Today I was informed that I was expected to be at a meeting next week Wednesday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. This means I won't get home from work until 5 pm - 5:30 pm. I'm also expected to work my normal shift that starts at 10 pm.
I asked how the heck they figure I'm going to work almost 17 hours and just got a blank look.
I'm thinking I'm not going to go. Yeah, I'll probably get yelled at but seriously? I'm the one who comes in at a moments notice to cover 3rd shift and I don't think it should be allowed to force someone to work 17 hours just for a stupid 8.5 hour meeting. (Please note: This does not affect just me, the person who works my days off will also have the same issue and he's no happier about it.)
actually if you have a good facilitator they can be good experiences, but oh man, I have been to some put on by govt agencies that were pretty farcical.
Does it happen often? Not this long. We usually have monthly meetings which require me to get out of bed in the middle of my sleep to attend, but I still go.
No, the meeting is not for a good reason. This speaker has been here before and I really didn't learn anything in the class that was helpful to my position.
I cannot honestly say that attending would not be beneficial to me but considering I went to the first one and got very little from it I will surmise not.
The guy who works my off days will be in the same boat - though he's got a young child so I think he's in more 'pain'. Fortunately for him if he has to go he's got off Wednesday and Thursday.
sort of. If you're off Tuesday night, Wednesday day counts as part of your "days off" and this cuts into that. Hopefully you have Monday night off as well.
9. I worked third shift for many years (LOVED it)...
. . . ...and every once in a while they would forget what kind of grief we gave them the previous times they told us to come in for a two-hour bullshit meeting (like Kali said, it was usually "team-building" or something) usually around lunchtime (OUR sleepytime). . We would become this grate-on-your-ears whining griping pissing-and-moaning MACHINE and we'd keep up 'til we found the person that it aggravated the most (by FAR). It didn't take long for him to exempt us from "unnecessary hardships". . . .
15. After nearly 25 years and being their only stable person...(physically)
I think it'd be cutting of their noses to spite their faces.
I'm hesitant to pull the union card. Union rules dictate that a person must be given 8 hours between shifts so technically I shouldn't have to come in till 1 am.
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