22 Managers Who Think Their Messed Up Schedules Are the Employee’s Problem
Daniel Bonfiglio
Published
07/12/2024
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Many hourly wage jobs function under the ridiculous policy that employees are responsible for figuring out who should cover their missed shifts. Isn't that literally the whole point of having a manager?
Managers who make bad schedules just make more work for everybody. But instead of taking responsibility, they tend to blame the employees. Here are 21 bad managers who think they're messed up schedules are the employee's problem.
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“I’m a caregiver/DSP for developmentally disabled adults. My boss just scheduled me on a 20hr shift without my consent, so I quit.” -
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“My contract is for 25 hours a week part time and today I received this week’s schedule. One of the supervisors responded with this gif.” -
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“Just one more reason why it should never be the employees responsibility to cover a missed shift. That policy just turned this entire workplace into a toxic cesspool. Seriously, who does this?” -
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“Posted right above our schedule.” -
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“The text came from the guy that makes the schedule. I don’t schedule myself here.” -
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“Had approved time off, boss still scheduled me.” -
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“Asked supervisor to add me to the schedule but they never responded. Then they got mad at me for not showing up.” -
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“At my work you aren’t allowed to leave at your scheduled time.” -
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“What's the point of a schedule like this other than keeping your employees too tired to think? 12 hour shifts going back and forth between days and nights.” -
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“I am the only customer service rep scheduled today for a $20 billion company.” -
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“Schedule me in ten minutes earlier, then.” -
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17-year-old employee ends up in ER before scheduled shift, her mother and grandmother both call in on her behalf. Still gets fired for not personally calling in. -
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“So I and a few others on the schedule are being punished for something we weren’t even on site for.” -
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“Called off five hours in advance. Managers took me off the schedule for the next two weeks.” -
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“Owner texts me on one of my two days off in a row, that I’m not scheduled, asking me to come in. Then a few hours later asks the same for the next day.” -
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