Her Boss Wanted Her to Falsify Time Records Illegally — Saying No Made Her a Target
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Refusing to break the law at work should be a straightforward decision, but apparently not everyone sees it that way.
A junior employee declined her toxic boss’ request to clock her in remotely while she was running late, recognizing both the legal risk and the unfairness of the ask itself.
What started as one firm “no” turned into an ongoing pattern of petty behavior with even basic prep decisions becoming a battlefield.
This story is the prime example of how standing your ground can reshape an entire work dynamic.
Keep reading for the full story.
My manager asked me to clock her in while she was at home… now she’s mad at me.😭😭
My manager has been getting increasingly passive aggressive and petty with me ever since I refused to clock her in when she wasn’t there.
This boss is pretty brazen with her scheming.
She called me saying she was running late about 30 minutes before the time she was supposed to be there and asked me to clock her in.
This employee isn’t about to put her job on the line for a toxic boss.
I said no for VERY OBVIOUS REASONS, one being that it’s literally illegal to do so, and two being that I’m not risking my job for someone else, especially knowing that I’d never ask anyone to do something like that for me.
Her boss was quick to punish her for refusing.
And ever since then her attitude has been insane towards me.
What really does it is that one day I came in a bit earlier than usual and she started ordering me to do stuff, so I tried to clock in and she told me no.
So I gave her a puzzled look because this is the same person that has asked me to clock her in while she’s nowhere close to the building, but when I’m actually there I can’t clock in?
The boss is also sensitive to any kind of pushback.
She also gets extremely irritated when I double check packed orders before going out. She’ll be like “THE ORDER IS RIGHT” in the most aggressive tone. I guess making sure the orders are correct is annoying now.
This drama is starting to affect her performance.
Anytime she’s upset about how the night shift employees closed, she’ll tell me not to prep anything, which just makes crap difficult later during rush hour when we get our behinds kicked.
It’s just constant little crap like this and I’m so tired of it. I come to work on time, do my job, and now I’m being punished for not participating in something sketchy.
This is wrong on so many levels.
What did Reddit have to say?
It’s time to start building up a robust case against this boss.
Maybe it’s time to run as far away from this job as possible.
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Decisions like this can have major implications.
If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about an employer who has an unexpectedly hard time retrieving a company vehicle from a fired employee.
The law doesn’t look kindly upon people like this, even when decisions were made in duress.
This boss clearly wanted the benefits of loyalty without ever actually earning it.
Asking an employee to commit fraud on her behalf, then punishing her for saying no is textbook retaliation.
Standing up for what’s right shouldn’t come with consequences like this.
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