work not letting me drop a shift so i can look after new baby

Pollycat

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

Absolute rot, you know nothing of the OPs circumstances other than what she has told you i.e. she has no one to care for the child.

We may well know nothing of the OP's circumstances.

But we do know that some of the OP's responses on here have been slightly more agressive than I would expect from someone seeking advice - and to perfectly innocent replies too.

And she herself has told us that she thinks her workmates are a " horrible bunch of people".

She's said her employer is "uncaring and useless and unaccomodating".

She says that "i basically wont be working that night".

Strop?

I'd say that's a pretty fair description of what the OP's throwing.

I do sympathise with her situation but the way she's represented herself on here isn't winning her any friends - and maybe that could be why nobosy will swop her Saturday shift with her.

Dunroamin

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

I am suggesting nothing of the kind. I said that if she felt that her employers were not listening to, or taking on board, her needs and the needs of her dependant she has every right to feel stressed about it. Most people would. If she feels this to be the case, her employers have a duty of care.

Her GP would most certainly write to any organisation on that basis.

You don't have to like it, but, it is a fact.

Just because you keep reiterating this, doesn't make it so. It is not a GP's job to mediate between an employer and employee on a question like this and she'll get very short shrift if she asks.

Now, that is a fact!

skintandscared_2

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

I don't care that you don't agree with me. You were wrong when you asserted that she would get no help from her GP.

I am not wrong. If the OP goes to her GP based on the facts she has given in her posts here, and says that work refuse to let her change/drop shifts and she needs to stop working on a Saturday night because she can't get childcare, I do not believe that a GP would intervene.

If, however, she went to her GP based on the complete assumptions you have made up in your head, her GP may be worried about her and suggest meds or therapy for post-natal depression or stress.

If I am wrong, please post to a link that backs up your assertion that a GP will intervene with an employment issue based on the facts given by the OP

CornishWildFlower

Pollycat wrote: »

We may well know nothing of the OP's circumstances.

But we do know that some of the OP's responses on here have been slightly more agressive than I would expect from someone seeking advice - and to perfectly innocent replies too.

And she herself has told us that she thinks her workmates are a " horrible bunch of people".

She's said her employer is "uncaring and useless and unaccomodating".

She says that "i basically wont be working that night".

Strop?

I'd say that's a pretty fair description of what the OP's throwing.

I do sympathise with her situation but the way she's represented herself on here isn't winning her any friends - and maybe that could be why nobosy will swop her Saturday shift with her.

I have seen people be far ruder, she comes across as quite young.

Dunroamin

Dear HR Department

Miss disney666 is having a bit of a problem because her workmates won't swap shifts with her on a Saturday night to allow her to stay home with her baby. I would, therefore, ask you to excuse her from this work so that she doesn't get upset about it.

Yours officially

A GP

Dunroamin

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

I have seen people be far ruder, she comes across as quite young.

Oh well, that's alright then!

LunaLady

I cannot imagine any GP writing to a HR department (if this company is big enough to have one) just because the OP doesnt like her shifts. This isn't Secondary school, the GP isn't her Mum and the OP isn't trying to get out of swimming.

CornishWildFlower

skintandscared wrote: »

I am not wrong. If the OP goes to her GP based on the facts she has given in her posts here, and says that work refuse to let her change/drop shifts and she needs to stop working on a Saturday night because she can't get childcare, I do not believe that a GP would intervene.

If, however, she went to her GP based on the complete assumptions you have made up in your head, her GP may be worried about her and suggest meds or therapy for post-natal depression or stress.

If I am wrong, please post to a link that backs up your assertion that a GP will intervene with an employment issue based on the facts given by the OP

You can google work related stress and a GPs role in helping that person quite freely, I have children to pick up from school. You will also find quite a bit concerning work related stress on direct.gov.

skintandscared_2

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

You can google work related stress and a GPs role in helping that person quite freely, I have children to pick up from school. You will also find quite a bit concerning work related stress on direct.gov.

How many times??! SHE DOES NOT HAVE WORK RELATED STRESS!!

She has the normal stress that a working mother goes through in getting childcare. Stress which would be a lot less if she'd sorted it out formally sooner.

Everyone has stress. My train was delayed this morning and I was stressed. Should I ask a GP to instruct my employer to send a cab for me every morning so my travel-to-work-related-stress is reduced?

LunaLady

From the Direct.gov site

If you have a job that challenges you, you should expect to feel some pressure at work. However, when that pressure is excessive and you suffer an adverse reaction to it, then it has become stress.

So its about pressure at work, not about not being able to sort out your child care.