I currently work 3 days a week, but am flexible as to which. For the previous 10 years I've had capable managers, so we would discuss work and personal requirements in advance and agree on which days of the following week or month I would work.
For the last year the new manager who can't manage her way out of a paper bag tells me at 4.00 the day before that I have tomorrow off. Ok I've put up with this during Covid, I'm a critical worker but I can't take this anymore. I can't plan anything. I can't do exercise that I now have to book to ease my health condition, I can't arrange to meet a friend. Argh!!!!
So I am applying for (non) flexible working.
Question is which days? Work wise we are busy at the beginning and sometimes the end of the week. What about Bank Holidays? Currently I have to use annual leave allowance for a Bank Holiday?
I have one other colleague who is also part-time, she is still flexible but she has a caring responsibility so has most Mondays and Fridays off as she has to travel to an elderly parent.