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Input: I’ll try and give as much context as possible in the shortest amount of time, for the purpose of the story we’ll call the manager Cheesecake, because I feel like it and people usually give the person in their story a bland name.

SO after a small period of time working this job cheesecake began to move my shifts around to be different days than my contract (she does this with most people), we see the weekly timetable 4 weeks ahead so we have time to say no if we’re not able to do the swaps. I only work 3 days a week for short shifts, the main reason I have this job was to be flexible around my life and make sure I’m able to do most last minute plans that tend to pop up, often I had to say no just because I wasn’t sure if I’d be busy or not yet. I did however make it clear that IF I was free and they asked me first, I was fine doing overtime about a week or two in advanced.

Cheesecake starts swapping my stuff around a LOT, it gets a little bit stupid, I ask her if she’s able to stop doing that as I don’t want to keep having to say no and waste her time, explaining again that I’m happy to do overtime when I’m ABLE to etc to help out, Cheesecake does not take this well, is unhappy with me and claims I’m only willing to do things to suit me etc, conversation/argument ends in “fine, I’ll stick purely to your contracted hours and nothing else”, I try to remind her I’ll help when I can but Cheesecake doesn’t seem to care as she scribbles out my overtime.

Time passes, sure enough my days don’t get swapped, I’m also asked to do overtime a LOT less frequently and when I do ask I usually get turned down, at one point I watched them ask everyone in the isle except me to stay but whatever, it’s better than my contract being a mess.

Here’s where the problem pops up, you’re allowed to swap shifts with other colleagues here as long as you both consent to it and the hours covered/worked remain the same, I ask another manager (let’s call her Apple, why not), to swap a shift for me about a week in advanced as some last minute plans had come up, Apple swaps it for me and I figure that’s the end of it.

Next day, Cheesecake comes to speak to me and she is not happy, complains that I’d agreed to stick to my contract and now I’m swapping when it “suits me”, I explained to her yet again that I’m happy to swap when I’m able to and do overtime if she asks, she tells me it’s not about overtime, it’s about suiting the needs of the company etc. The argument here is “if you don’t suit the needs of the company why should we suit you?” which tbf isn’t a bad argument, except that my whole point that “I can only help when I’m able to” is being treated as “can only help when I feel like it”. This conversation goes around in circles to a bit, apparently the fact I’m willing to do overtime if she asks is irrelevant cause, despite me doing them a favour in that aspect, it’s not do with swapping so there for I’m not doing my bit. Conversation ends with “you know what, next time you have plans on a day you’re working move your life around work instead, you’re no longer allowed to swap”

I really don’t know if I’m in the wrong here, part of me wants to go to HR about it because (to my knowledge) I am the first/only person to be banned from swapping and this isn’t the first issue I’ve had with Cheesecake, there isn’t really a “business” reason for not allowing me to swap, it just effects me and the colleague I swap with, the hours get worked and it’s all fine. Other part of me thinks that because I’m unable to swap I’m bringing this all on myself/I deserve it, even though I’ve offered to help them any other way I can.

TL;DR: Manager wants me to swap shifts in advanced, I don’t know if I can that far in advanced so I say I can’t do them

not wanting to do shift swaps 4 weeks in advanced