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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Watching20 on 2025-08-04 21:24:36+00:00.
I once had a job where I did network support for a corporation in a city that supported a manufacturing plant in another state. That plant started operations at 7 every morning and the software and data connections had to be up and running when the plant started or they couldn’t do their business. So, I made it my job to make sure I was there at 7 every morning. Because of this I would leave around 4:000 pm in the afternoon. One day somebody had some network problem at 4:30 and I was not there to answer questions. I’m not talking about problems at the plant. I’m talking about one person in the office had trouble with their terminal. The next day I was given a lecture that I had to stay until 5 every day. I tried to point out the reason for the early arrival and departure. But the manager, of course, couldn’t understand this logic. She wanted me there until 5 because her friend had issues getting her terminal to work at 4:30 one day.
Because of the sub this is listed on, I guess you know what happened. I started working 8 to 5. It wasn’t two weeks before there was a problem at the with the plant communications at 7:00 am. I got the call around 7:00, all I could do was say “I’ll be there as soon as I can, but I just got out of bed so it’s going to be about an hour.” Nobody got fired over this and nobody had to eat crow and tell me to return to arriving at 7. But not a single person ever said anything about me leaving at 4:00 again.