The thing is, you would 100% get in trouble if they "found out" you were working off the clock, since they didn't want to risk getting in trouble. They just made sure they didn't find out about it as much as possible when it did happen. There was all kinds of performative compliance at that store. They would always pressure us to make use of any way we could fudge metrics to make the store look better, but once corporate found out, the blame was all on the people who did it.
Now I'm just thinking back, there was all kinds of stuff I did in that job that got management mad at me lol. As a front end supervisor, I had a pretty good working relationship with the baggers where I wouldn't go out and micromanage them collecting shopping carts like I was supposed to (god forbid someone listen to music while they work alone). And in return I never had to worry about whether or not it got done on time, because they always kept on top of it without needing to be reminded constantly.
I wish I would have done that more often in retrospect lol. Unfortunately I was a mere lib at the time, and my inclination was just to do what I could without drawing too much attention to myself
The thing is, you would 100% get in trouble if they "found out" you were working off the clock, since they didn't want to risk getting in trouble. They just made sure they didn't find out about it as much as possible when it did happen. There was all kinds of performative compliance at that store. They would always pressure us to make use of any way we could fudge metrics to make the store look better, but once corporate found out, the blame was all on the people who did it.
Now I'm just thinking back, there was all kinds of stuff I did in that job that got management mad at me lol. As a front end supervisor, I had a pretty good working relationship with the baggers where I wouldn't go out and micromanage them collecting shopping carts like I was supposed to (god forbid someone listen to music while they work alone). And in return I never had to worry about whether or not it got done on time, because they always kept on top of it without needing to be reminded constantly.
The passive-aggressive shithead in me loves to act clueless in situations like that to try to force people to say the thing out loud.
I wish I would have done that more often in retrospect lol. Unfortunately I was a mere lib at the time, and my inclination was just to do what I could without drawing too much attention to myself
Not a bad strategy for staying employed, tbf.
Also true lol.