CodeBanana
Sr GSTL
- Joined
- May 6, 2013
- Messages
- 12
Tonight was our oh-so-fun 2-Day set, ad takedown, ad set nightmare. Last year we were scheduled 6p-3a to zone, do the ad, and set bulk in softlines. This year we were scheduled 4p-1230a to set bulk and do the ad. No big deal, except around 130a I needed to leave.
I told my ETL that I needed to go home to let the dogs out. For the record, I live alone, my friends are all out of town with family for the holidays, and I don't get paid nearly enough to board the dogs for the holidays just so I can work a couple extra hours. She told me that I was making excuses and it would reflect poorly on me (as a TL) that I was leaving early (nevermind that I had already stayed an extra hour). She proceeded to tell me that she would make sure our ETLHR scheduled the TLs later next year so no one could leave early. I tried to talk to her, but she kept telling me I could leave, but that it wouldn't be perceived well and that it was going to look bad.
Last year I had a dogsitter and was prepared to stay super late. I even stayed until nearly 5 in the morning. This year they didn't schedule us that late. Had I known, maybe I could have worked something out with a neighbor or left them in a friend's backyard. I'm always volunteering to work holidays, including closing on Christmas Eve, because my family lives too far away for a day trip.
The dogs seriously don't care that I'm a TL. They care that they've been alone for 10 hours and need to go outside. Am I alone in thinking it's ridiculous that I stayed an extra hour, was half an hour from compliance, and my leadership team is going to hold it against me that I had to go home and let the dogs out?
I told my ETL that I needed to go home to let the dogs out. For the record, I live alone, my friends are all out of town with family for the holidays, and I don't get paid nearly enough to board the dogs for the holidays just so I can work a couple extra hours. She told me that I was making excuses and it would reflect poorly on me (as a TL) that I was leaving early (nevermind that I had already stayed an extra hour). She proceeded to tell me that she would make sure our ETLHR scheduled the TLs later next year so no one could leave early. I tried to talk to her, but she kept telling me I could leave, but that it wouldn't be perceived well and that it was going to look bad.
Last year I had a dogsitter and was prepared to stay super late. I even stayed until nearly 5 in the morning. This year they didn't schedule us that late. Had I known, maybe I could have worked something out with a neighbor or left them in a friend's backyard. I'm always volunteering to work holidays, including closing on Christmas Eve, because my family lives too far away for a day trip.
The dogs seriously don't care that I'm a TL. They care that they've been alone for 10 hours and need to go outside. Am I alone in thinking it's ridiculous that I stayed an extra hour, was half an hour from compliance, and my leadership team is going to hold it against me that I had to go home and let the dogs out?