A few weeks ago I put in request for days off due to a personal dr. appointment, and to drive my dad to a dr. appointment out of town. I put these request in 3 weeks ahead of time. Well the week of the appointments and I'm scheduled to work both days I requested off. The day of my appointment was no problem, I just left an hour early and made it in time. But for my dads appointment I had to switch days with another employee so I could drive my dad, who can't drive long distances because of health problems, to his appointment about 70 miles from home.
This week I'm on vacation and I put in a few weeks ago that I have an appointment the Monday I come back. Instead of requesting the whole day off,which I usually do because my drs. office is so slow, I put my availability to where I couldn't work after 3. Guess what? I got scheduled 3-10.
I'm not putting request in for days off just to have a day off. I'm doing it for important reasons, but since this e-schedule crap came around its always a pain in the butt. I'm not really going anywhere with this, just ranting. Have a good day.
A few weeks ago I put in request for days off due to a personal dr. appointment, and to drive my dad to a dr. appointment out of town. I put these request in 3 weeks ahead of time. Well the week of the appointments and I'm scheduled to work both days I requested off. The day of my appointment was no problem, I just left an hour early and made it in time. But for my dads appointment I had to switch days with another employee so I could drive my dad, who can't drive long distances because of health problems, to his appointment about 70 miles from home.
This week I'm on vacation and I put in a few weeks ago that I have an appointment the Monday I come back. Instead of requesting the whole day off,which I usually do because my drs. office is so slow, I put my availability to where I couldn't work after 3. Guess what? I got scheduled 3-10.
I'm not putting request in for days off just to have a day off. I'm doing it for important reasons, but since this e-schedule crap came around its always a pain in the butt. I'm not really going anywhere with this, just ranting. Have a good day.
That's why it's very important to talk to whoever makes your schedule IN PERSON. Having to rely in e-schedule really sets people up for failure. Make sure your writer puts it in manually. Expecting them to look at all of the requests and check every day is something that shouldn't be done.
Always assume that your schedule writer or department head never checks requests online.
Eschedule is totally worthless for scheduling time off. My manager approved days off a couple months ago and the schedule came out just as I asked. Eschedule was still showing 'pending' for both of them after I had already taken them. They probably still say 'pending' today.
NutritionWhore wrote:. Expecting them to look at all of the requests and check every day is something that shouldn't be done.
Always assume that your schedule writer or department head never checks requests online.
Maybe you should always say something in person as well but if i remember right, krogerman works in the deli. That isn't like the front end, where they'd have 50 availabilities to check. If your dept head can't be bothered to check 10 or less people's schedules then that's their fault for being so lazy. It always takes my dept head FOREVER to write the schedule and i don't get it, we only have 7 people in the department.
NutritionWhore wrote:. Expecting them to look at all of the requests and check every day is something that shouldn't be done.
Always assume that your schedule writer or department head never checks requests online.
Maybe you should always say something in person as well but if i remember right, krogerman works in the deli. That isn't like the front end, where they'd have 50 availabilities to check. If your dept head can't be bothered to check 10 or less people's schedules then that's their fault for being so lazy. It always takes my dept head FOREVER to write the schedule and i don't get it, we only have 7 people in the department.
Well that's the thing. No matter if there's only four people in your department (like when I was in Grocery), always make sure to make the request in person. Get it in writing, even. I haven't had a problem with requesting days off from any department I've worked in because I always let them know and have always handed a physical note.
It's easy to forget checking requests online, but it's hard to forget why there's a note in your pocket with a person's written schedule on it for the future.
One time they gave me the wrong day off. I asked for a Friday off and they gave me a Thursday off and had me work a 10-2 Friday. So I switched it around. Worked 10-2 Thursday and took my friday off. I was warned not to do that again and told EVEN. Though it was a mistake I was just supposed to eat the loss (paid for a ticket for an event) and come in regardless.
I find listing a time you're not available on a particular day doesn't work. I even had mine show up approved in the system and still got scheduled the hours I had put in as unavailable. I had to work it. I was not happy.
I would have followed the approved day off via e-schedule. If they had a fit, I would have said "I was following e-schedule as per company instruction." But if it was written on paper, that may supercede ANY day off REGARDLESS of what e-schedule May or may not say.
But if you were approved, did e-schedule tell you to come in, or did management pencil you in on paper?
It was approved in the system but then I was scheduled to work it on the eschedule posted online and the printed copy. it was not written in.
ALWAYS follow the paper copy. That is the Holy Grail of the scheduling part of your job. If you can obtain a copy of it, or even photograph your section, you have proof positive things are the way that they are supposed to be. That's why even if I don't work when the paper schedule comes out I make the trip to the store to write down whatever it says are my hours. Generally management is good about matching those to e-schedule, but I always follow the paper copy.
