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So I've worked at this place for a year and not once have they ever said we can report overtime. Then last week I was sitting in the emergency room waiting room with a client until 8:30pm. So I text my supervisor, "L". Here's the transcript. Keep in mind, we have to record our time as follows:
in 8:00 out 12:00*
in 12:30 out 4:30
*this is an inside joke because none of us have time to take a 30 minute break. work, Work, WORK!
Transcript:
5:25pm
L: Do you want to come in late tomorrow? Leave early? Or get overtime?
ME: That last one threw me. How do you get OT?
L: You put in your REAL HOURS for today so you will work 40 plus the extra hours you put in. It's only allowed with prior approval but I will request it for you.
ME: Ah, yeah, never heard of that policy.
7:35pm
ME: Hey, I have a question. So it'b be great if they called us soon, but at some point I have to go home to my dog.
7:47
ME: They just called us!
7:51pm
L: They will have to get him back to the nursing home. That's NUTS* you guys have to wait so long.
*nuts, crazy are bad words in our field. We've been to sensitivity training. She shouldn't be sending out texts to staff labeling situations as "nuts." And certainly not to me of all people because I was hired expressly because I am mentally ill. My title is different from the others because I am the team member with a mental illness.
8:31 (leaving hospital)
ME: I'll do 4 hours OT. Thanks for letting me know I could do that.
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