No workplace schedule is perfect. It’s probably impossible for a worker to punch in and punch out on the dot daily. So there’s some leniency when employees can leave and when their time on the job becomes overtime. To implement overtime policies better, some places might ask employees to report to managers if they’re working overtime.
And that was just the case in this story. A man recounted how he maliciously complied with the overtime policy of the store where he worked some 20 years ago. As the then-prevailing rule was ‘No overtime without a manager’s approval,’ he walked off just as his shift was over. After all, he had a pretty important commitment at the movie theater!
