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Verizon Can't Do Math
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At least that didn't affect your pay. I used to work at Sonic where the timeclock printed out your hours in hours.minutes format per day. This was to my detriment as the proprietor would just add up the hours per day on his calculator, making 59 minutes worth.59 hours.
So if I worked 3 hours and 59 minutes every day for five days (it was a part time minimum wage job) the proprietor would stiff me for nearly two hours of unpaid work.
3.59+
3.59+
3.59+
3.59=
17.95 (hours? I don't think so
3 hours and 59 minutes per day times 5 days = 19.92 hours
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At least that didn't affect your pay. I used to work at Sonic where the timeclock printed out your hours in hours.minutes format per day. This was to my detriment as the proprietor would just add up the hours per day on his calculator, making 59 minutes worth .59 hours.
So if I worked 3 hours and 59 minutes every day for five days (it was a part time minimum wage job) the proprietor would stiff me for nearly two hours of unpaid work.
3.59+
3.59+
3.59+
3.59=
17.95 (hours? I don't think so
3 hours and 59 minutes per day times 5 days = 19.92 hours