So I know the title seems like I’m just being a baby about my hours, but this job is ridiculous. I work at a store known for selling games, but it’s just a side gig for me during the summer because my full time job is being a teacher. I only took this job because I genuinely love to game, I don’t mind working retail and with the public, and I wanted to pocket some extra money instead of sitting at home during my break.
When the manger hired me, they said it would be every other weekend and like two days during the week-which I was completely down for. What I was not told is that they were firing my coworker, which would leave me as the only employee other than them. Oh, and to make it better, another store in our district has no employees so they have to work at the store instead of ours.
At this point I’m acting as assistant manager without the pay. I work close to 40 hours a week (if I wasn’t hired as part time they would have me working more), and I haven’t had a weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) off in a month. I had to beg to get my anniversary, which is on a Saturday, and the day after off-and they were only able to do my anniversary.
Whats pushed me over the edge is they kept saying they are looking for someone else to hire, and they did find someone-BUT THEY ARE GOING TO WORK THE HOURS THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO. They just keep hiring people that can do every other day because like me, they have full time jobs.
I finally decided to stop being a doormat and sent then a text (thanks chat GPT) that their either giving me less hours or they are going to have no employees. I usually just let people do whatever they want to me because I don’t like speaking up to someone who’s my manager or boss, but this is ridiculous.
I’m proud of myself for standing up for my work-life balance, because I do not need this job where I work all the time, don’t see my family or fiancé, and have to smell people who don’t know how to use deodorant and hit on me because I happen to be a chick in a game store 🙂