Told not to clock in before meeting.

UPDATE:

First, thank (most) of you lol kidding, but you know the one. I took your advice and tried to get them to state something in writing. I texted my supervisor, his assistant or whatever he is (he’s the one who told me to not clock in), and HR. All of them received the same message, separately to give them the opportunity to mess up their scam:

“Good morning. This is [OP].

I just wanted to reach out to confirm that my suspension is over on Monday and I’m free to return to work at that time.

Also, I was instructed to not clock in before our meeting yesterday. I was in the building from 3:26pm to 4:18pm, and the topic of the meeting was entirely work related.

I will be compensated for that time, correct?

Thank you”

Assistant dismissively responded first, fairly quickly: “Please contact [supervisor] today regarding Monday. He should be in the building Monday but I don’t know what time. I’m sure we can compensate you for your time yesterday. Let me know if you need anything else.”

HR responded next, just under an hour later, completely ignoring the topic of suspension: “Good morning [OP], of course you time card has been updated.”

Lastly, my supervisor, nearly 2 hours later: “Good morning. Yes, I will make sure you get p aid for that time. My feeling is this is not going to work out. You are definitely jaded by all that have trained you & we are not meeting your expectations and i dont think we can continue like this. I think it is best that we part ways. HR will be in contact with you for Cobra & Unemployment info. I do wish you the best of luck in the future.”

In short, don’t try to create change in an already very comfortably racist and political setting. You will lose. At least they owned up and fired me, and I start my next job on Wednesday. Good riddance. It was only ever meant to be temporary and this job market sucks, as you’re all aware.

Thank you all again, and good luck!

Original Post:

Today, I walked into the building with coffee and lunch for the day in hand, and see my manager standing at the time clock. He tells me not to clock in and to come with him. We then had a meeting for at least an hour, going over the reason I left the night prior and all the things that have been piling up. I was told not to come back the rest of the week and let another manager know if I still want to work there on Monday.

All weird drama aside, I messed up by not clocking in, didn’t I? I’m entitled to compensation for being there and discussing my role, parts, equipment, etc. It was all business related.

As far as “do i still want to work there?” goes, I do not. I hate it there. I am just curious about pursuit of lost compensation. Is it even worth the trouble?