Extra Work for 1 day a week

lm1_2

To cut a long story short I'm looking for advice and ideas for my mum. She is 50 and has been in the same job with the same company for 21 years full time. She has asked to reduce one day a week to have extra time at home etc but they have refused and been quite awkward. They have offered her to drop 2 days which I think they have done because they know she can't afford to money wise. But she is thinking if she could get work somewhere for one of the days the loss might not be too much.

So, ideas for somewhere she can work for just one day a week, perhaps casual, only paying when she works so can still get enough holiday leave to match her current job. Do Supermarkets take you on for just one or 2 shifts a week, or any other ideas. Thanks.

Evilm

Its possibly because there is too much work to let the hours be lost but not enough hours to make it worth employing someone else in the role.

Is there any possibility of her doing longer days the other 4 to maintain the same hours whilst actually getting a day off? It depends on the environment as to whether the employers location is open that long daily or if she can get access to work from home for part of the time really.

Yes, the supermarkets might take on someone for a few hours a week - however it may be hard to find that and they may want someone who can be more flexible about when they can work those hours than she can be.

The only other options I can think of are more self employed roles such as Catalogue companies or couriers but they have disadvantages and may result in lots of work for little actual pay.

lm1_2

Thanks Evilm.
No they are not open to any other suggestions, this has been going on for over a year, each time they give a different excuse as to why she can't drop a day and each time she puts in a lot of research etc and comes up to a solution to their problem and they then give a different excuse. The last time she was taken into a meeting unexpectedly by 3 members of management and told that they need someone in her job that is in mon-fri for continuity and that the answer was no, basically end of story and then a few weeks later at her yearly appraisal when she said she was still unhappy they suggested that she dropped the 2 days and they would then hire someone for the 2 days - meaning that there will be nobody that is in everyday mon-fri after-all!

She is just so unhappy, I'm hoping that I can come up with some solution or new idea for her.

Takeaway_Addict

lm1 wrote: »

Thanks Evilm.
No they are not open to any other suggestions, this has been going on for over a year, each time they give a different excuse as to why she can't drop a day and each time she puts in a lot of research etc and comes up to a solution to their problem and they then give a different excuse. The last time she was taken into a meeting unexpectedly by 3 members of management and told that they need someone in her job that is in mon-fri for continuity and that the answer was no, basically end of story and then a few weeks later at her yearly appraisal when she said she was still unhappy they suggested that she dropped the 2 days and they would then hire someone for the 2 days - meaning that there will be nobody that is in everyday mon-fri after-all!

She is just so unhappy, I'm hoping that I can come up with some solution or new idea for her.

What it sounds like is the company is saying they need someone doing that job 5 days a week which is absolutely their right to say.

It would be practically impossible to get someone of a decent standard for just one day a week so have offered 2 days off so they can get someone in. It is far easier for them to get an employee for 16 hours a week than 8 who they can train up to a good standard and can keep the continuity of the business working as efficiantly as possible.

Why doesn't she see if they would allow her to drop 3 days so she could find another job that allows her 2 days a week?

lm1_2

Sorry, I've obviously made this too complicated by giving the background info, I'm not looking for advice on whether the employer is correct in what they are doing, its already been checked and they are quite in their right. I'm looking for suggestions on things that she could do for one day a week so that the drop in pay won't be so bad.

Takeaway_Addict

lm1 wrote: »

Sorry, I've obviously made this too complicated by giving the background info, I'm not looking for advice on whether the employer is correct in what they are doing, its already been checked and they are quite in their right. I'm looking for suggestions on things that she could do for one day a week so that the drop in pay won't be so bad.

No but did state they were being awkward which I am not sure they are being as it seems like a very valid reason not to allow it (which you don't deny).

As for work for one day a week:

Could she look at self employed cleaning, ironing, child minding etc?

lm1_2

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

No but did state they were being awkward which I am not sure they are being as it seems like a very valid reason not to allow it (which you don't deny).

Ok probably shouldn't have put that they are awkward without justifying it, which I don't have time to list everything thats gone on. I'll admit that I am totally bias, she is my mum after all but I also have the misfortune of working for the same company so can see it all for myself. I think a majority of the staff have at least one problem with them if not more but we also all know that compared to whats on offer elsewhere the pay isn't bad and the holiday entitlement is better too.

But back to the subject, see I do tend to confuse things

I'll let her know your suggestions, think she used to do cleaning when I was a child, so might be something that she could do again. She has looked at a few things online at the local supermarkets and think she might look into that further too. Thanks for the help.

paddedjohn

Could she drop down to the 3 days that they suggest and then put herself forward for any overtime that may be going?

HappyMJ

lm1 wrote: »

To cut a long story short I'm looking for advice and ideas for my mum. She is 50 and has been in the same job with the same company for 21 years full time. She has asked to reduce one day a week to have extra time at home etc but they have refused and been quite awkward. They have offered her to drop 2 days which I think they have done because they know she can't afford to money wise. But she is thinking if she could get work somewhere for one of the days the loss might not be too much.

So, ideas for somewhere she can work for just one day a week, perhaps casual, only paying when she works so can still get enough holiday leave to match her current job. Do Supermarkets take you on for just one or 2 shifts a week, or any other ideas. Thanks.

Does she get working tax credits? Would she lose the 30 hour element by going down to 3 days a week and that's why she wants 4 @ 7.5 hours a day? How about fitting some mystery shopping in on the other 4 days a week? Only would need a few jobs a week to make up the 7.5 hours.

AP007

They probably do not want her to go to 4 days as week as they are thinking they will have trouble filling the job for one day a week but if they let her drop 2 days they can probably fill that with someone else who is looking just for a 2 day a week job.

I have not seen many if any jobs that are only one day a week

Js_Other_Half

Check to see what her take home pay would be with her reduced hours? http://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/