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SpasmFingers t1_j936qyv wrote

Reply to comment by ProfessionalHour3213 in Judge rules family of Kroger employee who took his own life can proceed with lawsuit by lovingverbosity

May be the case for the original corporate decision, but the manageres made sure we knew to never be seen sitting. I got in trouble several times for leaning. They also made us scan pur fingerprints to clock in and out EVEN FOR BREAK and if you did it a minute early or late you got in trouble because it messed with their billing or some shit. Then you get to break and they've got fuckin judge judy on the tv

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Cindexxx t1_j93tmfa wrote

I work on those systems. It messes with nothing. They are liars, plain and simple. It integrates with payroll software and requires exactly 0 extra work if you're off. It's actually more work to track and punish you for it.

There's a slight exception sometimes, if you're a full time employee at exactly 40 hours a week, if you get one minute extra that one minute is calculated as overtime. In corporate structures that punish managers for overtime they could be in trouble for a single minute. Still stupid.

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Relative_Ad5909 t1_j96hs8l wrote

Not just overtime, it also means you worked full-time hours. Many of these retail stores intentionally keep people below 40 hours so that they never have to consider giving them benefits.

Back in my retail days, I worked exactly 39 hours per week, every week. If I was approaching 40, a manager would tell me to clock out and go home, regardless of whether or not I was needed.

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