Originally Posted by
XRT_si
Shings -Indeed you are right on general times/hours. Halfords have early/late shifts of 9-5.30 and 11.30-8 and you have to work one weekend on, one off with a day off during the week, every week. As you noted, this works perfectly fine and always has done, but changes are to be made.
I am hoping the manager can work out a few things for at least a few of us. And yes opting out sundays has been unoffically frowned upon to the point where the rumour is you can forget progression/a career if you do so.
Gotta be honest REF the Sundays - quite rightly so... its retail.. its a 24/7 business depending oh who you work for.
Opting out is officially telling a company you work for that you dont want to work when they need you to... not exactly rocket science that you aint a team player.
You can also opt out of working more than 50 hours a week which is European Maxiumum.
The changes that are made will just mean those that have set days off cant have them anymore...
Do you have a new manager - this normally happens when a new manager takes over... he'll come round if enough people explain their concerns - unless the store is a trouble store and has loads of troublesome staff he wants to fuck off.
Not that I would ever have done anything like that before - everything must remain transparent and clear.