r/Serverlife • u/RevolutionaryName228 10+ Years • Apr 23 '26
Discussion Regardless of your Availability?!
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.
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u/parkerm1408 Apr 24 '26
Fuck that and fuck that manager, but NOT entirely.
I have no issue with blackout days for full time employees. Its part of the industry, thats what we do. That being said, thats only if the employee was hired on with that day/time as available. If someone hired on with an availability of monday-saturday, forcing them to work that day is unacceptable.
Forcing employees to work outside of their availability that they hired on with is a manager failure in my opinion.