Long story short; i work half time ( 19 hours) due to chronic illness at a small independant service/neighborhood center linked to a care facility. We organise a neighborhood party with gigs in 2 weeks. All extra hours are expected to be as a volunteer. We dont register worktime in a classic way. I expect to work 1,5 day overtime.
My company is currently bankrupt and in a sort of protection measurement untill some other company buys us. We don't have a time register for our working hours it's all in good trust and faith that we do our work according to contract.
They try to be a progressive inclusive workspace.
Since the notification of the future take over i have been taking days off because i work overtime every week. We are short staffed and sometimes i have to ” replace” 3 people and take over various tasks. This is common in the whole company…
I am afraid i will not be able to take back these not legally documented overtime once we have a new boss.
I document my working hours in my personal planner for myself for overview.
In 2 weeks we organise a neighborhood festival with coverbands,foodtrucks the whole shablam. With a team of 3 people me as a parttime included. All is last minute arrangements,its very chaotic. It's a lot. We are begging for volunteers.
Today i said i will take monday before the event off for 2 reasons.
1: I have a neurologist appointment in the morning and need the rest before this intensive event on thursday.
Normally i am free on wednesday ( also needed rest to deal with my fibromyalgia and keep on working) but i said i would come anyway to support my collegues.
2: i don't want to work too much overtime on this for my health and work balance. When im sick or on vacay my work just piles up…
Today my collegue just let slip that all extra hours on this event is seen as volunteerwork.
I think this is triggered by me taking a day off every week lately.
On thursday alone i am working from 9 in the morning till 23:30 at least. I agreed to stay from build up on tuesday to break down on friday as long as it takes and coordinate the few volunteers we have and fill in spots myself. I agreed before anyone said anything about this being volunteering.
I havent said anything yet because i was in agony,fibro flair up today and left work early.
I don't want to let my collegues down but this is too much and i know i will pay with at least a week of extra pain in my flesh prison. I need the overtime to recover… How do i fix this without being the jerk?