I (F 20) started a new job last month (retail) and I don’t know if I’m being entitled bc of how well I was treated at my last job (fast food) and this is just how life is, or if my employer is being unfair.
Initially I’d agreed to work 10-20 hours a week. low, but I am a full time student living with her parents, so I’m just working so I can help out around the house and pay for my schoolbooks 🙂
Anyway, entering the job I signed my contract and specified within it that I wanted to work 10-20 hours a week (they literally asked what our IDEAL amount of hours would be on another section of the paperwork, so I thought they cared) . I made my availability pretty open so they really could feel free to put me whenever they needed me, which I guess was my mistake.
I gave them 35 or so hours of availability to choose from, thinking I would get at most 25 occasionally if it was a busy time. But looking at my most recently released schedule, they have literally booked me for every availability I provided. So now I’m scheduled between 25-38 (yes, just below overtime) hours a week for the next 3 weeks.
I worked my previous job for 2 years (then took a little break for school) and I never had to deal with anything like this, so i’m a little lost.
Is this normal? Is it my fault for making my availability too open and not putting myself first? Should I talk to my manager about this and, if so, what do I say? Any advice would be appreciated c:
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TLDR: agreed to work up to 20 hours, gave 30-ish hours of availability and instead got scheduled for all hours of my availability. Is this normal, and if so how do I go about confronting it?