Recently at work I’ve had some anxiety around my hours, as it worries me that I won’t make ends meet each week. Recently ours hours dropped and my boss did communicate this to us and it always happens around the start of the financial year. They’ve recently picked up slightly but still not great and my boss hasn’t been doing our rosters because they’ve been away. So another person is and they are particularly bias so while one person who does the same job as me is getting 25-30 hours per week I’m getting 10-15 and then I have to wait to be called in. This just doesn’t feel fair to me because I’m given more tasks than they are or they leave the jobs for me to do when I come in. I’ve communicated some of this to my boss but wanted to avoid names so it didn’t come across as targeting and that I don’t trust her opinion. It just gave me so much anxiety about working with those people and that I had been doing something wrong when I hadn’t been, that I want to cry. I get called in and shifts extended but at the same time this makes me feel like I’m missing out on doing things in my life because I’m waiting for them to call because I need money. My parents are supportive in financially supporting me especially as a student but it’s hard, I don’t like asking them for money or help that way, they have their own financial issues. Especially since everything gone up and I’m not having consistent pay that I’m anxious I won’t be able to afford just the basic things. I’m not sure what’s to do next, my job and my relationship with my boss allows the flexibility I need for my studies so I don’t really want to look for a new job.
