After being ignored by manager Jess when accepting a promotion, an after-school care worker withdraws interest and immediately finds themselves left off the roster for a month: ‘I have gotten a second job to supplement my income’

This one starts simple. After school care, chaotic casual hours, and a dangled second in charge role that comes with the magical phrase part-time. The worker says yes immediately, sends the email, sends the follow-up, and even adds the very reasonable "Hey, if this is not happening, other work is needed because rent still exists." Then nothing. A full month of digital tumbleweeds while the calendar and the bank account both keep moving.  

Then suddenly, plot twist. The manager claims the emails never arrived, right up until one of those same ghost emails somehow becomes a conversation thread. Now she is thrilled, she is excited, she is posting the job ad tomorrow, she is very ready to interview. Shame about that timeline. By this point, there is already a second job and a clear sense of what slow reply actually means for day-to-day stress. The response is polite, direct, and unforgivable in manager land. Thanks, but no. The delay made this unworkable.  

And right on cue, the roster goes quiet. No official drama, no written warning, just an empty schedule until January and a very loud silence where shifts used to be. It looks less like planning and more like a small boss throwing a small tantrum because someone dared to say I needed better communication and then acted on it.

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