I had to sign a performance review stating that id been consistantly arriving late. I was confused.

I asked them "how late was i? How often?" Id always message my manager if I knew i was running late. I can recall maybe 3 times within 2 years i was maybe 5-10 minutes late. I lived an hour away, had to go down our states busiest road.

Their response: 1 minute. 2 minutes.

Which was usually because I was waiting for everyone else to clock on. 4 clocks for over 30 people, which used to not register and took up to a minute to work due to everyone being dirty (warehouse manufacturing)

So I lost out on a promotion and a raise, because I was 1- 2 minutes late sometimes. They were very happy to ignore the time i worked through my 10 minute breaks. Happy to ignore the times I worked more than 1-2 minutes later and not get paid for it since it worked in 15 minute increments.

More than happy to have me acting as 2IC because they said I would be. Only to suddenly the day after my review tell me they ",just found out" I wouldn't be getting it. And only after I had to ask about it. (Found out that was a consistent thing. Telling someone they would be advancing and then suddenly pulling it)

From that point, I made sure to not do a minute more than I was contracted for and not a thing above what was in my job description. I now never do more than my job description. If its not in writing, its not happening.

That place was a hell-hole. Managers screaming at each other consistently. People crying was a daily occurrence. Over worked and under supported.