ok i work at H&R Block as a receptions well last week the only other receptionist was out sick so i was stuck working 12hours a day for a whole week (Monday- Sunday) with absolutely no help i didnt even have a key to open and close......well i was told to make the schedule for me and the other girl for this week and put it into the computer so i did I and i was told to give myself vday night off and Friday and Tuesday night off and i would take to whole Saturday off since i did some much last week well I go in this morning to check on the other girl (since she never did call to find out when she was suppose to come to work today) and she handed me a revised schedule making it to where i worked every night this week and this Saturday and to top it off she make it to where she worked 8 hours and i only got 4 hours a day (20 hours for me and 40 hours for herself) I took this revised schedule to my boss and she told me to get over it there was nothing she could do about it! What should i do?
2007-02-12 03:21:46 · 13 answers · asked by tinkerbell3640 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
my hubby and i already had reservations for vday dinner.....now i have to cancel and i wouldnt be soo upset if we could reschedule for like friday night but now we cant even celebrate our FIRST Valintines day together!
2007-02-12 03:23:29 · update #1
I would love to quite but i cant i just found out friday I am prego and i was looking forward to tell my hubby about the good new on vday I have talked to my boss and ive talked to her boss but nothing is being done.
2007-02-12 03:34:10 · update #2
Well, that tells me never to do business with H&R Block.
If I were you, I would return to the boss and if she doesn't agree with you, I would quit right then and there. That way, the other girl will be screwed into working it.
I don't know where you live, but where I live in Minnesota, there are lots of receptionist/admin. assistant jobs available right now. Find someone who will treat you with some respect! (and with set work hours so this doesn't happen in the future)
2007-02-12 03:33:04 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you aren't being respected in your position. You can't let people walk all over you like that. I'm assuming your boss is the one that told you to take those times off, and she should be working to give you what she already said was yours. If she doesn't, then perhaps you may want to start looking for another job where you will be more respected and appreciated for all you do.
If you intend to stay at the job, then it is best for you to talk to the other receptionist and explain to her what you were told. If she doesn't at least make some adjustments then go to the boss and really force her to listen. Explain your position and why you're offended by the situation. I'm sure you would be willing to compromise on some of it, and offer that. Offer to work Tuesday and Friday night if you get Vday night and Saturday off (or whatever works best for you). This way you don't come off as too stubborn, but still show you're not going to be pushed around so easily.
2007-02-12 11:32:09 · answer #2 · answered by JennyRose 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ok, you would love to quit but can't? H&R Block is not a permanent position, considering their office isn't even OPEN year round! I would give notice and start looking for a new job. Anytime a boss tells you to "get over" something like what you described should be a flashing neon sign as to the fact that you do NOT want to work there forever!
2007-02-12 11:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by startwinkle05 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would go and tell the boss that I ws good enough to work all the long hours when the other girl was sick, and I thought that it was only fair that I could take Valentines Day off. Also I would tell them that I didn't think it was fair that she got so many hours and I only got a few. I would also tell them that I would talk to the labor board.
2007-02-12 11:27:29 · answer #4 · answered by karen v 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Stand up for yourself, companies get what they can out of you because they know they can. Trust me, sometimes you have to make a stand! Tell them..
"Look, I'm a very dedicated hard working employee with good standing and I intend to be for the rest of my waking life. I feel last week I had gone far and beyond the call of duty. I am exhausted and having personal strife due to constant revised scheduling! I need (was it Friday night)? off. I can't rearrange that.
2007-02-12 11:28:33 · answer #5 · answered by ShiftyShadyBitch 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Find a new job. You were told to make the schedule and told to give yourself Valentine's day off, Fri and Tue night and all day Saturday. Who told you to do that? Your boss? If so and now she is recanting, then you can't trust her to stand up for you. Why would you stay? Those kinds of jobs are always available. Move to one where you are respected.
2007-02-12 11:29:13 · answer #6 · answered by butrcupps 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
there is something your boss can do---your boss is an idiot
the schedule was made so what gives the LOSER the right to change it---she was out hiding from her job being a lazy bum
i hope you got overtime for the work you put in
if you can--quit this job as you are working for idiots
ps... i was a manager and would never allow my employee to be treated as you were without great reward and i would never let another who wasn't in for work change a schedule aldready made
2007-02-12 11:30:15 · answer #7 · answered by Bailey 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
let your boss know that she asked you to make the shedule for the week and you did. that should be the one in effect . If everybody is allowed to do the schedule then nobody would be working.And as the BOSS SHE can do something about it IF she wants to ! And your co-worker was not authorized to do or schnge the schedule !
2007-02-12 11:28:21 · answer #8 · answered by silverearth1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Call in sick and if you get fired there are plenty of other jobs out there where you can be a receptionist. It sounds like the place you work for is crooked and underhanded, and you deserve better! Please do not miss out on your special day with your hubby. Call In Sick!
Happy Valentine's Day!
2007-02-12 11:26:47 · answer #9 · answered by Daft One 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You stop being a co-dependent personality. Then, you either express yourself to your supervisor, your HR contact, your local state office relative to Labor Issues, etc. and you take control of what you do with your days & nights.
2007-02-12 11:26:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋