Saying "I start at 9.30"?

[cjt110]

I changed my work hours recently to accommodate my son now going to school. I start at 9.30, have half an hours lunch and finish at 5.30. I also have reduced my days from 5 to 4.

Since I changed my hours, I regularly get into the office at approx 9.15-9.20. Also regularly, I get my boss, and other departmental bosses, ringing/speaking to me as soon as I get in.

This morning, I walked in the door at 9.15, hadn't even put my bags down to my boss saying "I've emailed you X and we need to do Y" followed by a conversation about X and Y. I politely said "Ok, fine. Just let me get in the door first"

No sooner had my boss walked away, another boss came up saying "I know you don't til 9.30 but could you check....."

This is becoming a regular nonoccurence. The odd conversation here or there fine but this is happening almost daily now.

How do I address this? I don't want to be rude but I also want to say "Hang on, it's not 9.30 yet - go away!"

Polite word with those who bombard you just saying that you like to put your stuff away, get logged in etc before being asked stuff if they wouldn’t mind. But personally although I know all those 15 mins add up I would just let it go. I often arrive before my work starts as the parking is horrendous, sometimes I chuck my coat away and get started, sometimes I go straight to the staff room and make a coffee. If someone asks me something I just say, “do you mind if I do that when I start?” and no one has ever got shirty. If it’s really urgent I would help if there wasn’t anyone else available.

A colleague starts half hour later because of school runs in our workplace. They are well known for sitting in the car park until just before shift then arriving dead on time, then leaving at finishing time on the dot (even though that’s well before school run). And they wonder why, when they ask for favours, our boss is less accommodating for them than the rest of us ...