I am extremely grateful to still have a job, but I feel that my work are being incredibly unfair/inflexible/just generally taking the p.
I’ve worked for them for nearly 8 months and I took the job on the basis that my contracted days were Mon-Fri with weekends off. There are other staff who work weekends. Anyway, when corona began, a lot of the other staff decided to self isolate (even though some were not at risk nor had child care responsibilities but that’s another thread) and then requested to be put on furlough. My employer granted this and they are now on furlough for the foreseeable future.
Since then, I have single-handedly kept the business going, if I decide to self isolate they will not have anyone. They have office staff who are all working from home but without me (I work out in the community) the business would have to shut down completely. From the day lockdown began, I said that I completely understood that I would have to work outside my contracted days/hours and that I was happy to be flexible as there were no other staff members to cover weekends. All I’ve asked for is that when I have my two days off, it would be great if I can have them in a block rather than spread out over the week (I can’t speak for other people but I don’t feel like I’ve had a proper break if my days off aren’t consecutive). I have two supervisors and when I requested this, supervisor A agreed and said that was fine. I haven’t spoken to my main boss as he’s working from home and normally just let’s the supervisors delegate all the work.
Anyway..... this request has not been fulfilled because of Supervisor B. The last few weeks I have worked non stop with hardly any breaks. For example, I had last weekend off, it was my first break after working for 10 days straight.
This week, I worked Monday, had today off and was suppose to have tomorrow off then work Thurs-Sun. I’ve just had a text off supervisor B (at 11:30pm) saying that I need to come in tomorrow as work has just come in. When I asked if it could be moved to Thursday as there was no reason why it couldn’t be, as I was suppose to have tomorrow off she just said no, didn’t give a reason why and said that I could just have Sunday off instead. Had it been Supervisor A who had dealt with it, I know she would have granted my request especially since hardly any notice was given.
Personally, I feel that because Supervisor B is working from home, she doesn’t quite understand. She will say, “oh well I’ve worked 9 days in a row”, yes but you’ve done it from home. It’s completely different when you have to get up, get dressed, drive somewhere, work a full day and then drive home. She just doesn’t see the difference. Supervisor A agrees and saids she’s on a different planet most of the time and can’t see it from another persons perspective. She’s just eager to please the main boss (which I understand by the way but I think it’s incredibly stupid to piss off the only staff member you have left).
I’ve not even taken any annual leave yet because my first holiday was booked in April and I had to cancel it because there were no other staff members to cover my absence. I feel that I’ve been extremely flexible, worked whenever they’ve needed me to, have been doing the work of 5 people rather than 1, given up my annual leave, everything. All I’ve asked for is that I have my two days off in a block and they just won’t do it (it doesn’t have to be weekends). I have just seen that the furlough scheme has been extended to October so there’s no doubt in my mind that my colleagues will be off until then. There’s no way I can do this for another four months, I’m absolutely exhausted as it is. AIBU to be really pissed off by this situation? (Not a great way to thank the only staff member who has stuck by you through all this imo).
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To think that my work/supervisor is taking the piss?
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Cocacolalolaa · 13/05/2020 01:03
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