Manager: "We've updated the overtime approval policy." New Hire: "Okay, what changed?" Manager: "Any work done outside your scheduled hours needs pre-approval, or it won't be paid." New Hire: "So if I stay late, I need to ask first?" Manager: "Correct." New Hire: "Got it. Makes sense." A few days later, New Hire got an urgent Slack message at 6:45pm, after his 6pm shift end, asking him to fix a broken deployment.