Hi reddit, longtime lurker here unfortunately now having a reason to post. I work at a small drive thru that pays a lot, but has few hours in it. For context, I am 20f and taking a semester off school between community college and uni in order to make some money and find myself. This job is my only commitment and the manager knows that. I’ve asked for them to respect my time due to this and give me more hours. After multiple conversations with the scheduling manager, he agreed to give me a minimum of 20 hours per week (this is fine with me as I make roughly 14-18 hourly). I have open availability from 6am-5pm every day along with fully open availability two days a week. This has not been consistently upheld and after the fourth issue with this, where the new schedule came out and I am only scheduled 9.5 hours, I sent the following passive aggressive message:
Seeing as [JOB] is my only commitment and we’ve had this conversation many times seeming to come to an agreement, is there a reason I’m scheduled 9.5 hours on the coming schedule? I know that there are other people who have more availability than me and get more hours. However, it is difficult for me to constantly be wondering if my only commitment is valuing my time when this continues to happen despite having conversations about it. I don’t want to be sending a variation of this message once a month, so I would appreciate it if you could either hold up to the conversation about hours we had in December, or tell me what about my availability is making that hard to do.
He simply responded with:
We can speak further in person when you come in for your shift.
Now, maybe I am overreacting, but this response was the final straw for me. There is no speaking “further” when he didn’t even respond to me with any substance in the first place. I’ve sent much politer messages in the past regarding this same issue, and 90% of the time he never responds to them but quietly fixes the issue. I am extremely frustrated that this issue is continuing to happen and that my time is not being respected.
How should I move forward with this issue? I have it in my mind that I am going to quit. This is sad because I do love my job, coworkers, and our regulars. It’s a fun job and it’s a shame that the scheduling manager is complacent and doesn’t respect my time. I do not have any interest in discussing this in person with him because he entirely avoided my question. His response seems to be a further reflection of how little he values my time.
I would greatly appreciate advice on moving forward with this situation. I am scheduled to work tomorrow and Monday, but now I simply don’t want to go in. If they don’t respect my time, why should I respect theirs? I need advice on how to quit, how to approach this, and what to do about my coming shifts. Do I even have this in person
conversation that he’s calling for (I don’t want to), or do I quit now over text? I am tired of the disrespect of my time so I have no interest in hearing how he can justify giving me 9.5 hours while fully knowing my situation. I have been applying to jobs for the past hour or two and I’m actively trying to line something up so I can move forward seamlessly. I’m incredibly frustrated and I don’t want to act out of anger so I’m asking for your help.