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Supervisor on a power trip

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  • 14-08-2009 10:43pm
    #1
    lisajane
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    Hello,

    I normally work 9 hours a day. I get a 30 minute unpaid break and a 15 minute break. And if we do anything more than 2 hours, we get another 15 minute break.

    They let us off during the week and they expected us to make up the hours which is fair enough. So i did 11 hours today. Whenever we work over 2 hours, the supervisor tells us what time our extra break is.

    So today i asked him what time my extra break was at. So he told me i wasn't entitled to a break but that he was going to give me one anyway for 10minutes.
    If i wasn't entitled to a break, it wasn't his place to give me one. And i didn't want to be sitting in the canteen, only to be caught by the boss. I didn't know what to do, so i didn't take it.

    It wasn't until later on,someone told me that other people that were making up hours, were given a break for 15 minutes by a different supervisor.

    This wasn't fair. Did he think he was doing me a favour by giving me a 10 minute break which i wasn't supposedly be entitled to?

    So can someone clear it up for me? What are my entitlements? Was i actually entitled to an extra break? If i was, i didn't take it, i lost out but i shouldn't let him away with it, should i? Should i mention it to the management on monday?


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    #2
    wmpdd3
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    For 11 hours you would usually get 1hour unpaid lunch break and 2 X 15 min breaks. The hour lunch break could be unpaid so you would get paid for 10 hours.


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    Nody
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    30 min lunch break not 1h iirc and if that is your definition of a power trip then you will be shocked in the future.


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    lisajane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 585 ✭✭✭lisajane


    Its not really my definition of a power trip but the supervisor likes to let people know whos boss. But to tell me im not entitled to a break when i was, was a bit to much. And then to tell me i can go out anyway for 10 minutes. It was only on his terms. What was i to do? Take a break in which i wasn't entitled to and be caught by the boss?
    It wasn't really very fair. Do i complain about this? I really dont know what to do.


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    AARRRGH
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    He may not be on a power trip, it's possible he just made a mistake.

    Why didn't you just say "I worked 11 hours so I am entitled to it, and everyone else is getting a break".

    That would have cleared it up on the spot instead of doing nothing and assuming your boss is being evil to you! :)

    Just talk to him about it.


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