<prompt> Human: I hope this is the appropriate place to ask thisI recently got a job at a non-profit and during the interview process it was made clear that they dont do overtime. The interviewer was a supervisor and said that she personally gave her staff their time back, so if they worked late one day she allowed them to come in late the next day or leave early on Fridays, but said every supervisor does things differently.Once I started working, I was under a different supervisor and she was out on vacation for the whole first week I was there. My coworkers told me a similar thing, that we didnt get overtime so I shouldnt go crazy staying at the office until 8pm working. After one night where I did work until 8pm my coworker said I could go in late the next morning or leave early Friday, I just needed to let our supervisor know.When I asked my supervisor she gave me a very generic answer saying I could either get overtime or arrange my schedule to make up for those hours, but that overtime needed to be approved so I needed to talk to her about it.Come that Friday, I ask again because she didnt give me the clear cut answer I wanted. We went over my hours and it was clear Id have 3 hours of overtime if I left at 5pm that day. She said it was up to me, that shed approve the overtime hours or I could leave at 2pm. I left at 2pm.Now this pay period, Ive already worked 1 hour late on day this week and Ill probably be working 2 hours late today. Yesterday I texted my supervisor asking if I could go in to work at 10am today since I worked late earlier in the week but I received no response. Nonetheless Im going in at 10, which may be a huge mistake, but idk how to keep having these conversations.The other girls come and go as they please and its rare theyre at work by 9am most days. I know Im knew but I feel awkward every time I ask of I can leave early or come in late and feel like Im almost penny pinching with my time. But it makes it very difficult to fill out time sheets and be truthful because from what Ive heard from others they really dont like to give out overtime pay and most employees rarely if ever get it.One one hand I dont want to keep working late and not be paid for it, but I dont know how to approach these conversations with my supervisor. Should I be asking for permission or simply notifying her of my schedule?How can I handle this? My last job made us feel super guilty for not working late even though we didnt get paid overtime at all, so this is super new to meAssistant: This is very confusing. Are you unable to approach your supervisor directly and get a concrete answer? If you cant get a straight answer, work the schedule you want and wait for the supervisor to advise you if its unacceptable. Human: Basically this. She said she doesnt mind if we come in late as long as we dont have an appointment or something to attend to at that time. Then says overtime has to be approved so we have to have a conversation about it. Then says its up to me, shell approve the overtime or I can adjust my schedule.  <response>: This means If there is some reason, from the companies point of view, that you NEED to be here more than 40 hours in a week, I can put in the paperwork to get you overtime. Otherwise, just work 40 hours in a week, doesnt matter if its 7 one day, 9 the next day, just get in your 40. 