I am away from home for college right now, about 7ish hours away and working at a local movie theatre. It's a really good job and I like my coworkers but I've hit a snag.
The one time I go home in the year to see my family is Christmas, so I told my manager a few weeks ago that I was planning on booking December 20th - January 2nd off and asked if that was okay. He responded with, "Well... we are going to be letting people go in January and that is a lot of time to book off." So I told him I'd change my availability to full time in the two weeks before I left to hopefully help balance it out. He agreed that would help. I had this conversation with him twice.
We have a small black scheduling book we use to write down things like this as well. So, I wrote that I was available full time every day December 5th-21st, and wanted the 22nd-2nd off. Then, this Sunday my manager made up the holiday schedules and misread what I wrote, thinking that I wanted the 5th-21st off and wanted to work the 22nd-2nd. He booked me for around 60 hours.
I came in today, saw this, and told my Assistant Manager that the schedule must be wrong. She phoned my manager who then told her that it was my mistake because I wrote it wrong and he wasn't changing the schedule.
Basically I see it coming down to two solutions, a) I don't work those shifts because he corrects the schedule/gives me the time off or b) I don't work those shifts and I quit/get fired. I would be willing to compromise a bit but my manager is stubborn.
Any suggestions?
Well, did you write it down wrong? Because if not it should be pretty easy to prove he screwed up.
I wrote it down in a way that I can understand how he would misread it (but not wrong necessarily), but even still there were the two prior conversations I had with him. He could have phoned me while making the schedule and double checked, having two long conversations about booking Christmas off and then writing down I wanted to work as much as I can during Christmas doesn't make much sense.
Either way, even if I did prove he screwed up (which there were witnesses to one of the conversations), I can't go above his head really. It's a chain of theatres but a small one and I think we have a District Manager but in the 8 months I've worked here I've never met him and he's never visited.
He's trying to get you to quit so you're one less person to fire
I got my university grade back, I got a first which is really good but it wasn't a strong first so I feel a bit disappointed in myself, but I can make changes still. My weakness was hand drawings which I have zero natural talent for so it's all in okay really and I need to stop being daft.
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Did anyone else watch The Ben Stiller show? Sometimes it feels like I was the only one.
Sometimes.....
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So I woke up this morning covered in hives?
I do not recommend it. My everything itches and my hands like seriously hurt.
I have a Dr appointment in an hour and a half and hope that I do not physically excise all skin from my body in the meantime.
Same thing here. People think I'm in my teens then get confused when I talk about my degree and 9 years industry experience.
Oh, and @xraydog , eff the attitude that you have to make your work your hobby and think about it 24/7. It's cliché but some people live to work and others work to live. Some of the best programmers I've worked with don't even think about the office during their time off. It allows them to come in fresh and relaxed and reset ready to face whatever issues they come across, instead of stewing over the slightest issues all weekend. I've got a wife, kid and dog and the last thing I want to be doing in my free time is worrying about work - there's just too much life happening in the meantime. Never feel bad for not being "passionate" and making work your hobby. It works for some but not everyone.
Yeah. I work at one of the big SV companies and I don't spend extra time at work, or think about work when not at work. I do program in my spare time, but that's because I want to spend time working on my projects, not work's.
Same thing here. People think I'm in my teens then get confused when I talk about my degree and 9 years industry experience.
Oh, and @xraydog , eff the attitude that you have to make your work your hobby and think about it 24/7. It's cliché but some people live to work and others work to live. Some of the best programmers I've worked with don't even think about the office during their time off. It allows them to come in fresh and relaxed and reset ready to face whatever issues they come across, instead of stewing over the slightest issues all weekend. I've got a wife, kid and dog and the last thing I want to be doing in my free time is worrying about work - there's just too much life happening in the meantime. Never feel bad for not being "passionate" and making work your hobby. It works for some but not everyone.
Yeah. I work at one of the big SV companies and I don't spend extra time at work, or think about work when not at work. I do program in my spare time, but that's because I want to spend time working on my projects, not work's.
Agreed.
I just can't stomach opening up an editor after I'm home.
I just want to crash, eat some dinner, watch some TV or play vidya games.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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This is what a DS/vista is for
Robust accidentally become Robobutts, promising a different (and far more interesting) conversation.
He's trying to get you to quit so you're one less person to fire
Lookit Mister Bear over here, tryin' ta use logic and shit.
Work on your draft
Satans..... hints.....
Satans..... hints.....
Satans..... hints.....
Oh, wait, those are webelos. Never mind.
Careful. They'll whittle the chit out of you.
No, no, no. Seriously.
Sometimes.....
I do not recommend it. My everything itches and my hands like seriously hurt.
I have a Dr appointment in an hour and a half and hope that I do not physically excise all skin from my body in the meantime.
What dipshit was in charge of that
Well it was canceled for low ratings, so maybe you were?
Which is why I'm hoping it was just someone looking at the big picture and not noticing the little things.
Like the Sin Cara Dick shirt.
Or he's just really enthusiastic about it. The time stamps are telling me there was 3 minutes between those
Yeah. I work at one of the big SV companies and I don't spend extra time at work, or think about work when not at work. I do program in my spare time, but that's because I want to spend time working on my projects, not work's.
He's curled up in a corner, rocking back and forth, repeating it over and over.
Upside down... low waist... upside down... low waist... tragic... penis...
This dreary weather is not helping me feel sociable.
Spit my coffee out reading this.
Well only half of them are swastikas, the rest are gammadion crosses.
I always feel like a nice and cozy fire helps brighten the mood.
So ...
Who's on your shitlist today and do you know what they drive?
Everyone is on my list. Always.
Agreed.
I just can't stomach opening up an editor after I'm home.
I just want to crash, eat some dinner, watch some TV or play vidya games.
Ah, so you're the glass half swastika type