As the title states. I am an HOURLY manager of a retail store. They do not give me a phone or anything. This morning I got up early and mowed my lawn because its supposed to be in the hundreds in 2 days. I was still sweating at 75 degrees so then I took a shower and got ready for work.
I didn't notice that an associate texted me to call out until I was in the parking lot to come in. They called off within a half an hour of when they were scheduled,, and a full hour before i was supposed to be in. So I came inside and I said I didn't respond to her text yet and the other manager who was on the clock who i was relieving basically said “you should have answered her and told someone she was calling off. We were expecting them to be here”.
Um, im not obligated to deal with work when I'm not on the clock as an HOURLY employee. Just because YOU would do that, doesn't mean that I have to too. Also, it is MY phone. I have a right to decide WHO I was to communicate with on it considering I PAY THE BILL.
I'm so annoyed. And its not even that I was ignoring the associate. I didn't see the text because I was BUSY.