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09-02-2006, 08:05 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: ohio
Posts: 229
| wooooooork auuuuuuuuugh I know it seems like I am always angry but this upset me. I started a new job which I like a lot...but the hours not so much. When I applied, I put down p/t and 20 hours a week...25 at the most, and they were fine with it. They asked for my hours of availability and told me they would schedule in between those hours. They decided to schedule me for every single hour I put down that I was available...and then some. Apparently the whole 20 hours a week/25 hours when desperate meant nothing last week it was 30 hours and this week it's 27 I also told them I can't work on Fridays...I have prior committments on Friday with the MS Society and I put this down and told them it had to be "set in stone" that Fridays were not my day to work. I am to be working this Friday 2-9:30. Not to mention I am a college student, my mom is sick, and I have several organizations I am involved with. I am also hypoglycemic and when they had me working 2-10 I mentioned this and was told to "bring a few crackers" to "hold me over". I had to miss lunch and dinner that night and was miserable when I got off...about to keel over. THEN I found out there is a law or an act of some sort that says I am to get a break every four hours. Which I never got. I was told I could take a few minute break to "eat my crackers". I am a college student. I have 16 credit hours. I am a dork and study a LOT. I also am involved in other organizations and do some volunteer work. I can't work 30 hours and study and be prepared to graduate. I am going in on Tuesday before my first class and ask to change my availability. I will tell them I can work 2-7 on Tuesday and I'll work 2-9:30 on Wednesday provided I can bring a bagged dinner with me so I don't freakin pass out...but, if possible,not work Thursday 2-9:30...if they can find someone to work that shift then that'd be good and I would work 2-7 if nessessary. The other thing that bothers me is they expected me, after one day of training, be able to be by myself with babies. I hadn't changed a diaper in YEARS. And after one day of training they wanted to put me by myself with babies? They had also planned on me closing that night when I was never EVER trained in how to close. It's just the fact that they did everything they told me they wouldn't do. They told me I would never be over 20 hours, 25 if they were desperate...last week I had 30, this week it's 27. They told me they understood I couldn't work on Fridays...and I'm scheduled for Friday. I can't bring meals in because the babies might get their hands on the food which is not a good thing for a hypoglycemic...I honestly don't think a "few crackers" would hold me over when I have to miss lunch AND dinner (I am heading straight to work from class). They trained me very little and expected me to take care of babies when I was nowhere near comfortable after only a few hours of training and then expected me to close when they never trained me to close...but it's the hours and the fact that I have to submit myself to feeling like crap when I get off because my blood sugar is all wacked out from missing two meals to go to work and get a salary of freakin 5.40 an hour sorry...just had to vent
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09-02-2006, 09:06 PM | #2 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Wow I feel for you!! I take it this is a daycare job? I had an experience with one a few years ago. I dont have my early childhood education cert. so I could only apply as a paid helper..never to be left alone with the children and only as a call in position, which could be 1 or 2 days a week. WELL!! After the first day they called me the next day and I was left alone with a ROOM full of potty training TWO year olds!! I was in shock and totally unprepared. They called me every day of the week that week and I was left alone again and again...no ECE worker in sight...needless to say I never went back! It was totally illegal on their part and I was not going to be used! Dont get taken advantage of..be firm with them and re-remind them of the hours you CAN work. Its so stressfull I know..the babies are a handful and never a one person job. Dawn |
09-02-2006, 09:32 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: ohio
Posts: 229
| i've never really had to be assertive ever and i am a terribly shy person...i am scared crapless of having to go in and be like "this is what i need and if it isn't done this way then i quit" being alone with babies terrifies me. i am nowhere near being comfortable enough being responsible by myself with babies. they're adorable and i love nothing more than holding them and feeding me but i just feel more comfortable having someone around with me...i am not yet certified in CPR or First Aid (I have a year from being hired to get my certification) and if something were to happen to a baby and I am alone in the room then I would be screwed when this was brought up to the director, she was like "well ill be here at the front desk watching every move on the camera and if there's a problem I'll come back" that really didn't make me feel better and the fact that she was like "watching your ever move" makes it feel like I'm being spied on which kind of creeps me out...but I guess you should prolly have things like that at daycares. but yah...wish me luck...tuesday i have to attempt to be really assertive for like the first time ever and it's scary for a shy girl like me
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09-02-2006, 09:59 PM | #4 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| You can do it!! I have faith in you! Are there any other job opportunities out there for you? If the director of this daycare cant understand your needs and fears then maybe this isnt the right daycare for you. How many babies are in the baby room? I know here in Canada there are laws...a daycare provider/child ratio..I also know with babies there have to be more people in the room than you would for a toddler or pre-schooler. I was soooooooo shy for a loooooooooooooong time. You wouldnt know it now!! I am 34 and spent too many years getting stepped on, finally I stood up and said NO MORE..after you do it once it gets easier every time. I mean you dont have to be rude or anything lol..let us know how things go!! Dawn |
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