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starroute

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7. It isn't just part-timers

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 03:41 PM

Jul 2013

A friend of my son's worked for one of the big-box stories for a while. He had a full-time, 39 hour a week job, but his schedule was all over the place. He was required to be available from something like 7 am to 10 pm any day fo the week, and the actual hours were only posted two weeks in advance.

As a full-timer, he was eligible for days off, but only the more senior employees actually got to take those on weekends or for several days in a row. So forget about actual vacations.

As I recall, he put up with it for about a year before deciding he wanted his life back.

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Part-Time Workers Say Schedules Are Getting More Erratic [View all] Purveyor Jul 2013 OP

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Jul 2013 #1

"completely unpredictable" = chaos. Trillo Jul 2013 #2

This is the kind of thing you do when you don't want your employees getting other jobs. JVS Jul 2013 #3

It Will Only Get Worse Until Workers Rise Up And Revolt And TheMastersNemesis Jul 2013 #4

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jul 2013 #5

This makes it impossible to hold a second job LiberalEsto Jul 2013 #6

It isn't just part-timers starroute Jul 2013 #7

I may only have P/T employees, but I make sure that they all have the same work days and hours kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #8

In places where immigration provides so many workers for so little - truedelphi Jul 2013 #9

Unpredictable is the point jeff47 Jul 2013 #10