Will Work Think Of Even More Of A Reason To Reduced My Hours?

[abbeylee90]

So yesterday I had to go sick as I had a seizure last night and I've gone home sick before then had a seizure and they said after 3 sicks get discipline so means if I go sick again that what they'll do or could see me as unreliable even more of an excuse to keep my hours reduced. Only in a few weeks there's one full shift  for one day.

[abbeylee90]

They didn't help all they asked is what do I do I want to do and I sacked her because she kept ignoring my emails 

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Abbey - I've never known careers advisers to be sacked! Anyway... that's years now that you haven't been able to get or hold on to a full-time job, let alone one that would lead anywhere. Are you going to just keep going after jobs that are full-time, even if the work itself doesn't interest you, and even if the work ends up being beyond you? That's not an ideal long-term plan.

[abbeylee90]

That's it I've had loads of hours before but didn't enjoy mcdonalds 

[Neveracrossword]

Abbey, one of your first questions - in 2021 - was 'how do I tell my mum I'm losing another job'. It's now 2024 and things haven't  improved for you at all since that question! Yes, you had full time hours in McDonalds, but that's obviously not your career choice. 

[scorpiojo]

But you said you did, and that your colleagues (at McDonald's) were very supportive, and you only  left because you moved house?

[abbeylee90]

Mcdonalds we're supportive and it was b&m I left because I moved house.

[scorpiojo]

But weren't you at McDonald's for years? Why did you leave?

[Neveracrossword]

Abbey, is there any job that you've actually liked and done reasonably well in? You seem to have had loads of problems with bosses and supervisors, you seem to have struggled to do the work in various job descriptions and you've had your hours cut in various full-time jobs. Can you really face more of the same? I feel as if you need an action plan of some sort - and possibly professional advice to help you with that!

[abbeylee90]

I was there a year and a half last time and 5 years before that.

No I can't keep facing it I need guaranteed hours. They took me om checkout permanently and said they would give me my 37.5 hours contract but haven't.

[scorpiojo]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/How-it-Works/Question1864183-4.html

[scorpiojo]

..because they can't afford to pay overtime/extra staff. 

[abbeylee90]

And don't know when they will and I'd need the contract.

[Neveracrossword]

Abbey, they (Selco, I assume)might have given you 37 hours- but they changed that when they felt you weren't coping, and reduced your hours to 24.  Some bosses say all sorts of things, to keep staff happy - you didn't/don't have a contract, and you've never said if you completed the probationary period satisfactorily? 

[abbeylee90]

I'm just as much in the dark myself as they haven't said anything about my probation 

[barry1010]

You keep saying you don't have a contract, but you do in the eyes of the law.   Every employee should have a contract and if there is a probationary period this should be clearly stated in the contract.  

The law states: "As soon as someone accepts a job offer they have a contract with their employer. An employment contract does not have to be written down".  

Have a read of this, you have employment rights and a contract.  Ask your employer for a copy of your contract or the handbook if it is there.

https://www.gov.uk/employment-contracts-and-conditions/written-statement-of-employment-particulars

[abbeylee90]

Yes I have a 10 hour contract but I haven't had anything said to me about my probation.

[newmodarmy]

Okay, so you have a contract for 10 hours. There's no point in going on about the 37.5 hours you thought you might get and which you think they said they'd give you. Maybe you misunderstood or maybe they were just offering an incentive to improve your performance.

[Karamia]

If you only started at selco around April then your 6 month probation probably isn't finished as yet. 

[Neveracrossword]

Abbey, your original question asked about Selco reducing your hours. I don't think they will, I think they'll stick to giving you the 10 hours per week - though they might offer you the odd extra shift here and there. That's not particularly sly or bad of them - if they had you doing extra shifts every week, it could be argued that the terms of your contract had changed. At the moment,though,  it looks as if any extra shift would be no more than once a month - perhaps covering holidays. Will you stay with Selco if the 10 hour contract is the only permanent one on offer? 

[abbeylee90]

Either get another part time job aswell as selco or a full time