I was hired as a seasonal flow team employee in mid/late November, been here almost 2 months already and there are still a lot of things I don't know.
There are many things i need to make a point to learn about, but the current problem is that my hours seem to be getting cut drastically. When I started, Thanksgiving and Black Friday were not far away, and Christmas preparations were being made. My hours were plentiful, and the weeks often saw me working 6 days in a row.
Now, that's the way I like it. I start at 5 every day, except for one day, my 3rd ever, where they had me come in at 4 and start on the line (which in retrospect seems like a fluke, but I can't be sure.) My schedule usually specifies that my shift is to end at 8:30 am, but since the beginning I've always just left whenever the work is finished..and the TLs seem to be fine with it (never stayed past 2...and even that is rare. The latest I stay is usually 1. At my store I always start in either toys or baby, and from there, just go where I'm needed: sporting goods, frozen, dairy, and then progress to random pulls as the day is ending.)
But over time, the holidays passed... I did receive a letter commending my work and offering me a long-term position, which was reassuring, but as things have died down, my scheduled days have been diminishing. It went from 6 or 5 days to 4 days per week for a couple weeks (about 17 scheduled hours, which is decent, but still I tend to work more) and for the last 2 weeks, they have been giving me 3-day work weeks, totaling to about 10 hours each. This upcoming week I am scheduled to work a 9 hour week. It really makes me uneasy and I wonder if there is anything I can do to change/ fix this.
I've received advice to simply ask the one TL for more days, or even to come in earlier. The former I have done, and it seems to work out fine. He is easy-going & fairly accommodating, and will usually add a day to my now meager schedule. There is also the receiving team leader who we go to for schedule changes, and he is fair enough, but I've heard that he's more stingy with hours and people have said that he's asked them to leave when they tried to stay longer than usual. Just today in fact, I was finishing up at 1pm and he told me to leave (first time ever! Which was also a bit worrisome) in a subtle way that was more like asking than ordering...
Anyway, I was wondering if there are any suggestions as to what I should do. I could keep on asking this one TL for more days until the end of time, but that's not completely reliable, and what I would much rather do is just let it be known that I would prefer at least 4 scheduled workdays per week, with 5 being optimum.
Maybe I am seeking out the wrong person? Is there someone else, or another manager I should see about this kind of thing [scheduling]? Is this taboo altogether? Or would it maybe be better to just start requesting days through eHR? Could I really ask to change my shift (like, from 5 am to 4)? Or is this just never done? Could there be a specific reason why they are cutting my hours? Could I be fired if i try to mess around with this too much?
I would appreciate any input, advice, experiences, etc. Also if this is in the wrong place, sorry. But yes I am lost. D:
There are many things i need to make a point to learn about, but the current problem is that my hours seem to be getting cut drastically. When I started, Thanksgiving and Black Friday were not far away, and Christmas preparations were being made. My hours were plentiful, and the weeks often saw me working 6 days in a row.
Now, that's the way I like it. I start at 5 every day, except for one day, my 3rd ever, where they had me come in at 4 and start on the line (which in retrospect seems like a fluke, but I can't be sure.) My schedule usually specifies that my shift is to end at 8:30 am, but since the beginning I've always just left whenever the work is finished..and the TLs seem to be fine with it (never stayed past 2...and even that is rare. The latest I stay is usually 1. At my store I always start in either toys or baby, and from there, just go where I'm needed: sporting goods, frozen, dairy, and then progress to random pulls as the day is ending.)
But over time, the holidays passed... I did receive a letter commending my work and offering me a long-term position, which was reassuring, but as things have died down, my scheduled days have been diminishing. It went from 6 or 5 days to 4 days per week for a couple weeks (about 17 scheduled hours, which is decent, but still I tend to work more) and for the last 2 weeks, they have been giving me 3-day work weeks, totaling to about 10 hours each. This upcoming week I am scheduled to work a 9 hour week. It really makes me uneasy and I wonder if there is anything I can do to change/ fix this.
I've received advice to simply ask the one TL for more days, or even to come in earlier. The former I have done, and it seems to work out fine. He is easy-going & fairly accommodating, and will usually add a day to my now meager schedule. There is also the receiving team leader who we go to for schedule changes, and he is fair enough, but I've heard that he's more stingy with hours and people have said that he's asked them to leave when they tried to stay longer than usual. Just today in fact, I was finishing up at 1pm and he told me to leave (first time ever! Which was also a bit worrisome) in a subtle way that was more like asking than ordering...
Anyway, I was wondering if there are any suggestions as to what I should do. I could keep on asking this one TL for more days until the end of time, but that's not completely reliable, and what I would much rather do is just let it be known that I would prefer at least 4 scheduled workdays per week, with 5 being optimum.
Maybe I am seeking out the wrong person? Is there someone else, or another manager I should see about this kind of thing [scheduling]? Is this taboo altogether? Or would it maybe be better to just start requesting days through eHR? Could I really ask to change my shift (like, from 5 am to 4)? Or is this just never done? Could there be a specific reason why they are cutting my hours? Could I be fired if i try to mess around with this too much?
I would appreciate any input, advice, experiences, etc. Also if this is in the wrong place, sorry. But yes I am lost. D:
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