Need advice about scheduling issue at my job... please help?
@handsomeitaliano (1050)
United States
October 7, 2008 10:22pm CST
Ok (I'm an EMT) when I first started the schedule guy gave me a messed up schedule where I have a day off in between each work day which I think sucked. It made no sense.
So then I decided to go with a 4pm-12am Mon-Fri shift which was pretty cool actually, but my two days off went by SO fast. However, I always had pleasant partners to work with.
So I switched to a new schedule where I work 40 hours from Tues-Fri, with 3 days off. Here's my only problem: The partner I have on Tuesday -- I cannot take it, being stuck with that person for 12 hours, trust me, i really can't. There's no way I can change that partner either. No way.
Now I want to either go back to my old schedule (4pm-12am Mon-Fri, maybe turn two of those days into 2pm-10pm, which is available) or go to part-time (mon-thurs 4pm-12am and only work that extra twice a month).
The only problem is how do I tell this to the schedule manager without looking bad? Do you think he'll have a problem with me changing my schedule for the 4th time now? Mind you, I don't plan to tell him that partner on tuesday is the reason, i'm gonna say I'm trying to fit my schedule to my stepdaughter's schedule, something to that effect, ya know.
Which schedule should I pick? Do you think the guy will have a problem with me doing this again (for the final time though)?
1 response
@LRB1111 (356)
• United States
8 Oct 08
Hi,
I wouldn't worry too much about it. At one of my past jobs I switched my schedule so many times the boss' head spun.I had lousy excuses for most of them. Thank goodness they were pretty flexible with the scheduling and I had been there quite awhile. Your situation might be different. Starting the workweek off with headache doesn't sound like a good deal for you. You know whats best so you should definitely see about getting the schedule changed a bit. But hopefully it won't get changed, and then you end up with another partner who is even worse. What if someone new came along and started working your new shifts? I wonder what it is about this current partner that irks you. I probably know the type. Depending on what the issue/s is or how understanding your boss is, maybe you could mention the real reason to him. But most people wouldn't want to go that route anyway. So I think you should sit down a really think about what schedule will work best for you now, and in the long run (to eliminate the possibility of having to change it for the 5th time). Then I would mention to your boss that you "might" unfortunately have to make some minor adjustments to your schedule once again, but you will let him know for sure. Emphasize Tuesdays. lol. This will give him a heads up. Give it another week or so if you can, (maybe your partner will start to grow on you by then). Then if your completely sure you have come up with the right shifts your willing to work present that to your boss. If you worried about giving him a reason then just explain that the situation is a bit complicated and you are just trying to make everyone (including yourself) happy. That is what it should be about. Not what your boss thinks. You are an EMT and you help save peoples lives. It's a blessing you are there on any day!
:-)
