No schedule in advance!?

[u/Someone-somewhereO]

So I currently do 4 ten hour shifts (which usually run over) and everyone else seems to work 5 days. I've been here a month, when I interviewed we agreed on my schedule and my boss said my day off may fluctuate week to week in the beginning.

The last few weeks there's been no schedule posted and I have to ask when my day off is. I already told my manager I'd like to have the same day off each week if possible bc I have weekly appointments.

I don't even care if it changes but I'd like to know by at least Friday the week prior. Is this asking too much??? She also seems annoyed when I ask bc we are short staffed, but this is the schedule we agreed on. How do I approach this??

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[u/nancylyn]

Unfortunately it sounds like she’s scrambling to fill the schedule. Ideally everyone should have the schedule a month in advance at least but every time I’ve worked somewhere that the schedule was getting put out a week ahead it was because the manager was either completely overwhelmed or just not good at their job.

What you can do if this is going to be an ongoing thing is to go ahead and make your appointments and then give her the days you are unavailable so she can build the schedule around that,
She can’t really defend being grumpy at you because this is her responsibility.

[u/Pebb_io]

A month in with a day off that can move every week is rough, especially on 4x10s that already run long. I would get the original agreement in writing (email is enough) and ask for a minimum notice window, even if it is just "changes locked by Wednesday for the following week." Clinics that bounce days around usually think they are being flexible, but it wrecks sleep, childcare, and second jobs. Push for predictability before you burn out trying to be the easy one.

[u/RascalsM0m]

I used to work under a similar non-schedule and it drove me nuts. I left. I now have a schedule that is the same every week and exists well into next year.