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July 31, 2006

Anger

This is a problem that I've been having for some time now. As you all know, I work as an aide at a children's center run through SCUSD. I started having some problems last summer with the scheduling that was being drawn up, mostly due to the fact that I kept getting stuck with the same 3 hour shift at the very end of the day for about the last month of summer. At first it didn't seem like that big a deal, until i noticed during the third week of this that I was always getting the same exact shift and that other staff members were getting more then double the hours I was. It was too late at this point to do anything, so I just bit the bullet and finished out the summer. I'm starting to have the same problems this summer now, and I decided to give a call to the supervisor.
After having a ten minute chat with the district supervisor this morning, I am quite angry. I tried to understand the logic behind the scheduling conflicts I am having, and I have failed. What she had told me was some of the most unfair and fucked up bullshit that I've heard in a while. Supposedly her bosses had told her that when she does the scheduling, to give priority to those who have made themselves the most available during the summer, and shaft those who have not. At first this made sense, but then I put some more thought into the matter and I came to the conclusion that this is complete and utter bullshit.
I had taken a class earlier this summer, so I made myself unavailable for three days during the week for the first four or five weeks of summer. This has put me at the bottom of the totem pole to receive an adequate number of hours. So now all I'm getting is the same three hour shift at the very end of the day.
What I cannnot understand is the logic behind all this, the child care supervisor told me that she "rewards" people who have made themselves available during the summer with more hours to work, and gives the shit shifts to those who have not. She says that she tries to make things as even as possible, but still delves out irregular-ass shifts. I have now made myself available all day for the rest of the summer, so why am I not receiving the same shifts as everyone else? Is it because I decided to further my own education and not because I simply didn't want to work? Is it a racist or sexist issue? I may never know the real answer, cause all I seem to get from everyone I ask is bullshit.
What I believe she should be doing is thinking "Okay, now this person has made themselves available, so I should rotate them into the normal schedule like I do with everyone else." At least that's what makes the most sense to me.
Am I totally being irrational? Is this a totally selfish ambition that I am putting forth? Or am I simply too angry? Leave your comments, I may have to kill someone.

Posted by Ninja McFear at July 31, 2006 11:28 AM

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