Do I Change My Availability At Home Bargains?

[abbeylee90]

My availability is Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoon till 7 then Tuesday Thursday and Saturday morning till 7 and Sunday off. I was wondering do I take Saturday out of my availability aswell and say I got commitments as I got upcoming things Saturdays lately 

[Redhelen72]

Won't be a good start to your new job!

what's more important to you?

[Floko]

Depends whether you are serious about keeping the job

[Tilly2]

That would be a feckless thing to do. Either commit to the job or find another one.

[elliemay1]

What ' upcoming things' do you have, abbey? Are they more important than keeping your job?

[Moorea7]

When I see your posts, Abbeylee, it reminds me of the song "Heartaches by the Number" though, in this case, I would substitute "problems by the number"😉  If you knew you had upcoming Saturday commitments, why didn't you say so at the interview and not include your availabilty for that day?

[Countrylover]

Abbey.  You seem to do this with most of your jobs.  Get a job and stick to the terms agreed.  At this rate you will become unemployable.  

[abbeylee90]

Well it's fine it's Saturday morning but not evening 

[Canary42]

Try, if you can for a moment, and put yourself (genuinely) in an employer's shoes, and think hard about whether you would employ someone like yourself. 

[abbeylee90]

Guess I panicked at the interview 

[Moorea7]

19.12 😕

[Redhelen72]

Do you want to live at home for the foreseeable future or do you want some independence?

[Neveracrossword]

No, you haven't even started work yet!  Work a few weeks and see what sort of shifts, hours you get. Some people might want Saturday hours, others won't be so keen  - but you made yourself available, so it's not good to start changing things now. And you'll be working only 28 hours a week, so your social life shouldn't be disastrously affected. 

[Captain2]

And still a social life comes before working to pay for a social life! Talk about wrong priorities.

[pastafreak]

Leave it for now Abbey...stick with it. Being available doesn't mean you'll have to work on a Saturday. It might just happen occasionally as you are only doing 20 hours per week.

You worry about all the wrong things.

[abbeylee90]

My mum don't seem to understand why I've taken this job but I haven't told her about loosing my hours and don't know how to 

[Neveracrossword]

Abbey, your mum knows you like the care home job, so she must be baffled! You're not doing any more hours, getting any more money - so she must wonder why you're switching. Any mother, any person, would. 

[bednobs]

do whatever you want.  you will anyway

[THECORBYLOON]

What upcoming commitments do you have on Saturdays?

[Neveracrossword]

Abbey, the reason your mum 'doesn't seem to understand' is because you're telling her only half the story! 

[abbeylee90]

She asked if they were given me a hard time by saying I'm not doing a good job I said no