I Refuse to Work Three Unpaid Weekends to Prove Loyalty — HR Got Involved

When I was working at a plastics factory in the Midwest 25 years ago. I worked in the office, on the floor, and in shipping. When it became obvious that they were not going to hire anyone else to help me, I said that I needed a raise to compensate for my needing to run (actually running) back and forth, between 3 buildings in a 5 acre site. They knew that NONE of them wanted to do all that I was doing. They said "we will think about it". SO I let them "think". I stayed at home until they THOUGHT themselves into exhaustion. I go my raise.

You shouldn't feed dysfunctional narcissistic bosses. This is wage to theft. You've guaranteed you will never get promoted or get a raise, you are too "valuable" doing the grunt work.

Can't believe you don't think this happens all the time.....very common.

Try teaching in a public school. Not enough time in the day to get everything done because you are teaching all day. Creating lesson plans and grading student work is often done at home and we only get paid for 7.5 hours per day. Our work from home is NOT paid but we are expected to work without pay to be prepared for the next day of teaching.

Check reality you dumbass. 🤪

That does happen. It happened to me along with others.

Been there, done that.

RU Serious?

You're an idiot. He didn't build a case against anyone other than his boss, are you so uneducated that you simply can't read correctly?

I don't agree with how the other's have treated you...but they're right. If you're so worried about what colleagues will think of you that it affects your decisions about your career...That will be perceived by your colleagues too..And You're setting yourself up to be walked on by every business associate that can get away with it

Are you suggesting OP should have done as his boss told him, giving up his weekend to work without pay? OP wasn't "building a case" against his colleagues. He was building a case against his BOSS, who had asked him to do this before (asking staffs to work "off the clock", whilst knowing they won't be paid for those hours, is wage theft, and by being quiet, OP would have been enabling his boss to continue to do so, possibly even doing it to other workers. OP was correct to do as he did, because he was protecting his colleagues against the boss and his bullying, thieving ways.
I actually hope that HR called the police as soon as they received OP's email.

How do those boots taste?

Real professionals set boundaries in real-time. A professional says, "I can't do this off the clock," and stays for the fallout. A child says nothing, takes the files home, and then throws a tantrum on the company-wide server 48 hours later.

He's made the office a miserable place to work. Every Friday now, everyone will be looking over their shoulders, wondering who’s recording who. You didn't fix the culture; you poisoned it with a lack of trust.

His boss was "scrambling" because him blindsided him, not because he were right. He used the "all-staff" list as a weapon to bypass the chain of command, which is a massive red flag for any recruiter looking at your resume in the future.

I very much agree!!!

True!!!

i disagree, one should always be emphatic and be kind!! Compassion is the answer

You think you sparked a "conversation about respect"? All you did was ensure that no supervisor will ever speak to you without a witness present. You’ve made yourself "un-manageable." When the next big project or promotion comes up, they won't pick the guy who screenshots private chats to use as weapons.