I'm a casual employee at McDonald's, In Australia this means I get a 25% pay increase, but also am not guaranteed any kind of stable hours or any hours at all, and don't get sick leave or other benefits like that. So the days and times I work are pretty random. As such, my pay per hour is pretty decent. But I'm not working nearly enough hours to be able to move out. Where they currently have me working 5 days a week but with half shifts that are around 4 hours long.
My dad is very generous with how much board I need to pay him to live at his place, which I'm extremely lucky and thankful for.
Due to getting these hours I tried to reduce my availability ~3 weeks in advance (this advanced notice was required by the system they have to request a change to availability) to only work 3 days per week, with however many hours they'd wan't me on those 3 days. I figured this concession would work well for me. Especially because back when I was in university before working my job at McDonald's, I used to volunteer 3 days a week for 8 hours for free at a local Salvos store. The reason I volunteered in the first place is because I didn't feel I was earning the money the government was giving me for studying. Doing uni full-time (online), and that at the same time was much better than working the 5 days a week for pitiful hours I do now. At any rate, management denied my request for reduced working days. Which is so strange because when I first started working there, they only gave me 2/3 days per week which was perfect.
And then I finish my work week and wake up on Saturday sick, I want to quit right now with no notice because I'm just so done and don't want to deal with the hassle of calling in sick. But I need to know that I'm not just being a lazy, ungrateful git, and if I should just suck it up and go to work Monday if I'm no longer sick tomorrow.
I have about $3.5k to find another job that would allow me to find another job more suitable to what I'm after. With only 3 or less days and as many hours as they'd want me. My greatest concern would be lack of references, I'm not much of a people person, and have always kept my head down at work, don't make idle conversation, just work then go home. Also hate the idea of asking for references, so I've never got any. I'd have to message my shift manager and coworkers on FB for reference after I quit, if I do.
Any thoughts? Am I completely off base and unreasonable?