Office work can be a pain unless you stick to what you’re told!

What would you do if you had more work than you could complete during your work week? Would you work overtime, or would you leave the work unfinished?

This woman worked overtime at first, but when her bosses got upset, she formed a plan.

Check out the full story.

I Can Only Work 29 Hours A Week But Have Full-Time Responsibilities? Ok Boss!

I (23F) started a new job last summer as a part-time fellow with the possibility of going full-time.

I was hired to replace someone who was full-time, so my responsibilities were much greater than the time that I was allotted to work, which was 29 hours a week.

This is where it gets bad!

Basically, my bosses kept piling work on me and since this was my first job out of college, I finished it but was basically working full-time for about a week and a half.

I had flagged the issue with them and they told me to reflect the time on my timesheet.

UH OH!

Fast forward to pay-day, my bosses are livid that I worked too much, saying that I had to stay at exactly 29 hours to be a part-time employee.

Cue the malicious compliance.

I started vehemently tracking my hours. I would plan my weeks in advance so I knew the maximum amount of hours I could work each day to stay at 29 hours.

She knew what she had to do!

I basically worked from 9:30 to 3:30, but obviously there were days that I had to work longer.

When my bosses would give me tasks on Thursday and Fridays, I would say to them, well I have to leave at 2 pm today so I’m under 29 hours this week and go home and relax.

That’s INSANE!

This obviously made my bosses frustrated since they needed to offload work, but I was just following exactly what they had told me to do.

After about 3 weeks of this, and multiple tasks not being able to get done because of my strict 29 hour work week, they finally offered me a full-time job.

That was clever!

The bosses had to learn that they really needed a full-time employee.

Let’s find out what folks on Reddit think about this one.

This user loves a story with a happy ending!

That’s right! This user wishes she got saved from these people.

This user wishes more people would follow this rule.

That’s right! This user knows how these situations are supposed to be dealt with.

Exactly! This user is glad she stayed true to her schedule.

She did the right thing!

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