Archived Would you give up pay for the ability to make your own schedule?

[aspiringETL]

I'm not talking a large cut, like .50c-$1 an hr

 

[BackroomBear]

I'm not sure how this would work at a retail level.... store needs to be staffed. What if all but a handful of TMs want 9-5? That handful gets stuck with all other hours and nothing but? It's interesting but I don't see how it'd end up fair on a large scale. I'm not with spot full time anymore, and even in corporate world I don't really make my own schedule.

 

[aspiringETL]

I'm not sure how this would work at a retail level.... store needs to be staffed. What if all but a handful of TMs want 9-5? That handful gets stuck with all other hours and nothing but? It's interesting but I don't see how it'd end up fair on a large scale. I'm not with spot full time anymore, and even in corporate world I don't really make my own schedule.

Yeah I guess it only can work with certain TL's and those who are the only one in their department. Only reason I ask is because I left Target taking a pay cut for the same position so I could pick my hours and days off

 

[Him]

Yeah, I don't think that would fly because everyone would ask as the op said, 8-4, 9-5, never work weekends, off every holiday, Monday-Thurs, etc. Also some TM's, and even some leaders would max out their hours before the weeks finished and you would have 0 coverage for weekends...(Busisest time for Retail mind you).

 

[HRZone]

I'm not talking a large cut, like .50c-$1 an hr

I do write my own schedule but I happily work occasional weekends.

Schedule is why some people consider retail an undesirable job because you have to occasionally close and work weekends.

I would not take a paycut for better hours. These bills don't pay themselves

 

[missionimpossible]

I'm not talking a large cut, like .50c-$1 an hr

absolutely

Yeah I guess it only can work with certain TL's and those who are the only one in their department. Only reason I ask is because I left Target taking a pay cut for the same position so I could pick my hours and days off

did the same thing. quality of life is more important

 

[qmosqueen]

Hell no my pay is already so low it can't go any lower.

I work here cause it's close and they accommodate my schedule very nice

 

[Anelmi]

No. I'm working this as a second job and they have done a great job accommodating my scheduling needs.

 

[OneGoodEar]

Schedule is why some people consider retail an undesirable job because you have to occasionally close and work weekends.

Or early mornings.

 

[Yetive]

I have a couple of tms who basically make their own schedules. They are awesome team members who always show up and do a great job. I have never said no to any time off requests from them. That said, they know that weekends are part of retail, although they do have specific shifts they work on weekends.

 

[SFSFun]

I pretty much already have the ideal schedule. The only thing I would change would be switching to 4 days of 10-hour shifts instead of 5 days of 8 hours. But an extra day off isn't worth a pay cut.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Now, you have your life back & freedom to plan events with other stuff..

 

[HRZone]

Or early mornings.

True but most office jobs have early mornings too. NOT many jobs let you stroll in at 12 lol

 

[OneGoodEar]

I meant like before 7.

 

[HardlinesGuy]

I'm not talking a large cut, like .50c-$1 an hr

For me that IS a large cut 😳

 

[Stubio]

I don't get paid more for having open availability so no, I wouldn't take a paycut to work a custom schedule. 😕

 

[Greenie]

Nope.

 

[HRZone]

For me that IS a large cut 😳

Yeah we had a team member who got keyed for the wrong pay by a dollar less for two years. He never realized this so we gave him his back pay and he had like a 3000 dollar check. A dollar per hour is a lot and adds up quick. For me that's 80 bucks per check

 

[pellinore]

The question asked is a rhetorical question....about the pay and the hours.
Me, while losing .50 an hour is a lot, I'd be willing to write my own schedule.

Now, if we were to be given a few parameters to follow then I bet that more people would consider taking a pay cut. For example....each person would have to have at least one opening shift, one closing shift, and two weekends a month.

It would be interesting to see how things would work out.

 

[Doglover89]

Now, if we were to be given a few parameters to follow then I bet that more people would consider taking a pay cut. For example....each person would have to have at least one opening shift, one closing shift, and two weekends a month.

You mean like a TL?

 

[Ahem]

I would. After taxes and what not, I'm making less now than I was a dollar ago anyway. I do the math for almost every check to see if it's still the same because I use the number to make a budget estimate before the stub goes up. It's been consistent, but I did just enroll in the 401k so it's probably gonna look a little different now.

Anyway, I wouldn't even be awful with a custom schedule. I'd really just want my days off to rotate sorta. I'd want one weekend per month or 2

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

No holidays to work, heck yes.