I'm just starting my second full week and already thinking of quitting. I'm getting all evening hours (till 11, sometimes 12) and 7 and 8 hour hour shifts and, frankly that's more than I bargained for. I'm not a kid, I'm middle-aged and this job was only meant to supplement my income, not be the major part of it. I'm planning on asking for less hours, so they may let me go anyway. My question is: is it better to quit or wait to be let go?
If you're just looking to earn a little money on the side then just restrict your availability. if you're already thinking of quitting then by all means. ask for less hours.
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You should've had an opportunity to cap the number of hours you were willing to work, and set your availability after you got hired while you signed all your paperwork.
The number of hours will vary as will the late shifts. Right now I'm stuck at nights and that's unlikely to change soon. I miss the variety of shifts I had as just a cashier.
You should've had an opportunity to cap the number of hours you were willing to work, and set your availability after you got hired while you signed all your paperwork.
The number of hours will vary as will the late shifts. Right now I'm stuck at nights and that's unlikely to change soon. I miss the variety of shifts I had as just a cashier.
They didn't give us a chance to cap the number of hours we were willing to work; they didn't ask and I didn't think to say anything because they said it was part-time and I thought part-time would be less than what I'm getting, which is 34 hours a week. I don't mind working nights--but I said my availability was 6 AM till 11 and they worked me one night until 12. Maybe that was just a mix-up. I understand that I don't have seniority (although they've been hiring like crazy just since I got hired). And I am a cashier.
In the division I was in, there was no such thing as availability. Yes, I filled out a form when hired. No, it was never adhered to. Reason being, if you are Union, the company "has a right to direct the workforce as dictated by business needs". In other words, the Union has given the company the greenlight to reneg or ignore your availability and you have no recourse other than work scheduled hours or quit.
Good luck trying to ask for reduced hours, especially if you are a productive worker. That pretty much never happens.
Part time is defined by contract as 39 or less hours a week.
