I need advice regarding a situation at work.
There are several times when I work an 8 hours shift, and there is no-one to either 1) give me a bathroom break or 2) give me time to heat my lunch or dinner up in the microwave inside the store and get back to the fuel center. There is no microwave or bathroom at the fuel center. There is a sign at the fuel center that you display when you have to leave the fuel center. You have up to 15 minutes to take a break.
Last Thursday the manager over the fuel center saw me inside the store in the morning when I went to the bathroom, and she asked me if there was anyone in the fuel center. I told her that I am the only one in the fuel center until 1:45 p.m. when my relief arrives. That manager also makes the fuel center work schedule. Then when I went inside the store to heat up my lunch, and she saw me again. That time she told me, in front of customers and other employees the following “The fuel center cannot be unattended… Come on, this is the second time you have left the fuel center today… I do not need you to leave the fuel center… I will hire someone to work 20 hours a week to cover for breaks.”
The fuel center is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. 7 days a week, so I do not know how there can be break coverage for everyone with someone working 20 hours a week to give breaks.
I have not been told anything about my productivity or any other issues either from her, the store manager, or one of the Assistant store managers.
I work 3 p.m to 10 p.m. tonight, and I am at the point that I want to make a list of all the closing duties I completed in addition to my bathroom break for her to see.
This is how I feel...
I was working 38 to 40 hours, but next week my hours have been cut to 30 hours a week.
My husband wants me to wait a couple of weeks to see if things improve before I begin looking for a better job situation especially considering my hours were cut to 30 hours next week. I submitted a vacation request a couple of months ago for the week of November 8th, and I would like to use that time for job interviews and job hunting.
What do you suggest I do?
How should I handle this situation?
There are several times when I work an 8 hours shift, and there is no-one to either 1) give me a bathroom break or 2) give me time to heat my lunch or dinner up in the microwave inside the store and get back to the fuel center. There is no microwave or bathroom at the fuel center. There is a sign at the fuel center that you display when you have to leave the fuel center. You have up to 15 minutes to take a break.
Last Thursday the manager over the fuel center saw me inside the store in the morning when I went to the bathroom, and she asked me if there was anyone in the fuel center. I told her that I am the only one in the fuel center until 1:45 p.m. when my relief arrives. That manager also makes the fuel center work schedule. Then when I went inside the store to heat up my lunch, and she saw me again. That time she told me, in front of customers and other employees the following “The fuel center cannot be unattended… Come on, this is the second time you have left the fuel center today… I do not need you to leave the fuel center… I will hire someone to work 20 hours a week to cover for breaks.”
The fuel center is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. 7 days a week, so I do not know how there can be break coverage for everyone with someone working 20 hours a week to give breaks.
I have not been told anything about my productivity or any other issues either from her, the store manager, or one of the Assistant store managers.
I work 3 p.m to 10 p.m. tonight, and I am at the point that I want to make a list of all the closing duties I completed in addition to my bathroom break for her to see.
This is how I feel...
I was working 38 to 40 hours, but next week my hours have been cut to 30 hours a week.
My husband wants me to wait a couple of weeks to see if things improve before I begin looking for a better job situation especially considering my hours were cut to 30 hours next week. I submitted a vacation request a couple of months ago for the week of November 8th, and I would like to use that time for job interviews and job hunting.
What do you suggest I do?
How should I handle this situation?
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