there is no hr department, standard company procedure is usually the company asking for OT but never compensating its employees for it or so they say. I think the employer just made a blanket statement saying "wages and comp time are not to be discussed etc. etc." and the "I'm amazing and valuable" was tried several times…
I think he shouldn't mention other employees getting it at all. If it is an applicable company rule he should ask it on that basis. It sounds to me that person didn't discuss the OT and CO issue, he tried to compel his boss into giving him CO based on what other people got or maybe something else. How come If this was a…