. They do not ask if I can stay. They demand it, and say if I leave at my specified time then I will get wrote up and possibly fired.. Can they do that? I thought overtime was optional...
2007-08-18 17:20:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
Yes your employer can do that. You screwed up the first time that you agreed to stay. What has happened to you happens to people all the time in all sorts of industries: once you do a favor (or call in favors from your suppliers or vendors) and make things happen that were once "impossible" turns into what is expected from you.
You will need to suck it up and stay longer at work or find another job.
2007-08-18 18:21:37 · answer #1 · answered by Mark S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your employee handbook. Companies are allowed to require overtime, unless a union agreement says otherwise.
2007-08-18 17:29:30 · answer #2 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have met people who tell me either I stayed overtime or I do have to clock in the next day!!
2007-08-18 18:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by Hope 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bare and grin. everyday go in with a smile. get another job, give two weeks notice.
2007-08-18 17:27:48 · answer #4 · answered by just hanging around 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋