Late so much they forgot my real time

My previous boss stepped down about two months ago. The clinical director stepped in to take over in the interim until a new supervisor for our team was hired.

He's an insufferable prick, typical sociopath-like manager type, intimidating to talk to and has no clue about how our job works, and he's hardly around to learn about it. However, with that said, the good thing that comes from his cluelessness and absence, is that he is so out of touch with the job requirements that he has NO clue what my actual start time is supposed to be. I was hired to begin my shift at 8am, but that got lost in translation of my boss leaving, and a high HR turnover, including the HR Director resigning and having not yet been replaced,. So now, the clinical director has been out of the loop of when I am actually supposed to be here, additionally, I work alone in this specific office and he's rarely around. Anyway, he finally hired someone as my direct supervisor. She is okay, I like her enough, not great, but not awful. The best part being however, is that I am SO late every single day, and no one really has been in charge for months, that my new boss, and our clinical director both think my start time is 9am, and that I am showing up early when I clock in at 830 every day. When in reality, I am thirty minutes late. Every. Single. Day. but the director, my boss, and HR, all believe 9am is my official start time. So, since I have been clocking in at 830 consistently, they both now have been praising me for "arriving thirty minutes before your shift every day!" , when I am actually thirty minutes late, or more.

As if I am going to correct them and tell them that I have been so late, that the company thinks my lateness is me being on time? In fact, payroll has been giving me approved overtime for clocking in at 830, believing that 9am is my regular time as well!

Transitioning managers for sure sucks ass, because it it disrupts the workflow, and requires getting used to new management styles out of people you know nothing about and who bring a whole new energy and vibe to the workplace, but in this case, there is a blazing silver lining benefiting me in a marvelous way.

And no, I am not worried about them figuring it out, because HR confirmed my start time to my boss, since the new people there are just as clueless.

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Time Clock Work February 09, 2026 at 1:50 pm 0 1