HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Patricc Fortiori said his first day on the job as a supervisor at the City of Houston's Solid Waste Department didn't go how he thought it would.

And, he said, things never changed for the two years he worked there.

"I reported to work at 6 a.m. and did not get off until 9 p.m.," Fortiori said.

When he was hired, Fortiori said it was his understanding that his job as a supervisor consisted of preparing routes for recycling pick-up drivers, vetting 311 calls and assigning them to others to be completed and doing payroll and hiring.

But, he said, due to short staffing, that's not what happened.

Fortiori filed a federal lawsuit against the city in April, claiming he was not compensated for all of the overtime he worked.

He was a salaried employee, supposed to w

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