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Every 6-ish weeks at my 9-5 job where I am paid hourly because I’m an entry level worker, I have to work on a Saturday morning at 9am to test out an update to our system. This would be fine if I was paid. I have to be ready at my computer at 9, and then wait to get the go ahead from our Systems team. I wait around from like 9-11 sometimes because the system isn’t ready or something. However I am not paid for the whole time I am waiting after 9, I’m only paid/can clock in for when the IT team is ready for me to test the system – which could be 9:30, 10, even 11. So sometimes I wait around at my computer for 2 hours and only get paid for half an hour. Is this wrong, and how can I bring this up to…


Every 6-ish weeks at my 9-5 job where I am paid hourly because I’m an entry level worker, I have to work on a Saturday morning at 9am to test out an update to our system. This would be fine if I was paid. I have to be ready at my computer at 9, and then wait to get the go ahead from our Systems team. I wait around from like 9-11 sometimes because the system isn’t ready or something. However I am not paid for the whole time I am waiting after 9, I’m only paid/can clock in for when the IT team is ready for me to test the system – which could be 9:30, 10, even 11. So sometimes I wait around at my computer for 2 hours and only get paid for half an hour. Is this wrong, and how can I bring this up to my manager or someone?

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