We had a big visit Thursday. The ETLs and Team Leaders were telling everyone that we could have Overtime. My store director even texted me asking me to work an extra day for OT. Now that the visit is done. They are telling all the regular team members to cut their OT. I find this unethical. Is there a way to file a complaint?
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They promised to do something they don't normally do, then they decided to not do it.
It is scummy but it isn't unethical.
If you work the hours and they say they won't pay you the overtime that is illegal, which is an entirely different thing.
If they do that file with Wage and Hour.
Otherwise, you have nobody to complain but each other.
And here, you can complain here.
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You might get on the bad list if you say something.
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You will be performanced out if you bitch about it. Consider the source. Line up your mustards and salad dressings real nice. Work your day. Punch out. Go to the beer store and buy a lot of beers.
This is sage advice you would do well to listen to.
It was totally wrong what they did and they will more than likely do it again, but it will come back to bite them in the butt because trust has been broken and morale cut off at the knees.
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Next time the SD is desperate for help putting up Potemkin villages for visits and calling TMs to come in on their days off, the answer is NO. Fool me once...
Happened at my store . A little difference is that they cut hours for the week after .
Was really common at my store when I worked there to give you overtime one week and almost nothing the next. I got to the point I refused to work overtime. The fact it bumped me into a new tax bracket and I took home less then when I worked 35 hours didnt help either. I always just kind of laughed to my self when a team member would get all excited about overtime, saying they where going to stay and make money.
That’s not how taxes work.
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I have heard that argument regarding taxes for years.
Only the portion of that bumps you into the higher rate as explained by the IRS though it's 2023.
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What @Sisyphus and @Dead and Khaki said. Good leaders know to not make promises they can't deliver on. Or, if they do, they make sure to apologize sincerely and find a way to make it up to the TMs who were let down.
When I say 'Potemkin villages' at work and I get blank stares🤣