Boss calling him in to work during holidays

[Thatcosymorningfeeling]

Dh was meant to be off work from Christmas Eve until Monday 3rd Jan. The company he works for closed, all workers off. He barely has any other holidays as they’re always so busy.
Nice morning downstairs, his turn to do breakfast for toddler, his boss calls at 9 and asks if he can go in and open up as a delivery is being made. Boss himself at home with his wife.
Aibu in wondering why he couldn’t have gone in himself?
Dh just called and said they’re arriving at 12.30 and he’ll need to stay to help, so there goes our planned day out with Dd.

@Dozer Not angry as I understand the position he’s in, it’s very different to the U.K. with employment rights and ability to get other employment etc. We’re onto a food thing, so I totally get it. I’m pissed off at the boss more!

@WouldIBeATwat Inside the EU, but many companies do as they please.
Fact in, he accepted the role based on what the boss what offering in terms of pay and holidays etc, he could dispute that and would end up without a job and less than half the pay at another place. Due to this he wants to stay there so has accepted the other holidays issue. However I didn’t think the boss wouldn’t let him have at least this time to rest and would call him in

Op you don’t know there wasn’t other things the boss has been dealing with, or if he had plans today he couldn’t avoid, or is actually dealing with other work stuff. This assumption of he can’t be arsed is just silly, for a start the guy has to be working to even know bout rhe delivery and call your husband,

You lost a few hours and are happy enough overall so fuss about nothing

[quote Thatcosymorningfeeling]@WouldIBeATwat Inside the EU, but many companies do as they please.
Fact in, he accepted the role based on what the boss what offering in terms of pay and holidays etc, he could dispute that and would end up without a job and less than half the pay at another place. Due to this he wants to stay there so has accepted the other holidays issue. However I didn’t think the boss wouldn’t let him have at least this time to rest and would call him in[/quote]
Be could have said no.

You have a husband problem. He’s happy with the set up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Your anger with your H’s boss seems misplaced. You seem to be saying that due to labour market and your family circumstances where you live you’re, overall, OK with ‘the deal’ that your H’s current employer offers. That deal includes his employer unexpectedly interrupting / ending his annual leave.

Who arranged for a delivery when they knew the business was going to be shut? Perhaps they should have been the one to have to go in and open up to accept it.

[quote Thatcosymorningfeeling]@ChuckMater Yes I get all that and I’d probably do the same, I understand he doesn’t want to seem like he can’t be relied on stay in his good books etc.
That’s why I’m more pissed off at the boss, seems unfair to take him away from a bit of a break with his child to call him in because he can’t be arsed[/quote]
But again your boss hasn’t taken him away from his break, ultimately it was your husbands decision to say yes.

You don’t seem to be giving your husband any responsibility at all in this situation. Yes, there are some things your husband won’t be able to say no to in a work setting but in this case it was up to him to set the boundary.

Dh could’ve said no, but then he’d ask someone else and possibly see that other person as more reliable or helped him out, we all know how workplaces worked.
I still think it was shitty of his boss to interrupt this time 🤷🏻‍♀️

Honestly given the whole set up sounds shitty, I'm not sure why you imagined the boss would not do one additional shitty thing and call him in to work?

If your husband gets paid massively above the normal market rate for the job, then yeah, probably just have to suck it up as he is essentially getting paid to be the flexible one.
But then don't complain when he has to go in at short notice.

If employment is so precarious and it's hard to get a better set up in another company, then is this really a great place to live and work?

Your husband is a mug. His boss is a chancer, but he's a mug for going in.

This.

Its not the bosses fault. He asked, he didn't order. Your dh said yes instead of no. Does your dh know you're unhappy with the situation? Its something to moan to dh about.