Timeline for Can my employer fire me for notifying them of my unpaid overtime hours?
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| Aug 26, 2020 at 13:00 | comment | added | kungphu | @user120854 ...but right now it’s in their best interest to use me a little bit longer. This is what I'm talking about. Do not expect them to do what's in their own best interests. Expect the worst case scenario, even and perhaps especially if you think they'd be shooting themselves in the foot. | |
| Aug 26, 2020 at 10:01 | comment | added | Donald | Everyone is expendable. Even Steve Jobs found that was the case out at Apple. Some of the biggest names in technology space have something in common, and it’s not the fact they don’t have a college degree, it’s the fact they were let go from a company they formed (or were in critical position). | |
| Aug 26, 2020 at 4:55 | comment | added | user120854 | @kunhphu I get that, I’m assuming I haven’t been fired yet because they’re training replacements still. They could always jump the gun, but right now it’s in their best interest to use me a little bit longer. Which is lucky for me I guess. Gives me time to get my resume in order and go on the job hunt | |
| Aug 26, 2020 at 3:19 | comment | added | kungphu | @user120854 I think I haven’t been fired yet because they need my expertise in the department. Never for a second believe you're not expendable, even in the short term. No matter how important your knowledge is, even if it were vital to the company and you were the only one who had it, you'd have to assume management will always act rationally and in their own self-interest; the reality is that your knowledge almost certainly isn't vital, can be picked up by someone else, and management is made up of humans. They can and do act irrationally and/or against their own self-interest. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 19:48 | comment | added | Caterpillaraoz | @user120854 really depends on the local laws. They may offer you a hefty bonus in exchange for your resignation if wage theft litigation is an option on your side. And if you have a short notice and really valuable skills for your company the bonus may be to have you stay and teach to your replacement - albeit this option must be defined carefully. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 12:33 | comment | added | IT Alex | @user120854 Sorry, the hole that has been dug is too deep. If you are unable to get them to see your current merits, appreciate your honesty, or compensate you fairly, then unless you are going to pursue legal action for wage theft, you are wasting time. Get yourself an exit strategy and terminate your at-will employment as soon as you can safely do so. You won't get an apology, your money, or satisfaction from a company that can't see their own nose. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 6:32 | comment | added | user120854 | Those are really good ideas, what kind of benefit could I negotiate for? Monthly pay that continues after my employment ends? That seems like a think only upper level management could hope for. | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 6:20 | comment | added | user120854 | I think I haven’t been fired yet because they need my expertise in the department. They haven’t fully trained my new bosses and don’t have anyone at my new “level” that can handle the same tasks as me. New management has been saying I’m incompetent, but he tasked his new people with stuff, they got confused so he immediately took the tasks away and gave them to me..... | |
| Aug 25, 2020 at 6:05 | history | answered | Hilmar | CC BY-SA 4.0 |