View Full Version : WorldSuck Level is Red (Sucks Like Malaria)*
Wyl Staedtler
Aug 1st, 2007, 04:16:23 PM
So I think I might lose my job. Because I asked for Tuesdays off and early days on Thursday. Apparently management requires the souls of all employees, which they failed to make clear when they hired me a year ago.
This is scary because a) I have a kid, b) I have a mortgage, c) I have a car payment, and d) I have a kid.
Is this really a big deal? Really? I mean, it's not like I'm asking for a pay raise and a fancy benefits package or anything. And I cancelled my Jamaica trip that was supposed to happen starting Monday because it was really throwing everyone for a loop (... and also because somehow my passport managed to expire without my noticing it. ^_^;) Is one and a 1/3 of a day to spend with my son like the Holy Grail of requests?
My instinct is to panic, but I just have to try and stay calm right? It's just a job, om om om, it's just a job, it's just a job.
AUGH. :(
*for more information on the official WorldSuck-o-meter, visit Brotherhood2-dot-com. It is made of awesome. In my pants.
Figrin D'an
Aug 1st, 2007, 04:31:16 PM
Depending upon the job, as long as you are putting in your hours and/or accomplishing what you during your work hours and showing that you are reliable, a reasonable employer will consider things like a flexible work schedule. Whether or not you believe your boss/employer to be reasonable is something only you can answer.
If you are that worried about it or aren't happy with what you think the result will be, put your resume together and start looking around for new options. It never hurts to see what other opportunities are out there. Using myself as an example, I happen to be quite happy with my current employment, but that doesn't mean that I don't check out other possibilities from time to time. Having a Plan B never hurts.
Kal Olorin
Aug 1st, 2007, 04:38:56 PM
Are you working weekends too?
Jaime Tomahawk
Aug 1st, 2007, 05:29:25 PM
The answer is yes, it is true that most companies require your soul. If your working weekends as well, I dont see in reality what the issue is - and correct me if I'm wrong but I would iimagine a busy time for a vet would be weekends?
Wont a good compromise be to allow your son to be with you for a day a week in your workplace?
Hop on line sometime, we can swap "I am soooo fuming mad at the world" stories
Wyl Staedtler
Aug 1st, 2007, 05:40:57 PM
I generally work Mon-Sat and come in either Sunday morning or evening (depending on the other girls' schedules) to do kennels and medicate boarding animals. Right now I average about 46 hours a week, which isn't possible anymore with a new baby. :(
I've started looking around, faxed my resume to a few other clinics that are always looking for new hires. I was offered a position with the Hawaii branch of the VMA, but only after I graduate which won't be for another year.
I'm scheduled through August, on my normal schedule, so we'll see what happens. There's a meeting with the manager tomorrow morning, who's apparently concerned with my taking the time off because her husband is leaving for military training and her parents are moving so there's no one to look after her daughter.
Uuungh, so much drama in the l-b-c. >_<
Jaime Tomahawk
Aug 1st, 2007, 07:10:04 PM
You could make a television miniseries off it and become rich maybe?
Drama!
Action!
Kinda like the old Muppets Vetenary Hospital - the story of a quack who's gone to the dogs....
Dasquian Belargic
Aug 1st, 2007, 07:18:25 PM
I don't really have any advice to offer, but I would just like to say thank you for mentioning Brotherhood2. That has just kept me entertained for a good hour or so! Who knew YouTube could be so addictive.
Lilaena De'Ville
Aug 1st, 2007, 08:55:14 PM
Well, I can understand the boss being concerned about everything, even though you have a new baby and are already working 46 or so hours a week. With her husband going away she's going to be in pretty much the same boat as you, except running the place and with an older kid.
That isn't to say that she's right about it, but perhaps if you take a look at the schedule ahead of time and plan out what you want to say to her - go in with a solution to the problem instead of just a problem.
Like, I would like to have Tuesdays off and work a half day on Thursdays. I'll still be working on Saturdays and a half day (?) on Sundays, so I'll be working 40 hours. So and So, and whatshername can work every Tuesday, and this is what the schedule might look like if we rearranged it this way.
Minimize the stress of the change of schedule for her, as she's probably pretty stressed out with her husband doing military training during wartime and her parents moving away. If your plan is logical and laid out clearly, it should smooth the way for the schedule change.
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