Employee takes on second night job to save up, quits without notice when they halve her hours unexpectedly: 'I got no heads up'

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  • An employee who already had a full-time day job picked up a night gig cleaning offices to save up for medical treatment. They had been at this second job for two months when their new employer halved their hours while adding two new employees to their shift to be trained without giving them any prior warning.

    Angry that these changes had not been clearly communicated and that they were losing out on money, they decided to quit without giving any notice. However, they were left wondering if their reaction to what had happened had been a little too dramatic.

  • They slashed my hours in half without notice, so I quit on the spot.

    I have a full-time job, but 2 months ago, I picked up a nighttime office cleaning job to help save up money for an upcoming surgery.

  • Things were generally smooth sailing until I noticed yesterday that my hours were suddenly slashed in half.

  • Two people were added to my shift for training and to take on half my hours thereafter.

  • I got no heads up from anybody. If I hadn't checked the notification about my published shifts more closely, I wouldn't have known until I walked onto the job next week.

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  • I'm lucky that I don't have to depend on this for full-time income. I'm pred that someone who \could have been\ could have been left in a really precarious position, if this job was all or most of their income.

  • It's ride at best, really f ed up at worst. So, today, I quit. No heads up either.

  • At first I was going to give them a few days and tell them next week.

  • But the more I thought about it, the more I realized how messed up it was.

  • I hit most of my savings goal already, so I just texted them today that yesterday was my last day.

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  • Ok_Gas1070 Nah, good on you I mean some companies do it more stealthfuly. They'd have you train the new hires and THEN fire you out of nowhere.

  • Historical-Care70 Original Poster's Reply I'm confused why they did it in the first place. When I started, I was sharing hours with another person who eventually quit on their own accord. So I got my hours doubled afterward, but now they're suddenly bringing new people onto my shifts. They're still paying the same amount of money, so why slash someone's hours?

  • Sheila Supreme So they don't have to offer benefits

  • Historical-Care70 Original Poster's Reply This was a part-time janitorial job with absolutely no benefits. Everyone works part-time hours.

  • United-Loss4914 They probably caught wind that you were just doing this temporarily and almost had meet your savings goal. Somebody probably ratted you out or something. I don't know either way you're not overreacting.

  • Historical-Care70 Original Poster's Reply They knew from the beginning that I also have a full-time 9-5 job.

  • PepperThePotato YOR Did they just double your hours until they found someone new to cover the person who quits shift? Who locks up the office at the end of the shift? Did they need to hire more people so the job could be done quicker because that works better for the person that locks up the office?

  • Historical-Care70 Original Poster's Reply Nope. The office closes at 5pm for the office workers. We're scheduled there to clean up after hours, anytime from 6pm to midnight. I worked 6 to 10pm. The door is automatically locked, but technically, I close up the office. They emphasized repeatedly that if I'm comfortable taking on the doubled hours (which I said I was multiple times) then they would remain doubled.

  •  cut their hours or move them to a different shift or position without any warning. If they can get you to quit, it's a win win for them.

  • Historical-Care70 Original Poster's Reply Fine by me. Unless you have an idea of something shittier I could have done to them in revenge? Otherwise, I know they'll be scrambling for the next few days to fill those hours and train the new employees (which they usually have the current employees do).

  • Main_Cauliflower5479 If you're in the US, and I guess it's dependent on what state you're in, you should have just filed for unemployment for reduced hours. So they're training TWO people to make up the job you were doing singlehandedly? Why a bunch of cr p. NOR.

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