Archived Left during a shift..

[Crushit1986]

Hey guys. Well this is my first post here, and I'm super stressed over a situation at work. Here we go..

So tonight I was scheduled an overnight shift..when I first saw this I was like wtf.. I told HR, and the ETLs in my interviews back in September that I wasn't willing to work any over night shifts,so I was surprised to see this. Since September I've been working my butt off, I've only called in a couple of times and all that. Mostly all of the ETLs/TLs and I get along great, and they hope to see me move up soon. I average around 35-38 hours per week, and no matter how crazy it gets close to the end of a closing shift I never complain and get the job done. So..with that mentality I said F it I'm going to work the shift and not say anything about it. As 10pm was closing in I started to stress and freak out about this shift, I was going to be working with the overnight TL that I don't see eye to eye with,and that treats all of his overnight people like crap.

So I clocked in tonight at 10, and went to go pull out the rest of the cold room pulls to help the closer catch up because he was really behind and stressing out due to the same overnight guy giving him grief for being slow.. Hearing that kind of set me over the edge and I went to talk to the LOD. I explained to her that when I was hired I told them I'm not willing to work any overnight shifts,and that I only bit the bullet because I would like to move up,and calling in would be counter productive to that. She was very understanding about it, and was going to send an email to HR to see why I was scheduled for this shift at all. She did mention I had a 2 week outlook on this,so I explained to her why i didn't say anything; She understood my reason. She could clearly see that I was stressed and upset and asked if I would like to go home, I was hesitant at first but I said yes.

So anyways, my question is: Will I get into serious trouble for this? I've never been written up or coached for anything since starting at my store in September. I didn't want to call in and get another absence..even though it would only be my third one in 7 months. I really don't care if I get coached, or a write up..I just hope I don't get let go because of it. I was stressed to the point I didn't think I could work the shift. I've never felt like that before,and I have worked for some crappy places in the past.

 

[callmetaylor]

I don't think you'll get in trouble for leaving early, but you really should've spoken with your ETL or HR as soon as the schedule was made public and you noticed the weird shift. It was likely just a weird computer error and they would've been happy to fix it for you.

I'm a lot like you and prefer to just go along with a crappy situation instead of speaking up, but in situations like this not speaking up actually makes things harder for the other people, because had you spoken up they could've scheduled someone who would've worked a full shift and gotten the work done.

So yea...definitely not a fireable offense, imo, but they probably won't appreciate that you didn't communicate better with them, and that you don't have a better/more pressing reason for not finishing a shift other than being stressed because it was a night shift.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Running away or calling out does not resolve your issue. It is highly suggested to say something about your schedule the moment you see it. Your open availability allow you to get the over night shifts. Now, since you waited & said nothing, makes it very hard for spot to get a replacement for your shift. Work all shifts this time. Fix your availability in ehr. Because back to school(BTS) is coming soon, that will be overnight too.
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