It Started Out A Day Like Any Other…

Feb 10, 2010

Today proved to be one of the most aggravating days I have had in a very long time. Oh, it started out well enough, however two and a half hours to the end of my shift everything went to hell and I decided it was time to look for another job. Most know that when I had moved to this new department my hours were originally M-F 3:30-10:00 EST, which wasn’t all that bad as I’m two hours behind EST so my hours translated to 1:30-8:00. The problem however with this shift was that it was preventing me from doing a lot of things and also meant Robby had to spend 2 hours after getting home from work being quiet and taking care not to disturb me. It frustrated him and it frustrated me so I asked for a schedule change to 11:00-5:30pm EST, which meant I was off at 3:30 each day and also meant I could get a lot more done.

Now as it was the night shift was already short staffed and I was surprised that they allowed the shift swap, but also quite grateful. However, after hearing my success at changing my schedule, another co-worker who worked the night shift also asked to have her hours changed which I was quite certain would not be approved and I was wrong. I had talked to my supervisor regarding this matter during our one on ones and how they needed to do something to balance out the morning and night crew, because I often felt bad at how slammed the closers got, being as I was one of them.

This morning when I logged on to work, I busted ass to get as many hours of my shift covered next week as my sister-in-law has a wedding reception in San Diego that we have to attend this weekend and my birthday is on Wednesday and I normally take the day of and after off and decided it didn’t make since to work Friday and then have Sat/Sun off. I was feeling pretty accomplished by the time lunch hit until it all went to hell in a hand basket.

After waking up from my brief lunch nap, I received an e-mail stating my schedule had been changed to 4:00-10:30pm EST, effective February 15th. I was livid. Not only had I spent a lot of time and energy attempting to get my shifts covered the following week, but I also was not allotted enough time to make arrangements to adapt to the new shift. In addition, our HOOPs¹ are 9:00am-10:00pm M-F and now I’m forced to stay 30 mins past HOOPs and lose out on 5 hours of pay each week? Um, no, I do not think so. I immediately PCed my supervisor regarding the matter and she said she was going to send an e-mail to the head of the department regarding the matter as when I had originally agreed to move to this new department I was told HOOPs and agreed to them. I did not agree to stay past 30 minutes, nor did I agree to the lessening of hours. I’m pretty infuriated by the entire thing and have thus commenced a more serious job search than the one I had started.

Don’t get me wrong for the most part I love my job and I adore (almost) all the people I work with, however I do not appreciate how I have been treated, considering how hard I have worked for the department to help ensure its success. I deserve more than 3 days notice for such a huge change and I certainly deserve more than the treatment I have been given. Here’s to hoping that I find something quickly, something I enjoy, and something that pays well.

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