Reduced hours

jackjones99

elsien said:

jackjones99 said:

Brie said:

You don't have to have an actual contract but there should be something that lets you know what you're being paid etc.  It may just be an email they sent to you when you were first hired - "hi JJ, glad you're joining us to work 3 days a week a £X per hour."   Your payslips (which they must provide) would also document the increase in the hours worked.

The other thing to look out for is how much time off you get between each shift.  70 hours over 6 days means you're working on average 11.7 hours a day.  This means you get just over 12 hours break between each shift.  It's likely that this doesn't actually happen so they may be breaking the law if you have less that 11 hours between shifts.  

Rest breaks at work: Overview - GOV.UK

Frankly with those hours they are lucky you haven't gone off sick.

I have been off sick , I was worn out , stressed, and my doctor gave a me  3 week sick note.

This cause endless problems , sarcastic remarks , like " don't you be doing too much if you can't handle it" or " be careful we don't want you been poorly" 

Like one of the other replies said,  it sounds like I want to leave , yes I probably do, but why should I, if its their wrong doing ?

I am emailing them this very minute , politely asking for reduced hours.

I think that’s generally known as cutting off your nose to spite your face. You don’t like the bosses, you don’t like the hours, you have another job to go to, and you’re off sick because of the work load.
To be honest it’s beyond me why you’re thinking of staying. 

Sometimes I think it's my own fault , and I blame myself .
I like the variety of work, I just don't like the rest of it .
The bosses are OK, it's the playing off with each other  it's embarrassing infront of customers and staff.

Savvy_Sue

And what makes you think anything will change at a management level?

And what will you do if the sarky comments continue?

Or they schedule / expect you to work more hours / days than you've offered?

And so on ...

General_Grant

jackjones99 said:

elsien said:

Why are you doing 70 hours a week if you only wanted part time? 

I take it you’ve not opted out of the working time directive, so how many hours are you actually contracted to do? 

Hi Elsien 

I don't even have a contract , I initially started off part time , then it just became 60/70 hours full time , 
Nothing was agreed , or written down, everything is just a !!!!!! show tbh, 
Holiday pay is rolled up , days off when they feel like it .

So I'm putting my 2 penneth  in now, I want 3 days at 8 hours a day .

I need time off , my relationship is failing ,I don't have time with my kids .

They had chance to get more staff ,but they just can't be bothered .

If I don't have a contract , can't I just simply put it in an email ,with immediate affect 

I don't think you've received an answer to that final question.

Unless you have something in writing (not necessarily a signed document) saying you have to give more notice, you should give just one week's notice.  In those circumstances, the notice required to be given by you would never increase beyond one week.  [However, the notice required to be given by an employer does increase over time.]

If you handed in your notice at any time on, say, a Tuesday, the notice period would begin on the Wednesday and your last day of employment would be the following Tuesday.

Marcon

jackjones99 said:

Brie said:

You don't have to have an actual contract but there should be something that lets you know what you're being paid etc.  It may just be an email they sent to you when you were first hired - "hi JJ, glad you're joining us to work 3 days a week a £X per hour."   Your payslips (which they must provide) would also document the increase in the hours worked.

The other thing to look out for is how much time off you get between each shift.  70 hours over 6 days means you're working on average 11.7 hours a day.  This means you get just over 12 hours break between each shift.  It's likely that this doesn't actually happen so they may be breaking the law if you have less that 11 hours between shifts.  

Rest breaks at work: Overview - GOV.UK

Frankly with those hours they are lucky you haven't gone off sick.

I have been off sick , I was worn out , stressed, and my doctor gave a me  3 week sick note.

This cause endless problems , sarcastic remarks , like " don't you be doing too much if you can't handle it" or " be careful we don't want you been poorly" 

Like one of the other replies said,  it sounds like I want to leave , yes I probably do, but why should I, if its their wrong doing ?

I am emailing them this very minute , politely asking for reduced hours.

Read the whole of this thread, including your own posts. It's amazing how much someone can clarify their own thinking by looking at what they've written.

Why are you posting here at all, when you've already set out your stall and said you won't let people walk all over you? Now just implement the plan...and if you don't like the answer, give notice and quit.