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| *Ostroff, Fair and Company>>>Other - Careers & Employment |
What would you do in this situation regarding your Assistant? |
My assistant asked me if she could have Tuesdays and Thursdays off starting in September, all the way through Decemeber because she want's to take a class at a local college. The class has nothing to do with her job and is some kind of Art class. She is only required to work 24 hours per week, and she works 3, 8-hour shifts per week. So, she could easily have Tuesday's and Thursday's off and then just work Monday's, Wednesday's and Fridays. BUT, I find it quite annoying that she was hired under the basis of having "anytime availability" and now she is asking me to have 2 days per week off so she can take this leisure class. What would you do in this situation? Well, she was hired as "anytime available" so technically you have the right to let her go if she is breaking that. On the other hand, she is working the correct amount of hours. By her not being available on Tuesdays and Thursdays, is it making the company and your job a lot harder? Would you be happier if it wasn't a leisure class? Maybe if she was taking a class that was more training for her career, would that be more acceptable? She may be looking to change her career path and she is taking classes in art to see if she should change her career path to art? If her work and your work is suffering from this change, then you will either have to ask her to go back to her regular hours, or fire her. If work is not suffering and you're just annoyed (or perhaps jealous- I would be) that she gets to take a "fun" class- then maybe you should just let it play out for a while. you might get used to it? Good luck! the way you describe the situation it would not really put your business in any kind of bind. evern if she takes a course in basket weaving in the long run it could make her a better employee.. how would you like her to spend her two days off -- in a bar throwing a few beers back with the boys. i would pat her on the back and say go for it. I would let her have the days off, but make it an absolute requirement that she work Monday, Wednesday and Friday without question. If it doesn't impact your business, what does it hurt to let her take the class? You come out looking like a great boss, and hopefully she'll appreciate you and work even harder for you. Firstly, you are her employer or supervisor. You have to deal with things that affect her as an employee. If this art class had something to do with improving her skills in her current occupation I would say let her. But this has nothing to do with that so she has fit her hobbies around her job not the other way around. I like Ed M, answer. Absolutely, Ed!! I would suggest that maybe she could take the classes as a night class. After all, if she was hired on the basis of "anytime availability" then she must continue. I am an assistant to the owner of my company and I have been able to take a couple of hours off for a class, but I always had to make my hours up either by not taking a lunch hour that day or working a hour or so later in the evenings or on a Saturday and things worked out great. The classes I took were actually for a degree that benefited my boss, so that why she was willing to work with me, but taking art classes would have resulted in a not so favorable reaction. Good Luck, I hope things work out for you! |
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