You Know that Gut Feeling You Get Sometimes?

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jennifer_dozer

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Well, I've got it.

Some of you know I'm now working part-time to help with school/living expenses for 3D and I. My first day of work, I was asked to fill out an availability form. I did. I listed my availability as follows:

Monday
3pm - close

Tuesday
any availability

Wednesday
no availability

Thursday
any availability

Friday
any availability

Saturday
open - 6pm

Sunday
no availability

This is on a bright fucking yellow sheet for the manager to take out when she does the schedule each week. I've been sick this past week, so I haven't been able to be there. I call in to check if she's scheduled me, just in case I can come in. She has, but she's scheduled me on Wednesday from open to 2pm, which is when I have class, and Saturday from 5 to close, which is when I have the show to do. I specifically listed that as unavailable, and she told me that was okay, because she only needed day help.

This is twice she's done that to me, and I kind of have a bad feeling about it. Bad enough to where I want to look for something else, but I don't want to compromise my job security, considering I just started.

Any advice?
 
Either she's so unorganized she reads each schedule wrong, or she's doing it on purpose and you're gonna have to talk to her and explain in person better, I guess. Good luck.
 
She isn't looking at the schedule you provided for her and it is apparent she doesn't care either.

Did you ask if you could have a different time slot?
 
No, CL, I put down unavailable on Sunday. Not Saturday. I asked to specifically work mornings on Saturdays (during lunch rush and special hours) and she agreed.

Lioness, she asked me for this schedule. I'm only supposed to work on the days specified, during the hours specified. That is what she said she needed.

What really pissed me off was when she scheduled me for the Wednesdsay shift even though I can't work it because I have classes during those hours. The same hours she scheduled me. I don't get it. What is so hard about looking at an availability sheet.
 
It isn't hard but I will bet she didn't even look at it. I had a manager that would do stuff like that to me. I couldn't work weekends because I didn't have anyone that could babysit for me. Everyone worked and I would let her know on the rare occasion when I could.

She did okay the first two weeks I worked there but after that, I was having to constantly tell her that I couldn't work that day or something. She finally told me that my schedule wasn't a set time or set days. I ended up looking for another job and getting a better one actually.

Sometimes turn over is so great they don't really give a flying eff and that's what it boiled down to for me. It didn't matter that I worked there for a year and was never late and worked overtime when asked. It was that I wasn't 100% flexible that was the problem.

I hope it works out for you, Danni.
 
I haven't even been two weeks in. I'm guessing she's not even looking at it, nor does she really care. She claims she doesn't want to "lose me" or whatever the crap... 3D had to call in for me yesterday because I'm still running a fever and I couldn't function to talk on the phone at that point, so I asked him to do it.

Seriously though. I would think that when you have a new employee, you would look at the schedule that was provided to you. When I say I'm not available at a certain time or not available at all, that means I'm not available!
 
Sorry, I read that wrong. BUT, I don't think I would worry about working Saturday until close just because you have the radio to do.

Which one pays the bills?
 
It's a part-time job and she's overstaffed on Saturday nights, mostly. When she said she needed day help, I put my schedule down for day help. That gives me time to do my homework that may be due monday, then the show, and prepare to help with youth groups.
 
Regardless of your reasons, it doesn't sound like she needs you on Saturday nights so why she's scheduling you anyway, would raise a flag to me... I hate to say it but I think she's testing you or some BS. Don't give in, if she fires you because she doesn't schedule you according to the hours you agreed upon at time of hire, that is her problem.

I tend to lean toward the fact though that she is highly unorganized and just not looking at the schedules closely enough and perhaps she's even mixing people up in her mind and sloppily making the schedule. I dunno. I'd definitely talk to her about it.

I don't think there's a problem unless she fights your resistance to the schedule though. You know, if you tell her no, and she says "tough" THEN you've got the problem.
 
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