Imagine working at the same company for a long time. You’d notice if a new supervisor came in and suddenly your paycheck was smaller than it was before, right?

Obviously!

In this story, one supervisor came up with a scheme to pay the employees for fewer hours than they actually worked. He must not have thought they noticed, but they noticed right away.

Keep reading to see how they got revenge.

Don’t want to pay me my full shift for 7 months? I’ll get you fired…

This supervisor came into the department and was one of those who wanted to make a bunch of unnecessary changes and implement a host of tedious rules.

He would write people up for being a minute late, for performing the job in a way he didn’t like, for breathing the wrong direction, etc.

You get the idea.

The employees were used to dealing with annoying supervisors.

Anyways, the department he came into was staffed by very senior members who had been there so long (our company has a union that they are all a part of) they were making more than him per hour.

They have been through their share of crappy supervisors, just part of the job at the company we’re at.

Most of the supervisors are crappy, because most of them are fairly young and this is their first big boy job, even if it is blue collar.

They just kept their heads down and did the work since none of them can afford to leave.

But the supervisor did something they couldn’t ignore.

Since these guys have been there so long, they immediately noticed when their pay stubs were smaller than before.

The supervisor was paying them for an hour less than what they actually worked, every single day they worked.

A lot of these guys are making 20/hour or more, so that’s five hours a week, ending up at about 400$ a month less that they were being paid.

Of course they were going to notice.

They had a plan.

I seriously have no idea how this supervisor thought he could get away with it.

These guys having worked together for so long immediately came up with a plan.

They decided to keep quiet. Let him continue shorting them until the moment was right, as they knew the company would be forced to pay them the missing time (some of it was overtime too) as well as a settlement to keep it out of court if they played their cards right.

So they waited. They kept putting up with his bad rules and attitude and said nothing.

They also knew why the supervisor was paying them less.

They knew the supervisor was trying to get promoted, which was why he had been moved to their department in the first place.

By underpaying then he made himself look more productive with fewer hours needed, of course this made him look like a better candidate.

He kept up the annoying rules and bad attitude the whole time, which only made the revenge even sweeter.

They knew when the timing was right.

Everyone in the company knew he wanted the promotion that was coming up. He wouldn’t shut up about it. In the break room, the office, everywhere.

He told anyone who looked remotely alive and how he “just knew he was going to get it.”

Seven months went by and the supervisor got promoted, just like he said.

That’s the moment they chose to come forward, and it couldn’t have played more perfectly in their favor.

Here’s some context about how the supervisor got away with paying them less.

Our company uses a time clock system and each employee has a badge they use to clock in. The supervisor finalizes the time cards in the computer, and absolutely everything is tracked.

Essentially this supervisor was deleting their punch in, and starting them up an hour later, every day, for seven months.

Now with our system, you can’t just delete punches. You have to add comments because, like I said, everything is tracked.

So this sup would put stupid notes like “1234” or some other gibberish to get it through.

The proof was right there.

Every department supervisor also has to keep track of a physical binder that records what the start up time for that night was supposed to be, so that if there is any issue they can reference the book.

So when these guys came forward, it took less than ten minutes of digging to pull up everything and see just how badly he had messed up.

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There was screaming, crying, and a lot apologies from the supervisor but the damage was done.

The supervisor was immediately fired and now all the guys he messed over are getting back pay, plus overtime and a settlement (they didn’t disclose how much but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was several thousand).

The supervisor was really stupid. First of all, he should’ve known the employees would notice. Second, he should’ve known it was easy to prove what he did. I’m glad he got fired.

Let’s see how Reddit responded.

This person thinks the timing was perfect.

It is pretty crazy.

The supervisor really was awful.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about an employee who found a way around his company’s denial of company time to study for his Commercial Driver’s License.

Another person references a Harry Potter character.

Don’t mess with your employees’ pay! Don’t think they won’t notice! The supervisor was stupid to think he could get away with that. He definitely deserved to get fired.

I love stories where the employees work together to get revenge on someone who very much deserves revenge. By waiting, they got to enjoy an even bigger payday.

That worked out well for everyone but the supervisor!