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ORIGINAL: satyrsnymph28
Here's the situation. I applied for this job a while back, and I got hired on about a month ago. Its a retail position that pays 7.50/hr. When my boss hired me on, she hired me to work 4:30-closing (8:30) twice a week, and the full closing shift on the weekends, which is 11:30-8:30.
Its convenient because the job is on my way home from my 9-4 job, so working an extra 4 hours as a stop on my way home is kindof nice.
So anyway, I worked the hours she hired me to work for... one week... and since then I've had 2 shifts a week that were 2 hours long... sometimes on a weekend when I then have to drive 20 miles each way to get to the job and get home. I'm only making... $56 every two weeks on that schedule, which is ALMOST the gas that it takes to get there and back on those 4 days.
This next week, I am on call for all the days that I am available to work there. I am the ONLY employee on call, everyone else has scheduled hours. This means, obviously, I'm not gaurenteed to get ANY hours at all next week and could, in fact, not work that job at all.
Another scenario that could take place would be that, rather than getting to stop by to work my shift on my way home from my other job, I could possibly get all the way home (45 minutes from my first job) and then receive a call saying I needed to come in. That, of course, is a tremendous waste of gas.
So, my thoughts are... do I quit? Do I wait it out to see if I get more hours? What can I say to my manager that will be well received and potentially provide more hours for me?
Let me know what you think... I really need some help with this one...
Thanks
Being Canadian, I thought it might help to look at the appropriate labor laws first before responding. Perved you on the other side simply to find out which laws apply to you [since they vary by state].
Your employer's playing rotten, but within the rules. There's a stipulation for "reporting time pay" [Google should help you brush up on it, it worked for me] wherein if you expect to work x hours and are given less work time, you can claim for at least 2 and no more than 4 hours. You took the job on as 4 hours; half that is the minimum 2 you're getting.
As a secondary job, this doesn't sound very viable for you, based on what you've described. They picked you up for the "rush" of work before school started, and now you're being chumped for minimum time, minimum wage.
Unfortunately, looking at how the labor laws read in your state, and depending on how much free time you have after working your first job [and sleeping, and eating, and living in general...], you should probably expect to run into this more often than not. If you took the job because you need it, keep it until you find something better. If it's for a little extra mad money, you can do better...you just have to be patient because, as aforementioned, you'll run into this again...
That advice dispensed, the best way to approach your boss is to be polite and to the point. "I appreciate this opportunity, however from my end I also have these things to take into consideration..." If you can create a discussion dynamic and the boss is receptive, you may yet be able to work things out to your benefit.
Hope some of this helped. I know how hard it can be to make a second job work; I've done it before myself, and in my current job I deal with people who have scheduling issues on a regular basis.
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