Does management frown on people using the swap board too often? I have stated on here before that I am being scheduled more than I would like and at this point in the year I could really use a break. I put two shifts up a few weeks ago and someone took them and then I used it again for a day that they were predicting snow/ice. I was thinking of putting another one up in a few weeks, but was wondering if that will not be a good idea and it will make it seem like I don't want the job at all, which I do. Other people in my work center (who are also part time like me and have fairly limited availability) are scheduled much shorter shifts than me-like 4-5 hours or only get 8 hours a week. I am consistently scheduled 8.5 hours on my shifts. I would love some shorter shifts, but they don't allow to put up partial shifts.
Archived Using swap board too often
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Amanda Cantwell
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If you keep doing it you may get less hours, they’ll think you want to work less.
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Have you entered your availability into the Hr system, My Time? You can list the days, hours you want, and time available to work.
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Actually I've noticed a definite trend in that those who put up a lot of hours on swap shift tend to get a lot more hours than those "begging" for hours. This made no sense to me until I also noticed that those shifts are sometimes deleted before filled.
Point: Hours budgeted for the store or work center are shown as allocated BUT if STL needs to, he/she can lop the schedule from swap sheet without losing budget for future.
That's what's happening there.
Point: Hours budgeted for the store or work center are shown as allocated BUT if STL needs to, he/she can lop the schedule from swap sheet without losing budget for future.
That's what's happening there.
Thanks for all the replies. I ended up not putting any more hours up at this time. I don’t want to seem like I don’t want to work. (Although I hope that my work ethic is apparent when I am working.) It just surprises me that I am still scheduled the maximum amount at 17 hours for the 2 days I am available when others in my work center are litterally only getting 4 hours a week.
Aw, somebody likes you! Seriously.
I'm in the same boat. Spot is my 2nd job and I have limited availability, yet I'm scheduled more hours than most of my fellow TMs.
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