Who's working?

dxg · Post by **dxg** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 1:42 am

Who's has to work these holidays?

Didn't work yesterday, but worked all crimbo eve and all day today. Sent my boss an email at ten past midnight on christmas eve just to prove to him that I'd been working the hours I claimed, but - frankly I'm getting a bit fed up of it now. I was the only person in the whole complex this afternoon. Not fun at all.

Wouldn't be so bad, but my contract is "hours as necessary" which in theory is ideal (how can you be late if you have no defined hours?), but at times like this it takes the proverbial, somewhat.

Need cheering up, peeps.

Deek.
(Fed up and going to bed).

16v_po-low · Post by **16v_po-low** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 2:29 am

so if its hours as necessary i suppose its salary then? (probably a really thick question but i ain't got a clue haha) what do you do? could you have not just worked really really hard next week and chilled over xmas?

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:27 am

i work at a local nightclub. got Â£10 an hour collecting glasses on xmas eve.

Nelson_Wilbury · Post by **Nelson_Wilbury** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:33 am

Not as bad as your situation DXG, but still pretty bad. Work 8:30am-6pm, 80% of the time with no lunch break and 1 Saturday a fortnight. Your also made to feel pretty guilty if you wanna take owed time off (!)
I was the only person in the Parts department on Christmas eve (worked till 1:30pm).

Not too bad but then bare in mind I live 50-60 minutes from home so I don't even get home till 7am

Which ain't worth it for the wage i'm on at the moment

dxg · Post by **dxg** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 1:28 pm

At least you guys have fixed hours and a set amount of work to do. In my game, you're just meant to deal with everything that gets piled onto you. The assumption is that you'll just find the time to do it.

Our government funders have called a steering meeting in the middle of January - a month earlier than expected. So, somehow, you *have* to get two month's work done in one, and that's not even taking the holiday break into account.

I feel like I'm moaning, but most years I've been able to find a day early in December to get my crimbo presents sorted out. This year, I was trying to get it all done last Saturday - so I know the workload's increased.

Thanks for your support guys.

Deek.

BTW Nelson, are you able to come up with a set of part numbers for the Polo fun/trek's front and rear bumpers, side skirts (both sides, door panels and sill skirts) -- and a price(?) -- not seriously thinking about doing this, but just wondering the cost would be....

nick euro · Post by **nick euro** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 6:00 pm

i worked today at 5am with the nexty sales, so gonna quit next now, its a killer. and i worked xmas eve for 4 hours and tomorrow for 6, ruins the hols completely

SiDaBa · Post by **SiDaBa** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 9:51 pm

Worked boxing day, not bad tho tripple pay, ahve to work weekend...that sucked (so far only ssaturday but no doubt tomorrow will too) and i'm working new years day which is only time and a half!