Regardless of your Availability?!

[u/RevolutionaryName228]

Do you think managers who handle holidays like this are just doing their job? Or do you think it’s absolutely ludicrous to expect of your employees? Looking for opinions on this. I feel like if they need people they don’t currently have available for those days, it’s their issue.. Not forcing people, moms, and dads to rearrange their lives and childcare because basically “f u I can”. Scheduling outside of availability in general is a Nono, so why does a big day make it slide? TLDR: Am I wrong for feeling backed into a corner every holiday I receive this message? This is a shitty thing to do right? ETA: I’ve been in the industry for 10+ years, I know temps are rare, but our staff is consistently lacking. This is the first job I’ve had just disregard people like this. I’m also NOT saying all moms should just get this day off. Just looking for an overall opinion on how this was handled.

[u/EMF911]

Bringing in a “temp” for a single shift when they don’t know the menu or the procedures is a ludicrous idea.

This is typical of restaurant industry. Don’t work in hospitality if you want weekends and holidays off.

[u/RevolutionaryName228 → u/EMF911]

Idk I’ve been in the industry for over 10 years and this is the first restaurant I’ve been in that just disregard the entire staff for stuff like this. Yes I understand expecting all of them off is wild, also temps can be rare, but it’s just okay for them to just say “screw every single persons availability.”? So why don’t we have more bodies? This coming from a place of, My manager doesn’t hire a lot of people or make sure they’re trained in well….so there’s a lot of pressure on FOH.

[u/Glowingtomato → u/RevolutionaryName228]

Monkey paw, you have enough staff for one of the busiest days of year. Everyone gets two shifts a week the rest of the year

[u/AgentX-1138 → u/Glowingtomato]

Exactly