The Total Bullshit Of Work/Life Balance
I wrote first two parts of the story in July. Check them out if you want to know the background.
Part I : Dealing With 500 Pages On One Weekend
Part II: Still Got Hammered
Now, here is part III:
During meetings round 2, I sat down with the operational manager for 3 hours trying to convince him that there are ways to arrange the schedules more effectively so people can have at least 2 weekends off before they need to work another weekend. I showed him my proposal, sample schedules to prove my point. But the guy just wouldn’t get it. My team lead even stepped in to express his support of my ideas. After 3 hours, there was still no agreement. I had to drop the ball and told him that I am not going to work more than 2 weekends in any given month.
I went up another level in the food chain with my proposal the next day. Finally, the guy agreed to part of my proposal and suggested his idea to the other. I find that if you want to convince managers to change something, complaining won’t get you anywhere. Always have a Plan A or Plan B to suggest to the managers. If they like what they see, you get what you want. Most of the time they would like to show off their authority, so they will add or delete a bit from your original plan, but that’s not a big deal, you still get most of what you want. The point here is that, have a solution before you negotiate.
I finally got the Aug on-call schedule last week. Guess what, I am only working two weekends and 4 nights. In July, I was on call every weekend and had to work on 15 night shifts in addition to the regular day job I have. I don’t know if it was because of the big loud noise I made in July or they simply don’t want to deal with me anymore. I got myself off the hook from the heavy duty oncall crap.
Want a work/life balance? You have to fight it yourself because when the employers tell you they can help, they are just doing it to beautify the HR newsletter.
Oh, one more note, you also have to make damn sure that you are indeed in demand by your employer. If they have been thinking about cutting you loose, the best strategy is definitely to lay low and shut up if you still want the job…
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