No rota for return to work next week

[notanothernamechangeeyeroll]

I am due to go back to work next week from maternity leave. I job share with another person (who doesn't have children, that's relevant you'll see why).

I have always worked Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10am-6pm. In our contract it just states the total hours we are guaranteed per week, which is fine.

I've now been told between myself and my job share they need us to also cover weekends by reducing our daily hours aka doing an extra day per week each.

I've got no choice but to agree at the moment as jobs are thin on the ground. However, despite chasing it turns out there's no shift rota drawn up yet and they haven't asked my job share about the idea yet.

AIBU to think they need to give me an idea of what the shift pattern will be, otherwise I can't organise childcare? I've asked multiple times now but just been told they're busy and they'll let me know as soon as they can.

Ironically, this is a HR position I work

Can you contact your job share partner and sort a rota out between yourselves?

As she hasn't been told I wouldn't want to contact her about something she hasn't been told about from management as that won't be looked upon very favourably by my managers.

Sorry i missed that bit....its really poor that they havent even told her about the changes yet given its only a week away!.

I can't see her agreeing to it which will be a whole other set of issues

I didn’t see why it is relevant that she doesn’t have children. Are you thinking she couldn’t have any other plans that need to organised or reorganised?

It is poor that she has not been told and neither of you has received a rota, not much you can do but follow it up.

All I meant was as she doesn't have children she can be more flexible, as she has been while I've been on leave. I don't think my department have to consider childcare themselves. I have 4 kids by my own choosing and I'm happy to work to the needs of the business but I do have to consider the childcare side of things too.

Just because someone doesn't have kids doesn't mean they should be at the beck and call of their employer. Her time away from work is just as important as yours and there shouldn't be an expectation of greater flexible just because she isn't a parent

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Just because someone doesn't have kids doesn't mean they should be at the beck and call of their employer. Her time away from work is just as important as yours and there shouldn't be an expectation of greater flexible just because she isn't a parent

But reality is op needs to organise childcare , nowhere did she say her time wasn't valuable.. My ds is 13 i have far more flexibikty than i did when my ds was 5

The difference between having children and not having children is :
no children = have to consider your own arrangements/commitments
children = have to consider your own arrangements/commitments, plus those of whoever is providing childcare.
Doesn't mean one is more important than the other.

I'm by no means saying I'm more important.

I get where you are coming from OP. Maybe writing an email stating that you need to find out by X date otherwise you will need to arrange childcare to suit previous arrangements and will need to give x days notice to childcare provider to make any changes.

What is your actual situation regarding childcare, is it family and they know that, so think notice doesn't matter?

Well, I would just say "i will be returning on my previous hours of xyz from next week".

I would just email to say 'As I have not heard otherwise, I have arranged childcare for my usual hours & will be in on x date'.

If they get around to letting you know what hours they would like you to do, they might have to find out the hard way that telling people their hours at the last minute risks them not being able to do them!

Idiots.

All I meant was as she doesn't have children she can be more flexible, as she has been while I've been on leave.

and maybe she's been thinking "thank god not...eyeroll is coming back and i can get back to fixed hours"?

People have to be flexible when others in their team are on maternity leave (happened to me a lot and i HATED it, but what can you do?) but other people outside those with children need stability too.

Anyway as for your problem: I'd inform them that i'd be in next week on X, Y and Z days from X time to Y time and that i have booked childcare and that's it.

It really is a little late for them to be fannying around like this