Regular hospital appointment, during work...

[Bugpuffin]

Or not.

I need to go every 3 weeks for an indeterminate period. Obviously that's a pain for work (and for me) but my work agree these kinds of appointments without quibble, for all staff.

However, I work PT, so I could try and get them on my non working days.

There's a part of me that thinks why should I, when I'd get paid time off if I was FT though. I.e. I shouldn't volunteer to be "disadvantaged" because I work PT.

WWYD?

They chose to make the post PT to save money. They're not doing me any favours, it was advertised as a PT role (and actually I give them a lot of flexibility in that)

Think yourself lucky you have more flexibility than your full time colleagues. They are in fact the ones that are disadvantaged by having to take time out of work, not you.
Don't take advantage of a good employer.

Sorry but I think your attitude sucks. If you CAN’T get the appointments on a non working day then that’s one thing but you sound like you’re going to try and deliberately arrange them for a working day. I work part time and it wouldn’t cross my mind to make appointments for when I’m supposed to be at work unless it was unavoidable.

Because you can. And full time people can't.

I worked part time for some years, and was grateful that my employer was very flexible and helpful in accommodating my needs. In return, I scheduled appointments (where humanly possible) in my own time.

If women want employers to have a positive attitude to part time or flexible working, were going to have to play fair, otherwise we're not doing each other and future generations of women any favours by pissing our employers off.

The fairest thing would be for you to have them proportionally in your working and non-working time i think, if this were possible, (unless it makes your life harder to be away from work and have to catch up, in which case i would choose to have them on my off days).

They hired you in a PT role. You’re doing them no favours either - everyone’s replaceable. Judging by the attitude on your posts I wouldn’t be giving you a job if you’re so keen to take advantage of your employer.

I do 1 day a week and if something falls on my working day I'd move which day I worked.

Only time I'd not do that is if I had to go every day for a week, so they'd get hit 1/5 days.

Yes I don't get the "benefit" of paid time off for doctors stiff but I also can move days working around to avoid using up holiday for boring admin stuff. Or a haircut. Or holiday weeks (day a midweek to midweek break, I'd use up zero holiday.

Actually they
Company also benefit from less sick days.

If I am feeling crappy, I just move my 1 working day to another day. As we work from home i also probably work far more when "a bit under the weather" than when we were in an office.

But then if I am off, my work just waits for me to return.

)if I was badly ill all week I'd not do this, but for a dodgy tummy or headache I would.

Most people who work full time, me included, would, if it were an option ask for an appointment early in the day or as late as possible to minimise work disruption. For 6 months I had to attend a hospital appointment every 4 weeks and didn’t feel well enough to go back to work afterwards, so after the first appointment I asked if I could have the last possible time slot, 4pm as it happened to be, and I don’t drive so had to allow for public transport time as well and was grateful that my work accommodated that. Yes it not always possible depending on clinic times or whatever, just as it might not be possible to request a change in day for you but why wouldn’t you at least try.

Your way of thinking is so alien to me OP. Such a shitty and entitled attitude to have. I would absolutely hate to have you as an employee, you sound absolutely exhausting.

Because PT staff have a choice, and FT staff don't have an alternative. They have to take time off during their working hours. PT staff don't.

Well it seems your mind is made up.
I think people like you are the reason companies are moving away from wfh.
I wouldn't be surprised if your bosses fnd a way to get rid.

I absolutely plan appointments around work - as in I make sure they are on a working day, as I am allowed the time off to go to them then of course I would use it!

It’s a bigger proportion of your entire working week than it would be if a ft colleague took the same time off so will have a bigger impact on your work ig

I would organise them outside on my days off if I could personally just because I find it a faff taking a chunk out of my working day. Sets me right of my rhythm especially if it’s in the middle of the day

This will be me, if I don't retire when my active cancer treatment is over. I'll be having an injection every three weeks, which could make me feel ill the day after. I work part time, if I did it on my non-working day, I may well be off sick the next day, I suppose. And the hospital is close to work ...

With NHS appointments, I don't think you get much flexibility anyway, OP.

Make them in your own time as far as possible, obviously. No employer has to give you time off for appointments but many do because they are decent employers - and decent employees return that decency by making the appointments for first or last thing in the day or on their day off whenever possible. If you're going to have to take so much time off and you dig your heels in with your 'not my problem' then you might find that your employer withdraws their goodwill anyway. Be a grown up.

I also get along with my colleagues and wouldn’t want to make their life more difficult by leaving them short staffed but I’m guessing you don’t get along with yours 😂

Do them on one of your days off. It's unreasonable to deliberately schedule them in your working time. As PPs have said, full timers don't have a choice.