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lonegreywolf20
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My job has recently changed the way that it does scheduling. We are going to set shifts at 13 hours a day every other day. So, Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. You can not mix the rotations. This new scheduling system will not work for me as I am going to start getting my kids every weekend starting in November. So, I explained that to both my direct supervisor and our operations manager. What I explained is that I am court ordered to get my kids 3 days a week and that with this new scheduling I will really only get to see my kids one day a week and as their father they deserve more time from me than that and I feel as though I am failing them. I was granted consecutive days for that reason and had Thursday, Friday and Saturday off. There are no Basic Life Support ambulances running on Sundays at our company. This would work for me and my situation.
Well, I though that I had it worked out. My Supervisor texted me and said/asked that I can only work on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I said that is correct. He asked if I worked yesterday and I said yes because I don’t start the every weekend with my kids till November. He then said that I never told him it was only on the weekends and that I only said 3 days and that I misled him. I then said to him that I will be getting them on Thursday and have them till Sunday and that I told him over the phone that I have to have them basically three nights and four days. He came back with you told me you were court ordered three days that’s it. That the number 4 was never mentioned. So, I replied that either way three days/nights doesn’t work with the new schedule. The court counts nights and not days, that nights are what matters to the court. I then apologized for causing a misunderstanding, but I never misled him and that I have been truthful from the start.
I also left a voicemail apologizing again if I did mislead him and for the misunderstanding as well as explaining again the days/nights I am to have my kids. I also said that even if they were days, they would have to be complete days and that it would still be a scheduling conflict because I would have to return them on the day after the third complete day. I have yet to hear back from him.
I’m scared that I am going to lose the consecutive days that I asked for and got or that I am going to lose my job. The whole reason why I chose this company is because while I cannot choose my hours I could choose my days. This way I could be sure that I had the days available to have my kids and as a bonus be able to spend some time with my girlfriend as well. Then they switched it very recently to the schedule I outlined above and it would not work with getting the kids as I am supposed to.
I am not a liar nor did I intentionally mislead him. That is not who I am. My girlfriend and mother will tell you that I am honest to a fault and often times get myself in trouble because that honesty.
I guess it’s my fault for assuming that he would understand that if I have them for three days that it meant three nights as well and returning them on the day after that third night.
What do I do at this point? Did I lie and mislead him?
Well, I though that I had it worked out. My Supervisor texted me and said/asked that I can only work on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I said that is correct. He asked if I worked yesterday and I said yes because I don’t start the every weekend with my kids till November. He then said that I never told him it was only on the weekends and that I only said 3 days and that I misled him. I then said to him that I will be getting them on Thursday and have them till Sunday and that I told him over the phone that I have to have them basically three nights and four days. He came back with you told me you were court ordered three days that’s it. That the number 4 was never mentioned. So, I replied that either way three days/nights doesn’t work with the new schedule. The court counts nights and not days, that nights are what matters to the court. I then apologized for causing a misunderstanding, but I never misled him and that I have been truthful from the start.
I also left a voicemail apologizing again if I did mislead him and for the misunderstanding as well as explaining again the days/nights I am to have my kids. I also said that even if they were days, they would have to be complete days and that it would still be a scheduling conflict because I would have to return them on the day after the third complete day. I have yet to hear back from him.
I’m scared that I am going to lose the consecutive days that I asked for and got or that I am going to lose my job. The whole reason why I chose this company is because while I cannot choose my hours I could choose my days. This way I could be sure that I had the days available to have my kids and as a bonus be able to spend some time with my girlfriend as well. Then they switched it very recently to the schedule I outlined above and it would not work with getting the kids as I am supposed to.
I am not a liar nor did I intentionally mislead him. That is not who I am. My girlfriend and mother will tell you that I am honest to a fault and often times get myself in trouble because that honesty.
I guess it’s my fault for assuming that he would understand that if I have them for three days that it meant three nights as well and returning them on the day after that third night.
What do I do at this point? Did I lie and mislead him?