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    Boss calls out employee for clocking out at 4:56 PM when they clocked in at 8:53: 'It's just a regular desk job'

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    JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
    Jun 3, 2026 1:15 PM EDT

    Should your clocking-in and clocking-out times be watched with scrutiny?

    Your workplace probably has expectations for you, and that's okay. They pay your bills, after all. So you probably have to do what they say, even if you don't like it. But that doesn't mean that you have to be disrespected in the process. No job is worth that. But that's what this boss was doing in a story shared to the antiwork subreddit, about a boss who was watching his employees way too closely. We all deserve a little bit of grace when it comes to work. We do the best we can, but we're not always going to be perfect. That's the point. We're humans, so we're going to have some amount of human error in everything we do. The best managers know how to celebrate this, not punish it. We don't deserve to be called out for the ways that we're human beings. We should get to languish in them and celebrate them. This includes clocking in a little past our start time and clocking out a little before. As long as you're getting your work done, it's pointless to be pedantic about this type of stuff. It only breeds an environment of distrust. How can you clock into work knowing that you're being watched like a hawk? That doesn't breed a good sense of community. That breeds suspicion, and I can't think of anyone who wants to work in a workplace full of suspicion. 

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