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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / September 2004work schedule :( (long)
I got my schedule for the next 4 months yesterday .... what a NIGHTMARE! I've worked for the same people, taught the same course, 4 x before...and I LOVE my job ....but ...THIS time round, for some unknown reason, they've TOTALLY messed up the schedule. Always before, my classes have been almost ALWAYS on Tues and Thurs afternooon... the odd week, one or the other was cancelled and I'd have a short week... or I'd be asked to swap with someone, or pick up something extra... but the vast majority were Tues and Thurs p.m. this semester, they've apparently decided to completely redo the schedule.... and there is NO consistency to it at all .... I teach Tues a.m. and all day Thurs week one... Mon. and Wed. p.m. week two, Wed and Fri. a.m. week 3, Mon a.m. and Fri. p.m. week 4...and so on ... there are NO two weeks that are the same.... I CAN'T DO IT!!!! I have 14 hours of home care a week ... but I can't change them every single week...even if they WOULD accomodate me, which they are hardly obligated to, would end up having different workers every time we turned around.... we like our Tues and Thurs ladies, and ma is used to having the same few workers ... it works for her and for me. If I leave those hours as is, will have them here when I don't need them more than half the time, and have to pay out of our pocket to cover the hours that I DO need someone. Would be totally unfair to my MIL as well as to my sister in law and partner who would have to pick up at least some of the hours... hell, even if it wasn't for my MIL needing constant care and supervision, it wouldn't work for me either! Wrecks everything else ... they only give me part time work .... but they're making it so that nothing else works .... I have other part time jobs and obligations to my own business... but with this mess, everything gets shot :( I am SO not happy! have emailed them back asking why the change, and for them to rethink it and at least try to build in more consistency for me again but I'm not hopeful.... don't know what the heck I'm going to do :( To top it off, we all had to agree to a signifigant pay cut for this semester too .... I'm not amused! > I got my schedule for the next 4 months yesterday .... what a NIGHTMARE! > I've worked for the same people, taught the same course, 4 x before...and I [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > we all had to agree to a signifigant pay cut for this semester too .... I'm > not amused! That is a shame. You might want to send them a letter explaining that you are caring for an elderly infirm relative and you need regular hours. I don't know if it would truly help, but it surely couldn't hurt. There are SO many people who are dealing with this problem today, you just may get someone to lend a sympathetic ear.  SignatureRegards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox") did send an email .... mentioning both the care issues as well as my other job (which the college sent me for, and gets status from) .... JUST heard from them, i.e. that they'll try to make it workable for me.... thank goodness! Won't truly relieve the stress until I see what they come up with ... but at least there's hope > > I got my schedule for the next 4 months yesterday .... what a NIGHTMARE! > > I've worked for the same people, taught the same course, 4 x before...and [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > There are SO many people who are dealing with this problem today, you just > may get someone to lend a sympathetic ear. Lee, pray it works out for you. Gwen > did send an email .... mentioning both the care issues as well as my > other job (which the college sent me for, and gets status from) .... JUST [quoted text clipped - 68 lines] > > There are SO many people who are dealing with this problem today, you just > > may get someone to lend a sympathetic ear. > did send an email .... mentioning both the care issues as well as my > other job (which the college sent me for, and gets status from) .... JUST > heard from them, i.e. that they'll try to make it workable for me.... thank > goodness! Won't truly relieve the stress until I see what they come up with > ... but at least there's hope The very best of luck to you, Lee. I hope they try and accommodate you. I don't know how people do it who also hold down full time jobs while they are caring for a loved one. It was hard enough when we weren't working and there were two of us :-) SignatureRegards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox") one of the benefits of teaching at the college level is that the pay is pretty good .... although if you count all your prep and grading time it's less so .... but in theory, I could work 15 hours a week and make as much as I would working full time elsewhere. Since prep and grading and all that fun stuff can be done while I'm home with ma, it SHOULD work well .... got another email telling me they haven't had time to redo the schedule so will go with the first week as is... i'm going to try to go in and actually talk to this woman.. it's someone that I've never met .... when I'm in for my first class on Tuesday > > did send an email .... mentioning both the care issues as well as my > > other job (which the college sent me for, and gets status from) .... JUST [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > caring for a loved one. It was hard enough when we weren't working and > there were two of us :-) They aren't too bright as employers, since if they are only offering part time work, consistency in hours is key, or you can't keep good staff unless you are paying top dollar (which you say they aren't). Good instructors aren't easy to come by, and I'm willing to bet many other staff are in your shoes - either they have personal commitments (as caregiver, parent, volunteer etc. ) and/or they have other part time jobs they need to be able to schedule on some sort of predictable basis. Have you talked to any of the other instructors? I'm betting more than a few are upset. I'm not a caregiver for anyone elderly at present, but I'm a parent of young kids, and everything is built around me being home at certain hours on a consistent basis. It would be completely stressful to me if I had to vary my arrangements constantly to scramble to be sure there was "coverage" where I'm needed. Mary G. haven't contacted other instructors, but can't imagine that any of them are any happier with it.... you're exactly right that the consistency is key.... NONE of us is full time... we ALL work other places as well as there.... I want to be able to book my home care hours to cover - consistently - when I'm at work.... and I need to have time available for my store and lessons here.... and of course, there's always ma ... New person in charge, and he dumped responsibility for the schedule to his secretary ..... with no guidance, it looks like *sigh* She says she'll try to fix it ... but has to wait til Tues next before she will be able to talk to him about it I start Tues.... going to go in early and make a point of talking to people...especially her... I NEED her on my side > They aren't too bright as employers, since if they are only offering > part time work, consistency in hours is key, or you can't keep good [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Mary G. *sigh* Trying to prepare lessons and so on ... haven't gotten very far with any of it yet... I feel guilty about going back to work .... I love my job... and don't want to lose it... but it is going to be SO hard on her... she had a horrid day ... doesn't help I feel like I did when my kids were little and I started back to work... no one else can take care of her as well... I shouldn't be leaving her, etc etc... She's not even MY mother... ultimately not my responsibility ... I just do the bulk of the caregiving because I can... I'm here, and I'm relatively good at it... or at least comfortable with it, if nothing else... she lets me boss her around cuz I'm subtle... let her think things are her own idea .... My going back to work means changing her caregivers' scheduling, which is probably going to mean changes in who will be available for her... which sucks.... and /or having to have the daughter who lives locally here more often which is also not ideal.... better than nothing, but... Anyway ...I'll shut up... I just feel guilty ...and sad... she's lost SO much ground over the summer ... not so much physically ... heart is still going, which according to her doctor is a bluddy miracle... but not expected to continue indefinitely .... but words, concepts...simple things like what goes in the cupboard and what goes in the garbage and how to pick up a slice of pizza and eat it and .... just so many things... Oh well... she's finally settled down, hopefully for the night... got it into her head that she'd done something bad, made a mess, but couldn't explain what she was worried about... something to do with laundry and her pillowcases..... kept apologizing. and then I made her mad by taking away dirty kleenexes and giving her new ones .... not a happy day! > haven't contacted other instructors, but can't imagine that any of them are > any happier with it.... you're exactly right that the consistency is [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > > > Mary G. |
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