Hi guys,
I'm currently in a bit of an awkward situation with a manager at my workplace. I currently do shift work, and my shifts rotate weekly. Last week I was on night shifts, this week I'm on the day shift (7am - 3pm). Our workplace operates on a TOIL system, ie if you work overtime, you can take the same amount of time off at a different date.
I have some TOIL built up since I overstayed on night shifts, and was feeling particularly unwell so I decided to leave 30 minutes early. A manager (Let's call him Tom) I work with constantly comments on the times I leave. Tom isn't MY manager (he works in a different part of our department), however he is considered senior to me in the heirarchy. As I was leaving, Tom walked out of his office, asked me if I'm heading home, and made a show of dramatically checking his watch and saying "it's a bit early isn't it? I thought you were supposed to be in until 3." I told him I came in early today and also had TOIL, so I was just gonna head out a bit early. He responded with "Oh well I don't believe you" and went back into his office.
I think his comments are meant to come across as a bit of a joke or teasing since I'm new to the job, but I'm not comfortable with them and they make me feel a bit anxious. I have spoken to my supervisor (let's call her Anne) about what I'm doing, and she said it's perfectly fine as long as the total hours I work per week add up to 40. Anne also happens to be Tom's supervisor, and she is the person who is in charge of everyone's scheduling and clock-ins for our department.
I am fully aware and have been reassured by Anne that what I am doing is perfectly acceptable, but Tom's comments make me feel anxious and guilty. Although I'm fully aware that this isn't the case, him commenting on the times I leave in front of everyone in the office makes me feel like a slacker and a bad employee. Tom has no way of knowing how much excess time I have built up, or what time I clocked in at (he works 8-4 every week so he never sees me clocking in), and so his accusations of me leaving too early are baseless. How can I approach this situation in order to get him to stop making such comments in front of everyone? I want to approach this in a professional and non-confrontational manner, and definitely do not want to pick a fight or sour relations, but I'm unsure how I can voice my dislike for his comments without coming across as aggressive.
TL;DR: a manager at work constantly comments and implies I'm slacking off whenever I leave earlier than my shift end, despite the fact that I am entitled to do so due to me clocking in earlier than shift start and having excess time due to overtime. I don't know how to approach the situation and get him to stop, as his comments make me very uncomfortable and make me feel lazy and like a bad employee.
Submitted February 15, 2021 at 07:40AM by Haunting_Apple_9800 https://ift.tt/37hyS9f
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