Canceled Shift
By YoghurtGal
@flapiz (23148)
United Kingdom
7 responses
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
5 Jan 17
I can understand that. I have only worked about 15 hours per week for the past two months and it's so stressful!!
I can't even enjoy the unallotted days off for worry over my finances.
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@flapiz (23148)
• United Kingdom
5 Jan 17
It's true if had money I would've enjoyed this day off but I'm short in finances. Really not a good time to not have work. I can't predict how much work I'd get and it's frustrating.
@flapiz (23148)
• United Kingdom
5 Jan 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum Oh God that's terrible. My earning potential is high but the problem is that they don't have enough shifts for me. These days I just get 1-2 shift a week and that's 240$ Per shift. Now I'm not complaining if I don't have a visa to pay which is around 5000$. And I still have rent 160$ a week and groceries and utilities. I feel old. Scraping all that I can.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
5 Jan 17
@flapiz It definitely is. I've recently acquired another bill, so at $200.00 more to be taken from my account, I'm starting to sweat.
I'm only netting about $400.00 a month as is!
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@pumpkinjam (8754)
• United Kingdom
6 Jan 17
That's one of the (many) reasons I quit working for an agency. I had some people tell me I was well off because I earned a high hourly rate. Yes, £10 an hour is a good rate, but it doesn't work out a lot when you're only doing 2 to 3 hours a day or getting cancellations. I never knew what to do with myself when I had a last minute cancellation. Even if you have things you could be doing, you feel like you're all out of sync with everything!
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@flapiz (23148)
• United Kingdom
7 Jan 17
That's true salary rate is too good for all the stress we put up with with cancelations and new environments.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
5 Jan 17
i worked for a temp company briefly.if they weren't cancelling,they were outright lying about the pay rate..it was usually a buck or two lower than what they originally said.
the flexability is nice,but i think i'm done with it.
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@flapiz (23148)
• United Kingdom
6 Jan 17
I know right. They compensate when I'm in the hospital already but that's not fair when they cancel an hour just before the shift. Of course I won't come to the hospital an hour early. 
