Boss cuts employee's hours in half without explanation, then calls him on his day off to cover a shift, employee ignores the calls: ‘’Why should I help you?'

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jul 9, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

There is nothing more annoying, and slightly terrifying, than to get a call from your boss when you are on your day off. The initial thought that goes through everyone's mind when they see their phone ringing and their boss's name lighting up the screen, is that they did something wrong. Then they are left to decide whether or not they should take the call and deal with whatever consequences are heading their way, or blatantly ignore it and enjoy their last few moments of being ignorant of what the boss wants. It will not be surprising to learn that most employees choose the latter option.

The employee in this Reddit story also chose to ignore his boss's calls, except he knew exactly why they were calling. After being mistreated for a long time in their job, including having their working hours cut in half with no explanation, OP (original poster), decided to take a few days off. Then, while on vacation, he gets texts and calls from his boss asking him to come and cover a shift. OP then decided he shouldn't help those who don't respect him, so he ignored the calls and gave their boss a little taste of their own medicine.

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    Incoming Call "I see no reason to answer your calls on my day off"
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    A supervisor texted and called me on PTO the other day if I (27M) can cover a shift today. I ignored both messages.
    via u/Double_Interview2305
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    I work at a well-known retail chain pharmacy. I've been here since last August. Anyway, I had never taken PTO since I've been here until as of recent. I was on PTO from July 3-5. I wasn't scheduled to work today, July 6 anyway. It wasn't much because I
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    didn't have enough hours to begin with, but it was still good enough for me to not think about the challenges I face at work. Anyway, I got a text on the 4th of July and then thirty minutes later a call from
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    work. This was from the same pharmacist. She just recently came back from personal matters and hasn't been here since April. I acknowledge and understood that nobody probably told her I was on PTO to begin with.
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    The pharmacy manager has been on PTO for a little over a week. But if she did know that I was on PTO, however, why would she contact me? Apparently a coworker who got hired with me at the same time last
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    August called off last second for his shift today. Given that I live the closest to the pharmacy, and am bilingual in English and Spanish, they needed coverage. I felt bad at first for ignoring the messages, but I remembered something.
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    I had worked essentially almost 40 hours per week since I first began last August. It wasn't until the end of June that my hours were suddenly cut without warning to 25- 29 hours per week. I'm not a
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    certified pharmacy technician, just a pharmacy technician in training. I worked so hard for them, only to screw me over. When another location of the pharmacy I worked at closed, the pharmacy manager
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    accepted a certified pharmacy technician. I get it, he needed help to assist the other two pharmacy technicians while I worked with my other responsibilities. I still can't fathom how he was willing to cut
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    my hours without warning and give the new pharmacy tech almost 40 hours per week. I'm the only employee whose hours were cut this drastically.
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    That is why when I got the text message and call to cover a shift today, I knew I had to stand up for myself to them for once in my life. I thought they didn't need my assistance as much anymore? I know I could've gone to work today.
    via u/Double_Interview2305
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    I wanted to send everyone a clear message that because I was sooned over, I'm going to return the favor by not going into work when I well could have done so. Am I being stubborn? I don't think so. Any comments/advice are appreciated.
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    I continue to look for jobs so I can leave my current position. I know that with my college degrees, I will succeed in the end sooner than later.
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    SeriousMonkey2019 3 days ago If your hours were cut you can file Unemployment Insurance for the difference. If it was done at the end of June you still have time to file. Do it ASAP
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    kawaeri - 2 days ago It falls under the term constructive dismissal. It's when your hours are lowered to a constant level below your normal average of hours, or absolutely no hour with out telling you you've been fired. You file for unemployment for the hours missed.
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    Hybrid8489 3 days ago Good for you. Someone told me that we train people how to treat us and that what we allow will persist. Protect your PTO and keep doing what you have to do.
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    2RV7VR5 3 days ago Cut your hours into pieces, you were their last resort. Suffocation, no breathing. Don't give a fabout your PTO reason.
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    Thirtyk94 3 days ago This is called a constructive dismissal. You are entitled to unemployment. Track your hours and use them as evidence in the appeal if your first application is denied.
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    ABuddyBuddha · 3 days ago There ya go, I would do the same. At that point, to really send it the extra mile; never go in on your days off again and never pick up extra shifts of any kind. Only your exact scheduled hours. If they can cut your hours so badly, they can find someone else to fill in for call outs and all that
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    autoredial 2 days ago "Every day I'm not scheduled to work, I engage in activities that makes me not check my phone. If you want me on call, then I need to be paid to not actually have a day off. Your call."
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    thoughtfull1 3 days ago Never ever answer the call from work if you are off on leave.. you can see the value they place in you by the way your hours were chopped, don't feel guilty for applying the same value to them.. this is the way
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