Don't want to state what industry, but when I signed up for it I was told it would be guaranteed hours, that is also what they advertise on indeed. I was asked to give my availability (it's shifts rather than office hours) and I said I could work 5 days a week.
It's bad enough that the mandatory onboarding training is paid at below min wage and I won't receive it until I've been there for 3 months, and if I leave within x amount of months I am required to pay it back.
That's a whole other story.
Anyway, I've received my rota and I've been given 1 day's work out of 5. Honestly, I'm gutted. It's done on a week by week basis, it might be more next week. I am very fortunate to be signed up to a couple of different companies so I'll be able to get alternate income, but those are 0 hours contracts.
I was banking on this being guaranteed hours. Looking at the rota, I can see that other staff are getting daily, consistent work for the week. I think the company hires more staff than they need and would rather leave staff with no work than struggle to cover shifts.
I need to discuss this with the company tomorrow but I'm pretty upset. If it's going to be like this, I won't stay. However I feel backed into a corner now due to the training costs.