TL:DR; what do? I maintain logging in to work to seek out out I used to be meant to work additional hours however no person let me know and simply assigned me work, and I didn’t know as a result of I’m not meant to log in to work simply to randomly see if I’m meant to work!
I’m so confused proper now!
I’m informal, so principally whereas usually I’ve a daily and systematic roster, I may be referred to as in on an hour’s discover for a minimal shift of 4 hours, and I receives a commission additional as an alternative of accruing depart. I’m additionally meant to start out getting paid as quickly as I do something like verify my work e mail to see if I’ve work.
So I accepted a promotion so I might tackle additional hours on a challenge. The complicated factor – I solely have additional work on this challenge, and never usually, so I’ve my common quantity of hours for my regular work, after which I’ve to invoice for the work I do on this challenge, after which I’ve nothing else to do. I can discover stuff to do! However I don’t have permission to spend extra time on my common work (and tbh there’s not sufficient to do to assist extra hours for it anyway). This has resulted in a number of situations of me not logging in, or logging in and having no work for 2-3 hours (of a minimal shift of 4 hours) and leaving, however then logging in for my common hours and discovering directions for work on this challenge! A part of it’s because my direct boss (who would usually contact me if I used to be wanted) is away and a part of it’s as a result of the challenge supervisor is tremendous busy and likewise hasn’t managed a challenge this huge earlier than and is a little bit scattered.
So principally, I don’t know what my hours truly are, no quantity of ‘I’m accessible on as of late subsequent week. My common hours are these and if I don’t have anything to do for you that’s after I’ll be on for my regular work’ can get me to the purpose the place I get advised whether or not I’m wanted earlier than I sign off the day earlier than – I principally sneak in and verify my e mail at 8am, 9am and 10am unpaid and go ‘welp I suppose there’s nothing at present’ after which log in for my regular work the following day or the day after and discover there was an e mail at like 10:45am going ‘sorry for the delay I would like you to do that now’.
Would this be mounted by giving the challenge supervisor my private contact particulars to allow them to simply let me know immediately an hour earlier than I’m meant to start out? You’d suppose so, however they’ve them.
On top of this, whereas my direct boss was on depart, they wrote to me and stated we would have liked to speak about rising my regular hours. I stated ‘yep, if you get again from depart!’ They had been again for per week after which needed to depart once more, in order that hasn’t occurred, so I’m additionally not sure as to what they meant or how that’s meant to work in the event that they didn’t imply this challenge.
I do have an interview elsewhere however I largely actually need a modicum of construction or no less than predictability proper now.
Clearly there are many random dysfunctional rostering/scheduling/unpaid extra time conditions on the market and that is simply circumstances being annoying, but it surely’s not truly regular, proper? I’ve emailed my direct boss for after they get again and requested if I’m meant to be logging in on a regular basis after I’m accessible (being paid after I’m not billing out will not be ultimate so I’m erring on not till they get again), and I’ve given the challenge supervisor my private contacts once more in addition to repeated ‘sorry, I will need to have checked my e mail too early and thought I wasn’t wanted yesterday’ not-quite-blunt hints in addition to asking for directions and if I’m wanted in additional easy and direct methods. I put the hours I work on my timesheet and be sure that I invoice for on a regular basis I’m not doing my common work (which is admin so doesn’t get billed to shoppers). Now we have proper to disconnect legal guidelines coming in. I’m not in a position to convert to everlasting at the moment as a result of promotion; I’ve to attend six months from accepting that earlier than I can ask for my contract to be reviewed and legally I received’t be eligible due to the random hours.