I Need to Rant

I am a salaried employee, but my "shift" is technically 8:45 to 5:15.

I RARELY take lunch unless I need to run to the bank or something. (my boss had remarks about me taking a 30 min lunch daily so I stopped doing that long ago)

I have not left before 5:30 in ages. I usually leave at more like 6. (my boss used to comment that I "act like an hourly employee" when I would leave at 5:15 every day so I stopped doing that)

I am not usually late but yesterday I was 15 mins late due to traffic and this morning I was 30 mins late due to traffic and needing to scrape all the ice off my car. I also have to drop my daughter off at school in the morning, so I am not able to leave any earlier.

My boss had the nerve to walk in here and tell me today, with quite the attitude, that I need to "watch my time" because I was late yesterday and today. All I could muster up to say was "Sorry", but here's what I actually wanted to say:

Dude, I am salary and should not even have a "shift". I do not punch a clock. I do not get paid overtime and I put in at least 45 hours a week, even though I am paid based on 40 hours of work. I have not gotten a raise in two years and I have been with the company for thirteen. I have absorbed the FULL position of SEVEN PEOPLE in my time with this company without relinquishing any of my own responsibilities, and I still get my work done. How are you going to lord over me about my start time for two days, when I stay late EVERY DAY? Go drink bleach. *spit*

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Carver · 31-35, F

A lot of of fucking nerve, your boss... It sounds like it's time to find a new job. I know that's easier said than done but you don't need to take that bullshit. You should have told her straight-up why you were late. Even if she doesn't care to hear it, at least she can get your point that some things are simply out of our control and no one can help that. I would bet my car that she's been late for work plenty of times in her life.

And you don't need to stay 45 minutes after your scheduled time to leave, especially if they're not paying you overtime! If your boss doesn't like it, that's a whole lot of her problem. What's she going to do, fire you for leaving when you're supposed to?

PoizonApple · 41-45, F

She's good at twisting things. She has written me up for shit that she made up. For example, if we have a process that goes like this:
1. Open mail
2. Note account of mail type received
3. Route mail to department that handles
We could be doing this process for years and she will swoop down one day and say "Why aren't we scanning the mail to the account?" and I will say "We've just always followed this other process." and she will say "What if the mail doesn't get to the correct party and we get sued because we didn't respond?" Then she will write me up because I didn't think of scanning the mail to the account and did not keep the procedure updated.
So there I just got written up because I didn't think of some arbitrary shit that she thought of, and when you're working that way there will ALWAYS be something she could think of that I didn't already think of.
And no one above her will complain because she uses the "We could get sued!" or "This impacts revenue! This is what is keeping the company going!" lines.
It's a no-win situation.

Carver · 31-35, F

@CandyApple: Yeah, definitely time for a new job. That's all bullshit and you don't need to take it. It's not a healthy work environment.