I work in a special needs educational setting. We are bound by teachers holidays, standards, pensions etc.
Up until this year, my manager always worked the same hours and days as the rest of us but recently, she has started taking some of her holidays during term time, had her birthday off, works in the evenings doing her admin and is off in the day time.
This just seems crazy given that we are bound by particular educational hours in the day time. Our manager is sometimes not around to support us. As we're a very small setting, we don't have other managers to go to or even a supervisor if there is a problem. Sometimes if shes not working in the day time when she should be, we have had to call her and she doesn't answer. She's often taking days off in lieu because she's "over hours" but these hours she's over are often not hours when she's been contactable for us and hours she's accrued doing admin in the evenings.
I asked to swap one of my days off recently for my child's birthday and was told no as I am bound by teacher holidays. I find this highly frustrating given that my manager is certainly creative with her own holidays, working hours and time off.
Then, I made a decision without her approval due to her being uncontactable for a period of several days and she challenged me on this. I feel she can't have it all ways?
She is on the same teachers contract as the rest of us and benefits from 13 weeks holiday a year like the rest of us, is she taking privileges by moving these holidays around wherever she pleases and taking birthdays off etc?
I see her manager maybe once a year, would you mention it or just keep quiet and get on with the job?