I have got a current post up about appraisals, this isn't linked although I suppose if it doesn't go well I may well bring this into it. Just wanted an opinion really...,
I co manage a charity shop ie I job share (we both work part time, and not together ie colleague works the days I don't. Occasionally we swap if something comes up, or cover holidays)
Recently her child was sent home sick from school . It was her day off but she was due to work the next day and knew he could not attend school. So she asked me at short notice if I could work the next day so she could stay home with him.
I did work that next day and thought that either the company would pay me or I'd get time off in lieu.
Colleague was very grateful and rang a few days later and said management had talked to her. Being a charity they didn't want to pay an extra day's wage. It was up to us to work it out between us. Either she should work a day for me when I needed one (ie owe me) OR she could pay me what would have been her day's wages for that missed day.
She felt she didn't want to work an extra day (she wants to be at home as much as possible with her autistic child) and therefore wanted to give me her wages, as they'd suggested. This didn't sit right with me and I said so to her.( I never talked to management about it)
I am friendly with this woman and I knew she really didn't want to work an extra day. In the end, I said forget it, I don't want the money either , it doesn't feel right with me (yes I do need it but it seemed wrong to me to take it)
The conclusion was that she did insist I take the money , she gave me her full day's minus the tax, in cash.
Only a few weeks before, I'd given her £40 donation as taken a rescue kitten from her (which is the standard donation) (this was out of work..separate charity). So it felt like I was having this money back plus about a fiver extra as I recall. It made me feel uncomfortable. I told her to take it back for the cat rescue charity but she said no. So I promised her I'd spend it on my kitten.
Should they have asked her to do this?
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Is this right? (Colleague asked to pay me out of her own money when I covered for her)
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alltoomuchrightnow · 18/11/2015 19:46
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