A few weeks ago, I covered a week's worth of work for a night shift regular that was on vacation. Night shift was okay, and $40 extra bucks was nice, but it ruined my daytime life and I would never want to do it regularly. The week after was my first vacation for making it a year with the company (yay!).
Trouble is a different night shift regular wants to return to day shift and was assuming in casual chat that I would be replacing them. When I made it clear that wasn't of interest to me they asked if I was status 3, which I think is full time, and they're full time. They got more seniority than me, so I'm wondering if I could be "forced" to switch, or if I have the right to decline (I said yes to the cover shift when asked) and they'll find someone else?
If pushed into a corner, I would quit because night shift is not congruent with my lifestyle. There are three night employees on the front end at my store, so I don't know if the minimum is 3, because it is usually only 2 working night to night. Would me becoming full time put a wedge in the mix or is it a non-issue and night shift work all but totally up to me? Contract didn't say much about it other than the store having to respond to a night shifter's request to switch to day work.
What state are you in? I am assuming Illinois. I am not familiar with your contract.
Are you full time? What is your job title?
My contract is different. I think a full time with more seniority can bump another fulltime for shifts. But, they can only do that once a year during a certain month. They can't bump a part timer. Part timers can't bump each other for day vs night shift.
Don't let the store manager talk you into switching to nights. It is easy to switch a part timer to nights but very hard to switch back to days.
In my store, night time cashier is like the easiest job ever. We only have 2 people that do it since we just keep one line open. i'm not sure how it works though for cashiers switching from nights to days. Status 3 however does mean full time, your guaranteed at least 36 hours a week if you're status 3, usually 40.
