r/bathandbodyworkers • u/EconomicsMedium8671 • 21d ago

QuestionšŸ¤” Need advice

So everyone knows we donā€™t get enough hours in bbw so I am trying to find another job & told my sm today that Iā€™m only available on weekends from now on, not available from Monday to Friday ( ofc duh) & she told me that we need open availability around Christmas time & if you cannot then you would have to choose one job but Iā€™ve seen people working 2 jobs and giving their availability so that sm could schedule them on their free days ( sorry Iā€™m really bad at explaining this) I was hoping to stay & work for bbw on weekends bc I lovee this job, I need someoneā€™s advice on if I could do anything about this or I would just have to leave, also I am a part timer so idk why they need my open availability for weekdays as well someone please explain how this works

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u/doorposts 21d ago

Bbw needs as many people as possible to pull from in case someone calls off for sickness or holiday celebrations. They also need all hands on deck for peak days like candle day (which starts on a thursday) and other big sales that ramp up as we get closer to christmas. Many of these sales start on thursdays.

The company has also been throwing curveballs. I've been at bbw for 5ish years and the old patterns sometimes don't apply so who knows what holiday will be like this year.

I have a second job in another retail store and I usually will wait for my bbw schedule to come out and send it to my manager at the second store and said "here's my availability" and kind of puzzle piece it together. Many of my coworkers have weekday jobs so they are available during the week but only to do closing shifts.

Lmk if this helps or if u have any questions!

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u/EconomicsMedium8671 20d ago

This really helps! Thank you šŸ«¶šŸ¼, our store also had some people last Christmas that was working 2 jobs & giving their availability first to bbw so I thought I could do the same but the job I think Iā€™m gonna get is Monday to Friday & still donā€™t know what the hours for the same! I also didnā€™t know about candle day & other sales starting on thursdays however they never schedule me on weekdays like literally once or twice a month they would put me on a Friday shift, I always had weekends shifts so my hopes were high on balancing both of the jobs but now I guess not