To tell my boss

[BadEmployee]

that if she wants me to work for free outside of my contracted working hours, she can find me a babysitter and pay for it?

DH works shiftwork and I work 9-4. We have DCs. At meeting today, I was clarifying a point regarding the job she wanted me to do on the night in question. (It's a PR exercise for which I'm not really needed). I said that, assuming I was there, I intended to do x.

She asked what I meant by "assuming I was there" and I said that I hadn't seen DHs schedule yet, but I'd be there if I could. Cue boss abruptly telling me, in front of other staff, that it is "expected" for all staff to attend. (Lots of staff won't turn up and just won't mention it )

Given that we are paid by the minute, WIBU to tell her that she should find a babysitter and pay for it?

(Namechanged to protect the guilty innocent)

YANBU

Tell her you'll be there.

Pull out or lie at last minute.

Night events which you aren't paid for sounds like asking too much IMO.

Take your children with you (fill them up with fizzy drinks and smarties first plus loads of lovely things with E numbers).

That'll show her.

It was probably a bit rude of me to tell her that in front of others though? Undermining her authority or some such?
(I'm waiting for the inevitable "invitation" to her office to be told off.)

It really depends what your job is - are you salaried or paid strictly by the hour? In my last job although the hours were nominally 8.30am-5pm there was lots of additional hours 'expected' - organisiing and attending conferences/workshops/visits etc - it was just part of the job for which I consider I was paid a fair salary.

We are paid by the minute. I also frequently bring work home with me. It's the nature of the job. However, there is nothing in my contract about my attendance at her PR events. When I have gone to them, it has been through my own goodwill.

If I were in your shoes I wouldn't turn up on principal. For one thing it should never be assumed that anyone will attend an out of work hours, unpaid event outside of contract and for another I'm buggered if I would be told that I'm expected to be there by some undoubtedly brown nosed --jobsworth.

I think you're being far too reasonable about it all.

Whoops! Jobsworth :o