I need some advice. I work for a CPA, it's a family business. His son is also a CPA, his wife is certified in payroll (can't remember the initals atm sorry) and his daughter is the receptionist. I do the bookkeeping for all our clients. No other employees.
After covid hit in 2020, the tax season ended in june 2021 and CPA and wife called us all in for a meeting. They offered a 4 day work week and a raise to compensate for the loss in hours. I had Fridays off, daughter had Mondays off, boss and wife automatically took Fridays off, and son had the option of Fridays off since he's on salary not hourly. All worked out great, we were expected to work 5 day work weeks during tax season obviously, but that was only march-june 4 months.
This last week, daughter got a new puppy and wanted me to work that Friday for her cuz her husband was busy that day so they needed somebody to be home to take puppy out for potty lessons. She asked me to cover, I told her I couldn't because I had agreed to go help my mom clean up the house from my daughter and my niece playing there and messing it up. Also found out it's the only day both my sisters are available to come put up the Christmas tree decorations, a family tradition. I said I couldn't work it.
The next day daughter “warned” me that wife was probably going to demand I work that Friday cuz I was needed, that's when I related the Christmas tree decorating obligation and how there was no other day before Xmas available for my sister's, they both work at the hospital. I left for lunch, she relayed this information to wife.
I get back from lunch and wife comes to me and says that instead of starting up the 5 day work week in March like usual, she'd like me to start it January 3rd. I feel like it's retaliation for me not being available this one Friday.
Would it be feasible for me to tell wife that starting June 2023, I will continue to stay on at 5 days a week at the pay raise because I don't want to do 4 day weeks 6 months, and 5 days weeks the last 6 months. I can handle 4 months doing 5 days, but I don't want to do half a year each, I treasure routine.
I should also mention that last tax season, daughter opted to continue working 5 day work weeks the rest of the year because of the extra days pay.
I just feel like I'm being retaliated against and taken advantage of, I don't want to spend 6 months getting used to having 3 day weekends just to spend the next 6 months grinding 5 day work weeks, I really treasure my peace time from work, the 3 day weekends have done wonders for my mental health.
I'm most definitely being petty, but we had a meeting a month ago where wife specifically said she wanted me to start back at 5 days in March. It's only since I rejected covering Friday that they expect me back to 5 days in January. It's too coincidental.