I am only available for a limited time...I HAVE A LIFE!!
I am so frustrated with my "job" situation. Get this: the district wants me and other librarians to work five days a week, 1 hour and 20 minutes a day, for a grand total of 8 hours and 45 minutes a week. Yeah, that's right, a WEEK. Ridiculous, right? My shifts used to be 3.5 hours a day in the mornings. Fabulous.
My problem with this sort of chicanery is that I have now FOUR grad classes, as well as "number five"--jobsearching. I don't have time to go in every day (and it doesn't pay me to travel there, or even make enough to pay rent and bills) so why should I have to be there five days, or even four days? Heck, it's not even worth it to go in three days a week.
So, I informed the boss man that I'd unfortunately only be able to do two days a week, at about 4 hours and 22 minutes each, Mondays and Thursdays. That works out with both my class schedule, as well as scheduling for another part time job. If I find a full time job, heck, I'll bail like a sailor on a boat with a giant hole--so fast it won't even be funny. I don't have TIME, between four grad classes (plus six additional hours of work for them each week as is the usual courseload) and searching for jobs and such. NO TIME.
I only have two days worth of availability then, right? So I sent out notice and schedule sign-ups to the teachers today, and most of them signed right up. But a few whine whine WHINED. ARG. Very frustrating. Look, my job is not to cater to you people. It's to be available for the students, and available for classroom visits. If somebody already took an open slot, too bad--work it out with them. I don't care if your schedule is beind disrupted, MY LIFE IS BEING DISRUPTED. Get a CLUE, people?!? Kids will adjust just FINE.
Basically, when I get the schedule set next week, I'm going to present it as a fait accompli to the boss man. I'm tired of being ignored when I ask if there's work at other schools, or if I can change my days, or hours around or do anything. I'm so DONE with that.
Besides, all the other librarians that I've talked to with reduced schedules are only there two days a week (8.375hrs) or three days a week (10hrs) and the rest haven't had reduced hours. C'mon teachers, it was a SITE decision. That means THE PRINCIPAL made that call. If you have a problem with my availability and hours not being enough for you, TAKE IT UP WITH HIM. Not me. I'm done throwing my time away and being taken advantage of by you people. That's how I feel now: used and abused.
NO MORE.
