Originally Posted by
joxville
The way things are for me at the moment, I have to say computers are a good thing. The following will explain why.In June last year, during changes within my company, there was a blanket ban imposed on overtime throughout the country, and we also got a manager from another depot overseeing us temporarily. After a couple of months I was called one Saturday night by him asking me why I wasn't at work, there was no-one on the weighbridge to despatch anything, I told him I'd no idea what he was talking about, that there was no work because overtime had been banned. Long story short, there was work but because I'd had a drink, and the other two guys were not answering their phones, he had to get someone from another depot to cover for us, but he was angry and said he'd get it sorted during the following week. And so he visited us during the next week, told us occasionally there will be work which will require us to work overtime. He told us that he would notify us by 2pm every Thursday if we were needed. If yes, one of us would need to cover it, and if he didn't notify us we could all claim a full shift payment for making ourselves available. Myself, and Paul and Perry who cover all three shifts between us, agreed to it. Those conditions carried on, and when we got a second temporary manager, we made him aware of the agreement, which he continued with. On 1st Jan 2013, we were taken over by another division, but that we'd still be doing work for the previous division. Again, I made my new permanent manager aware of our overtime conditions, and that we'd needed someone to notify us if we were required. He said to continue, and he'd deal with it. Yesterday, I got a call from Paul informing me that he and Perry had been called in to the office. The manager had said he'd tried to claim back our overtime payments from the other division, who claimed they knew nothing of the agreement made last year, then both temp. managers were contacted and both denied having knowledge of such an agreement. It was then that Paul, Perry, and indirectly myself, were accused of fraud, because every week we'd been marking our time cards for O/T payment due because no notified us. Three managers deny knowing of such an agreement, and my supervisor denies knowing of a conversation that took place a few weeks ago between myself and my present manager, a conversation the supervisor was party too, when I was telling him of the agreement made last year. I've clarified it with both my opposite numbers, that a definite accusation of fraud has been made, and that the company wants the money paid back. There is a meeting next week between the Area Manager for the previous division, my new manger, and myself and Perry. Paul can't make it due to him covering late shift. But Paul and Perry have been worried sick, that they are going to have to pay back a couple of thousand pounds, and that this will be on their work record. Today I was able to reassure them they had nothing to worry about. When the original agreement had been made verbally, the then manager set out those conditions and emailed it to each of us, an email which I had the foresight to keep hold of!What the mangers don't know is we are going in to the meeting next week with a printed copy of the email, and a demand that we get an apology for the accusations made against us. Someone's arse is going to get kicked, but it won't be ours :-)So sometimes computers can be good.