Finally tanked at work

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I have been sitting on my high horse for too long. Feeling like management understood - no - loved - my quirks - and felt I could do no wrong. Oh, hell. I felt nigh invulnerable.

But there's nothing built on such a strong foundation that one of my hissy fits - to put it in autistic buzzword terms - one of my perserverative meltdowns - can't ruin. When something bugs me, I just can't let it go. It is it, or it is me. I laugh because I really thought at 35 I had learned to control myself to the point of not getting....well...
I thought I had learned to sidestep situations in which I felt out of control and couldn't think straight or remove the topic from my mind.

This is what set me off:
We are paid hourly, and they changed the pay cycle to biweekly from semi-monthly, and no one in upper management knows how to do payroll properly, so they fudged employees' hours to fit the new payroll "framework"- and then told us that if we worked overtime we will not be paid for the overtime we worked because we were never really allowed overtime in the first place (they finally conceded to pay us "estimated' overtime allowances later) - and also there's the nagging fact that the records of actual time worked have been overwritten by our supervisors -

well - it's not easy for me to "get over" things in general, this was no exception.

In short, I was told today that I have a "hostile" attitude. And my immediate supervisor is apparently so upset she won't even look at me.

My question is, if this describes prettymuch exactly what happened, then why is everyone so upset with me? All I actually did was air a grievance. I brought something that upset me to the attention of management, explained exactly why it upset me, and when their explanation was not satisfactory, I failed to concede. I did not once raise my voice or my hand, so I don't understand how that could be considered "hostile". What on earth did I do wrong?

Anyway, I expect that they'll probably start watching my work very, very closely tomorrow, for "mistakes".

*sigh*

Question is do they know of your condition? NT's will never understand this. I was apparently late by 2 hours for work recently, but I was not told. I always find random shift changes that annoy me. I get so frustrated I rip it from the wall, I know I shouldn't but I do in uncontrollable rage and I throw it down on to a table.

When I see the manager, I mention to him "There is no clarity in this, I look at it and I understand nothing with quick glance. Who designed/wrote this?"

In your case, I would take notes of the hours you work and see if they match. Add up how much it should be per day so you are not doing excess maths. Having randomly changed payroll would confuse me

My condition is unofficial. But if they search internet records, they probably see that I visit WP about 12,000 times a day. Thisis the sort of thing that they do to other employees (search internet history) but never me! I've been like their mascot!

The thing is, they admit that they fudged it, and for the most part, don't have a record of the actual hours anymore. That is crazy! It is like erasing history! And without employee consent? WTF?

It was very confusing. I realized as soon as I saw the time sheet thingy that it would lead to conflict-ridden and awkward conversations. I amlost cried out of frustration trying to explain why I thought this was wrong. And it IS wrong, because it's not true.

I can understand how you feel. But one thing you have to realise is that type of situation arises a lot when people are paid an hourly rate.
This type of thing has happened to friends of mine. The thing to do is to remember to keep calm, try to negotiate gently, see if you can find someone who has the expertise to deal with management.
It's not true, it's not fair but it's not worth geting fired over. Management rarely equals truth and fairness.

It sounds like they're ripping off employees and you are speaking up about it. so you're not going to be popular.

See? That's my point, summarized ^^

With the addition of certain personality traits of mine, INCLUDING my inability to just STFU, I better start packing my desk now.

*Patternist looks for sympathy, insight, and job offers *

Um...your method of protesting may be aspie, but your complaint is valid. You might want to check with the labor board. Unless laws in Florida are really different, what they're doing is illegal. In any event, if they fire you over such a thing, you can get unemployment. Do keep accurate records of your hours. If you have some way to print out something from work with a time stamp on it that might be helpful. And yeah, CYA at all times for now. You might also want to brush up your resume and check out other possibilities because if they're suddenly screwing employees to this degree when they haven't before they may be in financial difficulties.

By the way, in my not so humble opinion, the only way that management gets away with illegal, unethical practices is if people act like sheep and STFU.