AskABoss: “When you’re working 50 to 60 hours a week, it’s really tone deaf for your employer to nickel and dime you about what time you’re getting in, as long as it’s not affecting your work or your coworkers”
I started at a new company about eight months ago. I was originally excited, as it was a bump in title and responsibilities that would put me more on track to my future career goals. My position has turned out to be different than what I was told it would be, which I’m not happy about, but I’ve talked to my boss and he’s agreed that this is short term and will change.
I’m at a loss for what to say or how to react. On one hand, I can see that maybe I should be arriving earlier, as those are supposed to be our hours. On the other hand, if I’m working until nine at night, then going home to eat and sleep before coming in all over again, what difference does an hour make in the morning? Should I just start leaving at 5 p.m., since that’s our corporate policy ? I need help deciding if this should be my hill to die on — or resign on.
For what it’s worth, your boss’s email reads a bit like either someone above him commented on your team not being in at 8 a.m. and now he’s feeling pressure to do something about it, or someone on your team is abusing the flexibility and your boss is a wimpy manager who resorts to all-team emails instead of speaking directly to the person who’s causing the problem.
So far, though, all of this is speculation because your boss hasn’t had an actual conversation with you. Since he hasn’t done that, you should initiate that conversation yourself. Or, yes, he might say that he does need you to come in earlier. If that happens, you’ll have to decide how you want to respond. One option is to say, “I’ve been very generous with the company with my hours, staying late and working long weeks even though the job I was brought on for was something else. I’m hoping there’s room for flexibility in exchange, but if there’s not, I will stick with eight to five like you asked.
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