Unfair manager?

homeless9

This isn't anything major, but I am just interested in knowing who is in the wrong here....

I am new to a job - 1 month in. It's a job that has contracted hours, but is actually flexible. If you finish the job early, which is common - workers (there are approx 100 of us) are generally free to go home early and don't even need to check with management if it's ok to go home early - they can just go....

Today I get back early with my workmate......a manager who isn't my current line manager stops me and gets me to do more work inside the company building....this manager does not go and find my workmate who is still inside the building and just 30 yards away and request him to do more work....nor does this manager stop others who are back early from walking out of the door.....so I am there doing this job which isn't a massive job, maybe a 15 minute job, but I was just thinking - What the hell - why am I doing this - fellow workers are freely walking out the door and I am singled out....so I did half the job and got out of there.

I don't know what the rules are in this situation, I thought that I was unfairly being singled out so I didn't feel I should be there - but was I wrong to leave? on the other hand - was this manager in the wrong to only make me stay - do I have a grievance? not that I'd make one, but if I am spoken to about leaving and not completing what was asked of me - I'd like to point out that they were in the wrong and that this is a case for raising a grievance.

KatrinaWaves

Yes you were wrong to leave if you were still ‘on the clock’

theoretica

So, the manager has a 15 minute job for one person, during work hours, asks one person to do it and it happens to be you. Seems more reasonable to me than asking several people to do it.

gettingtheresometime

If you did half of it & went home whilst still officially on the clock, I'd expect you to have a major rockling tomorrow

Potbellypig

homeless9 wrote: »

This isn't anything major, but I am just interested in knowing who is in the wrong here....

I am new to a job - 1 month in. It's a job that has contracted hours, but is actually flexible. If you finish the job early, which is common - workers (there are approx 100 of us) are generally free to go home early and don't even need to check with management if it's ok to go home early - they can just go....

Today I get back early with my workmate......a manager who isn't my current line manager stops me and gets me to do more work inside the company building....this manager does not go and find my workmate who is still inside the building and just 30 yards away and request him to do more work....nor does this manager stop others who are back early from walking out of the door.....so I am there doing this job which isn't a massive job, maybe a 15 minute job, but I was just thinking - What the hell - why am I doing this - fellow workers are freely walking out the door and I am singled out....so I did half the job and got out of there.

I don't know what the rules are in this situation, I thought that I was unfairly being singled out so I didn't feel I should be there - but was I wrong to leave? on the other hand - was this manager in the wrong to only make me stay - do I have a grievance? not that I'd make one, but if I am spoken to about leaving and not completing what was asked of me - I'd like to point out that they were in the wrong and that this is a case for raising a grievance.

Sorry, what are they in the wrong for?

suki1964

Wrong to leave

I work in a similar situation. Friday, all orders were done by 2pm and 99% of staff left, leaving just the two of us to clean up. 2:30, another two small orders. 3pm we clocked out and were changing when yet another late order came in, we clocked back in and processed the order

Its called give and take, or making sure the job is done

Never ever worry about what everyone around you does or does not. Do your job

DCFC79

Imo your in the wrong, your new to the job and you only did half the job.

Dont go raising a grievance

Kynthia

Who told you work has to be fair? It doesn't. You're being paid to work and a manager asked you to do a job in work time. It's shocking that you left without finishing it! Time to act like a grownup.

Mr.Generous

1 month into a job and looking to keep it?

LilElvis

If, as you say, 100 staff are regularly leaving early because they have completed all their work then at some point senior management are going to wake up and realise that they are overstaffed. Who do you think is going to be first in line for the chop?

TELLIT01

Absolutely the OP is in the wrong, on so many levels. One person was required to do one job for 15 minutes all within normal working hours, and a manager chose the new guy. Nothing wrong with that. Possibly wanted to see how they would react to the request when others were leaving early. Now the manager has the answer - the new guy is unreliable and workshy. Can't even be relied on to do one simple job.
1 month into the job I would expect any employee to be trying to impress management, not hack them off and give them an excuse to "let them go".
Probably sensible to start scanning the "Situations Vacant" section of the local paper if they have such a thing now.