Just got made fun of for regularly leaving at my scheduled time by my boss I work as a sales associate for a certain distribution center of Chinese garbage. One of my coworkers was staying a little bit past the time they were going to take their lunch, and I stated that she stayed late after her shift yesterday. I jokingly mentioned afterwards she needs to get out of here and take it right away, and my boss said "I wish our other Associates had that attitude. Instead of you, navis_monofonia, where you ask for your position to be covered since you're leaving in 5 minutes". I often work alone at the front of the store where I can't leave, and there have been multiple times where I've had to stay late. I have no problem working longer hours, but I leave when I'm scheduled to leave. I started writing this during my shift and ended up staying past my schedule time without getting my break as well because I didn't remind my bosses of either. I don't get why it's so hard to understand that people don't want to work past the time their scheduled, especially if they have plans. Would it be okay if I was 15 minutes late? Noooope. I get written up if I don't call more than two (or maybe one I'm high) hours before my shift starts. Why is it okay for my employer to give me no notice of me staying late? Answer: it's not. Fuck all these people that expect you to be a model employee that bends over backwards to suck everyone and their father off but won't move an INCH to help an employee. And fuck middle management for taking the sides of these companies. They don't give a single shit about you. In the future, I'm going to make sure I get my breaks and time off when required by law, and nothing short of it. If I get called out on it, I'm saying something. Why would I want to spend an extra second dealing with a bunch of asshole customers that berate me like an animal for pay that doesn't even support my cost of living?