AIBU as pt to request similar to ft colleagues?

[Hairscarebear]

I work part time (4 mornings a week) in an office which is open Monday to Friday 9-5. My full time colleagues have just been told the office will close at 4 on Christmas Eve. This might sound stupid but AIBU to request I get to leave earlier as well or is that just my tough luck?

I would say tough luck really

though luck, unless they offer.

If it was a half day maybe, but for the sake of an hour that seems pretty petty.

I would say tough luck really

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I'm part time and inevitably miss "extra " time off for bank holidays etc - just tough luck.

You should be entitled to leave at 4pm with everyone else. If you're scheduled to finish earlier than that, then my feeling is that it's your tough luck tbh. It would be really petty to quibble over the pro rata equivalent of an hour.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Come on, is this serious?

What FTE are you?

It’s just tough luck really.

So you only work the morning but want to leave early becuase your colleague who works full time gets to leave at 4 😂😂 Your Be home well before 4 will you not

Christmas?! It's only April.

I work shifts and we miss out on 2 early closures each week. It's only 9 - 5 Mon to Fri workers who get them

• each year, not each week 🙄

Given how difficult it is to get jobs with hours as part time as yours I think I’d keep very quiet.

The reason people get to leave early in Christmas Eve is so that you can run home to get organised for church/family meals/prep for the next day. You already have afternoons off so don’t need extra time.

That makes no sense. They finish early that day because it’s an early closure. You finish earlier anyway because that’s your hours. Are you seriously suggesting you should be allowed to go at 10am or something because they are closing at 4pm?!

I would not be impressed with you at all if you asked to go even earlier.

Have just seen that you said you work 4 mornings a week, so presume that's less than 0.5FTE. That means you'd be arguing the toss over less than half an hour. Is it really worth it?

Tough luck, sorry!

It means 'we're closing an hour early - whoever happens to be around needn't stay ' not 'everyone gets an hour off as a Christmas present'.

It's like you don't get to have an extra day off if you're unlucky enough to be ill on a bank holiday (yes, actual staff request; I declined it).

As long as you mind people laughing in your face

That's just how it is when you work part-time. Just like if the management decided to lay on treats in the afternoon, you would miss out.

tough luck

My employer plans well in advance, our staff Christmas night out has already been arranged!

One of my colleagues asked me if I got to leave earlier as well which made me doubt myself. Thank you all for replying.

So you work four mornings a week. 3.5 hours a day = 14 hours per week.

If everyone else is working a 35 hour week, then (as a percentage) their extra hour off becomes equivalent to about 22 minutes for you.

Wanna ask your boss about leaving 22 minutes early "so it's fair"?

It’s a good will gesture from the employer. Don’t be ridiculous and ask for an earlier finish - you will look a dick.
If you’re that desperate change your working hours to afternoons instead of mornings. Ta-dah!

No, that's tough luck. They get to leave at 4pm xmas eve because it's 4 fucking pm on xmas fucking eve. Get a fucking grip.

They'll all be stuck in traffic for that extra hour anyway.