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Things like weekends and holidays are, in some cases, the only thing that let people who do certain types of work have any time off work to begin with. Someone
by mosselman 8y ago
Things like weekends and holidays are, in some cases, the only thing that let people who do certain types of work have any time off work to begin with.
Someone I know worked at a supermarket as a cashier at some point and she asked for a few days off on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. She asked for this a few months in advance. Her manager looked at here puzzled and sneered "What do you want off for?" as if it was strange to want to have a few days off on Christmas. Luckily for her it was just her student job and she quit before Christmas came around, but some people are not in a position to quit/negotiate and have to put up with asshole-bosses all the time.
Here in the Netherlands shops stay open longer and longer and on more days (they used to be closed on Sunday). This leaves people who don't have an education that gives them a lot of job security open to exposed to the whims of their bosses.
I think ideas like having the ability to choosing your weekends (2 or 3 days) leaves those 2 or 3 days open to discussion and gives some managers a chance to wiggle them out from under you. You see a similar effect with the 'unlimited holiday'-companies out there; the effect is that people feel pressured into taking less days off than they would have had with a more traditional number of days at other companies.
Also, schools are open during the week, not the weekend, so parents are pretty much stuck with the 'normal' weekend anyway.
- Fjolsvith 8y ago> but some people are not in a position to quit/negotiate and have to put up with asshole-bosses all the time. Everyone is in a position to quit/negotiate. People who tell themselves they aren't are just living in a cage they keep themselves in. Have some initiative and make a positive lifestyle change!
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoYou can negotiate yourself onto the street, I suppose the fresh air could be considered a positive life change.
- Fjolsvith 8y agoA fresh perspective opens up opportunities.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoOr gives you nothing to work with. If your only skill was "working at a gas station" and you got fired from a gas station, you better hope that there are more opportunities for working at another gas station, cause you aren't taking a "sabbatical" from minimum wage to enhance your skills to move up.
- kinos 8y agoReally? How are they going to afford to do that?
- Fjolsvith 8y agoSometimes they should ask how they could afford not to.
- smileysteve 8y ago> Things like weekends and holidays are, in some cases, the only thing that let people who do certain types of work have any time off work to begin with. Unless you're in retail or service (your primary example); then you don't get the weekends and holidays; nay you have less control of your schedule on weekends and holidays. Choosing your weekends is also contrare, because as the other commentary goes, and a lot of psychology, your time off is best spent with other people.