Kay, so a bit of a problem, I'm currently having to do my TV Video Production classes as my priority and I absolutely cannot miss these (not more then 3 pretty much otherwise campus attendance policy takes effect) as the Workshop class I am in, we are the on air student crew and we are it! No other backup except maybe a few Station Staff which mainly have their hands full already / Second - Third Years onboard as paid help and guidance / chain of command to us 1st Years.
We run Auction from next week til the second - third week in May, but we have not gotten our crew schedules yet from our Instructor. It is located both on campus and at a remote site (which i do not drive, so this is a additional problem) and we are split between two shifts (shift 1: 1130am to 530pm, second shift 530pm to 1130pm-anywhere between 12-1am with set up and tear down shifts included in those times, as possibly as late as 2-3am maybe.) and those schedules are On site / Studio schedules meaning we have to be there before that or we are already late and way behind the ball, so add about a half hour or so to that end and start times. (instructors and staff are very touchy with this topic as they told us "get used to long hours in this business. Or find a new line of work.")
My problem is my scheduling for work right now as Kronos got screwed around with and now we are locked out from making requests 1 week out, we have to do them 2 weeks (14 days fully) ahead of the current posted schedule week. We also have a new ACSM at our store, which I've met him, n he helped me out wit a request off issue but I don't know how I'm going to explain to him the issue at hand once I get the crew schedule. I did notify him that once I find my schedule, I will come in with a copy of it and make one copy for him so he has one on hand, to show that I am taking this seriously.
If I am there at the site or studio til God knows when o'clock at night, between that, I stil am required to meet my other classes obligations (attendance, etc.) so by the time I get home, I'm basically going to be beat and dead tired from running crew and am really not going to be feeling like working the same day of if I have to go into the studio straight away afterwards, then going home late, into class or crew again the next morn, then off to work, and the cycle repeats itself = one very stressed out and dead beat tired college kid.
How can I explain it to the ACSM in a nice way that just doesnt make it sound like I'm being a dick or trying to get out of work and having my hours cut cause it is a bit of a timeframe we are talking here (about a month or so.) I am aware school comes first, and my previous ACSM was very kind to working around it. I'm just trying to come up with something here but I'm blanking. Ugh! Sorry if I am ranting, I am just concerned and really annoyed n nervous with this whole thing right now.
-- Edited by UC151 on Wednesday 6th of April 2016 02:01:14 AM
-- Edited by UC151 on Wednesday 6th of April 2016 02:02:42 AM
Y'know, if you're gonna write a fukin book at least make sure the 1st--5th lines engage your audience. You didn't do that. Which makes you an attention whoring douche wrapper.
You're not going to be able to get every day off that you go to school, grin and bear it. Also, good luck with that degree I have a similar one and guess where I still am??? Regardless you will definitely have long days where you have to work and go to school all day I used to come in work 6-2 then go to class 3-10 long days but I managed it. Sure it sucked but you can't really expect to have a ****ty job like this that is going to just give you all of these days off because you should know by now this is Kroger.
You're not going to be able to get every day off that you go to school, grin and bear it. Also, good luck with that degree I have a similar one and guess where I still am??? Regardless you will definitely have long days where you have to work and go to school all day I used to come in work 6-2 then go to class 3-10 long days but I managed it. Sure it sucked but you can't really expect to have a ****ty job like this that is going to just give you all of these days off because you should know by now this is Kroger.
Ya i easily figured that, the only problem is if i am not at studio, rather I'm on the remote site, which is out of my city and county and im scheduled same day, kinda impossible for me to leave as I'm riding out there with some fellow students and am about 30 -40 miles away from the store (plus I can't drive myself as I dont drive). I easily know I wont get every day off, and our instructors are willing to look at what days we put down as simply "cannot do for any reason, please do not schedule for X and Y" and are willing to work with us, but we have a minimum quota of 7 on air shifts we must complete (besides set up and tear down) to earn our "grade" for that section of it. I did let my CSM know of it and have told him I'm willing to meet the needs of buisness and school, but he's told me lets see where it goes, so right now the communication is there.
-- Edited by UC151 on Saturday 9th of April 2016 08:10:33 PM
