My Manager Wrote Me Up for Leaving at 5—Then His Own Evidence Cost the Company a Fortune

started piling extra work on my desk at 4:45 p.m., watching from his glass window to see if I’d finally crack and stay late. I didn’t. I simply prioritized the new tasks for the next morning, locked my computer at 5:00 p.m. sharp, and walked out the door while my coworkers stared at their screens in a trance of unpaid overtime.

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