Coworker’s… working too much?
i work on a small program as a government contractor, paid hourly. my five person team recently got a new member, hannah. she has a two hour one way commute (hell), and we are now fully in office. we share an office with out other coworker stella.
stella and i are fresh out of college, and this is our first post-grad job, it’s an entry level position. hannah has ten years of professional experience and took a pay cut and title change to leave her previous work environment (which she has complained overloaded her with work, and made her work nights and weekends unpaid) so when hannah was asking other coworkers for more responsibilities one week in (before fully grasping the scope of the role she was hired for) i figured it was just because she’s more seasoned.
two weeks ago, she had car troubles and couldn’t make it to work. she messaged our chat with more senior team members and explained that she would work from home without pay because she is committed to the role, and she has informed our supervisors. the senior members said she does not need to do that, and she should take the day off. my supervisor walks in the room five minutes later, tells us not to assign hannah any work, and that working without pay is illegal. he spent the next half hour trying to contact her, and eventually she was offline.
last friday, coworkers came to us with a new task so i asked her what her bandwidth looked like. she then said to me and stella “off the record, but i worked until 11pm last night to finish a task for our coworker”. she said she wasn’t going to log it, and stella and i emphasized she should ask our supervisor if she could get overtime for it, or flex her hours (our supervisor is always very understanding when we need to stay late, we just need to let him know). hannah also said she sent us a message at 11pm but deleted it because she realized we would see the time stamp.
my supervisors really emphasize accurate billing under our contract, we have many trainings on it, and she’s been told before that that type of work is straight up illegal. stella and i decided we won’t tell our supervisor unless it becomes a pattern, especially because we share an office it’d be awkward to rock the boat too much. i just worry it could lead to more resentment than she already has for our work, especially considering her past employer. has anyone had a similar experience with a coworker?