My boss punishes me for being two minutes late, so I charge him for every time I was early.

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I've worked at many retail chains and have had many terrible bosses. Here's one story I think I

can give up without any repercussions. At a small specific retail store, about five or six years

ago at this point, I was confronted by my old boss on a specific event, that I was late by two

minutes. The previous day, he had asked me to come in on my day off, and add an earlier time

than I normally do. I agreed to come in on my day off and work a shift I'm not normally used to,

but it's retail. It can't be that difficult. My boss asked me to work 7am to 4pm, and I showed up

at 7.02am, which in my state, there's a five minute window for everyone, and this was 100%

not a habit of mine at all. I'm normally one to show up five minutes early every day and wait

aside the time clock. I clocked in and walked to my department with a drink I'd already purchased

the previous day. As I've walked into the department, the manager greeted me then said,

When I schedule you at 7am, I expect you to be in department by 7am. Not a minute later,

we can't pay you to clock on by something and then start working. Over the course of a year,

that adds up to hundreds of dollars of lost labor for one individual. I told my old boss that my

drink was from the previous day and that I just clocked in on two minutes late. My old boss replied

with, That's not my problem, you need a better plan. You were scheduled at 7 and we're not losing

cost to labor each minute you're not here. Be in department at schedule time, which is not true.

I spoke regularly with a payroll employee and she explained to me quite some time prior that

the company does not pay you three minutes before or after your scheduled time. So if you clock

on at 7am, you're not getting paid until 7.03. If you clock on at 6.57, you're not getting paid

until 7am. Same for when you return from lunch. However, if you clock on at 7.04 after that three

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