Co-worker logged out the wrong time & I caught it, I charted,how would you react if you find out?

Question

This contract staff has been cheating with his hours spent at work. Many times, he would come in late and leave early. A logged in and logged out form was just recently placed for him to use. On Mondays, I was discreetly asked by my manager to " look out " that the policy is being use. One Monday, he logged in at 1:20pm, so I expect him to logged out at 5:20. He works 4h. I went back to the office at 5:10 and he was gone but he wrote he logged out at 5:20. Ten minutes gap. To me it's not a big deal, but he lied! So I wrote beside his logged out time, 5:10 and my initial. Maybe he left much earlier but I don't know. The reason I went back at 5:10, because I expect him to still be there at that time. He will see what I did the next time he's in. I want everything in the open that's why I wrote the time and my initial. How would you react if you got caught?

One info that I forgot, on Mondays, I am supposed to sign the form when he is logging out.

Answer 1

I would probably be mad that someone snitched on me. I know you said you wanted this to be out in the open but I really feel it was unnecessary to put your initials there as you were asked *discreetly* by the managers to look out for him. Besides, you aren't getting paid extra to do this for the manager.

Answer 2

I think you are in one tough spot. First, you are being asked to assume the role of 'spy' for your boss. Contract or not - this is unfair of your boss to put you in this position. Especially if your job requires you working with this person in a cooperative fashion. Think about it. Let's just say contract man comes in late and leave early like this every day- but busts his can when he is there doing 'face time'... then you currently have a productive employee...

Now, lets say contract man is forced to be punctual by the minute - he is now perhaps stuck in traffic longer or not able to get his kids from aftercare by a certain time due to this 'clock watching'... or tons of other reasons... well, now you may get what you want -- a clock watcher who is there during his contract hours... but bet your first born this man will be less productive, producing more errors or less work during his 'face time'...

If this is retail or fast food joint and others starting or leaving a shift or customers are dependent upon his physical presence - then yes - his comings and goings a little late are disruptive...

However, if this is a professional office or position where no direct customer contact is expected --- then I think whoever is bringing it up to the 'boss' is being petty and jealous and would be better served with a focus more on results rather than mere 'face time'... and since your boss needs people to spy - chances are your boss is not doing the same face time he is expecting from others - in which case YOU become the fall guy...

Tell your boss you are uncomfortable tracking anyones time but your own.

Answer 3

First of all, this is kids stuff and I doubt you are a kid. My philosphy is mind your own business. Do you think the companys that people work for really care about their employees? If you tell on another co worker management will say thanks and move on. They might get the guy or girl in trouble but that's all you'll get out of it. Plus the person might find out you snitched and do something to cause you harm. Meanwhile the owners or business is laying back sipping a lemonade. I understand that your bored with your life and take pleasure in being sort a snitch. You feel like your serving a purpose. I guess that's fine, however, at the end of the day you will be the one suffereing the consequences of your actions.

Answer 4

If your coworker is stealing time then its important to document it. If you coworker is donating time, even though this would be considered time fraud too it is a completely different story. I think that the laws have become waaaay to harsh for this. I think that if the job is completed early and there is no other assigned tasks and the person is SALARY versus an hourly employee and a lot of contracts ARE SALARY then it is not out of the question to have them leave early for good performance...but otherwise they might want to rethink the way they are handling this because to an hourly worker someone leaving early is someone leaving early and you do not know for sure the agreements within this persons contract and for you to have found out or know without your being a supervisor might even be illegal to disclose to you so be careful you do not cut off your own nose to spite your face hun. Take Care-Rachel.

Answer 5

If I were him I'd just let this one play itself out. Really, what can he do? We all do things in private that aren't meant to be observed-- he just got caught. I honestly think the wife is as much at fault here as he is. Had I walked in on my husband I would've done one of two things-- either woke him and shared a good laugh about it, or simply left him alone and pretended I didn't see anything-- let him keep his dignity. If I were him I'd apologize once for the awkward moment, then let her decide how big an issue she wants to make of it. He certainly doesn't owe her anything further.

Answer 6

I have been placed in a similar position, and generally, I keep a separate log that I turn in to the manager or to my superior who asked me to keep watch. They are the ones in the position to make any correction on the record itself or to approach the other co-worker, unless they have expressly given you this authority as well.

Answer 7

Better have a good excuse other than being a lazy loser. He only works 4 hours??? Must be nice, I would fire him since he can't even stay that long. I would probably pray that my boss wouldn't fire me for cheating the system, then again, I don't have a problem putting in my 40 hours a week...

Answer 8

Honestly, you say you are this person's co-worker, not his boss, so it's NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS what time he comes in and/or leaves unless it affects YOUR work schedule, which it doesn't. You pointed it out to your boss once already, now let it go. You say "you expect" him to log out at a certain time, and you also had the nerve to make a note of his actual log out time beside what he wrote down. In my opinion, *YOU* are way out of line here, and you need to mind your own business. You are making enemies at your workplace and you need to stop NOW unless you want to make your life more difficult.

Answer 9

Well, if I saw that I'd let the manager know discreetly, so it can be between him and the employee. I would not initial my name beside it, as that would just cause serious tension between you and him.

Answer 10

Unless you are in a supervisory position, it should really not concern you. Do your own work and mind your own bees wax. If the boss does not have a punch machine, this one guy is prob. not the only one abusing the forms. I wouldn't, but I also would not get involved.