[Dark_Knight7096]

So as some of you may know I was unemployed for about a year and a half before I was offered a "temporary part-time" job working for the State of NJ Dept of Labor. I can't work more than 27.5 hours a week, I make about 28.5k a year, I get no benefits, I get at most HALF of the vacation and sick time that the other employees do, I have to be a member of the union though I get no true union protection because I am a temporary employee. We only work 4 days a week to meet the 27.5hr requirement. There are 5 of us and what we used to do is one person had off every day of the week, if someone needed a day off they would talk to the person with that day of the week off and we would switch in order to ensure coverage and staffing needs while still allowing us to take care of things we need to.

I get an email today addressed to the five of us stating the following:
"Staff:
You are no longer allowed to rearrange your days off. This arrangement is getting out of hand, other staff wants to do the same and it’s getting difficult to follow the schedule. 17 staff members in this office do not have this “switching” privilege. I need to make it fair.



Thank-you for your cooperation"


Ummm WTF? The people complaining about this are paid no less than 40k a year, get 2-3x the vacation days and 2x the sick days we get per year, are full time, with benefits, full union protection, enrolled in the pension, are allowed to work voluntary O/T, can sign up for paid training, etc. I know I can't complain and say I want that stuff because that isn't my position and I took the job KNOWING I wouldn't get F/T and benefits, at the same token shouldn't the same go for them? Whiners want to complain switch jobs with me. I'll take your cushy full time permanent position so I can be financially secure again and deal with working 5-6 days a week, and you can have my POS position and wonder if you're going to have enough to make ends meet and get to have a spare day a week to take off.