The amount of disrespect for students who work continues to astound us. As many of us know, being a student is not just a full-time job, but it requires hours devoted to class, hours devoted to meeting with professors, and hours devoted to completing homework assignments, writing papers, and studying for exams. In short, it is very difficult to take on part-time work as a full-time student, and yet, so many of us have had to take on jobs in order to get by. Usually, when signing on to do these jobs, we explain our situation to our managers and make our scheduling commitments known from the get-go. Finding a job where we can do both is difficult enough, so full transparency is the only option in order to avoid further conflict. However, as this story clearly shows, despite that full transparency, bosses will still find a way to squeeze more work out of you even in the face of those limitations.
This thread was posted to Reddit's r/work subreddit by u/JaneaMarie22, who had to take on the responsibilities of a former coworker and who figured out that her boss simply had no plans to hire a replacement. That meant she was expecting OP to work full-time hours despite her status as a student and without a full-time salary and benefits. Are we shocked by this behavior? Yes. Are we surprised? No. Hopefully, this student takes into account the various pieces of advice that folks in the comments section gave. We'll keep you posted if there's an update down the road.
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