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Any advice is appreciated

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Richie89
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Joined: 16 Apr 2009, 23:10
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Any advice is appreciated

Post by Richie89 »

Im on a 24 hour contract and i’ve been in the job now for around 6 months.
I started off on a part time town delivery, working 7-1 for 4/5 days a week. About a month in to the job the duty I was on was changed to 10-6. The round is prepped for when I come in, I do the round, come back, do a few parcels then do collections. Although I’m not happy with the hours, it means I’m doing 40 hours a week, and i’m not really in a position to say no to the overtime.
However, there’s talk in my office that the walk I do is going to be lapsed. If this does go through I’ll be left doing just parcels and collections, working 1-6 Monday to Friday.
Is there anything I can do about this? Seeing as I live about 15 miles from my office it would be a pain in the arse for me to go back and forth every day for just 5 hours.

The hours advertised for the job was 9-2, so can I throw this back at them? Really not happy with this at all.

Rant over, thanks.
DGP1
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Joined: 07 Jun 2007, 20:39
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Re: Any advice is appreciated

Post by DGP1 »

The only thing you can insist on is your 24hrs per week but I'm sure that there will still be plenty of OT if you want it.
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