Bloody job.....

[Smiffy]

Smiffy, what does your contract say??

If your days/hours are stipulated on that and they are changing then they'll need to draw up a new contract which you'll need to sign.

Plus, with a new contract comes new financial remuniration.

I don't know where my contract is at the moment Dave, but I think there is a clause in there that states my working hours with the remit "or otherwise as the company may seem fit".
And financial renumeration???

 

[haplesshacker]

Just to play devils advocate a little.

I'm guessing that your contract will be 'x' number of hours per week, to be allocated as the management see fit to cover opening hours.

From your first post, I'm guessing that your place of work didn't open on Sundays previously?

I'm also guessing that as a used car salesman that your salary is heavily biased towards commision on sales.

One would also assume that you sell more cars when everyone else is not working, predominately a Saturday. So it stands to reason that you could potentially sell more cars by being open on a Sunday?

You have stated before that you hate working for these guys, but I would have thought that a five day week would be posssible. With either a day off during the week, every week, and either a Sat or Sun off every other week? It can't be that busy during the week there, after all you're on here almost as much as some others!!

Weekend work was always the bug bear of the staff in my previous life. But, yacht chandleries are generally open all weekend, every weekend, and they had to be staffed. Funny thing was, that the best staff didn't want to work any weekends. Yet they choose the industry to work in!? The owners were weak, and employed weekend numpties to cover during the shops busiest times, whilst the full timers were off at the weekends. And they wonder why it went tits up?

I can't see that getting into an argument about contracts being the way forward with this one. It never works out well. But you're a salesman, do some negoatiating.


Okay. So that wasn't the most sympathetic voice on here, but I'm just trying to be practical.

Good luck with it anyway. There must be a reason why you're still sticking there.

 

[JustOne]

So you're available for a midweek round EVERY WEEK when it's a bit cheaper...

And as pointed out you might sell more cars. Sounds like a sh*t place to work but unless you actively do something about it on the sly you're stuck with it.

 

[Oddsocks]

smiffy it could be worse, one of the riders i support went back to work on monday after a nice christmas holiday, the company he works for has now been brought out.

A) instead of working 4 days a week he has now been changed to 2 weeks on 2 weeks off.
B) instead of working on UK mainland he now works on the off shore rigs
C) if he dont like it he is welcome to leave.
D) the addidtional sponsorship he got from hes work has been withdrawn.

He races one of scotlands premier race series as well as select uk main championships races (quiet a competitive rider) and he has had to withdraw from all race series for 2011.

to say he's pissed is an understatement.

 

[Parmo]

Get a job with MWJ!!

 

[scottbrown]

How old are your kids? The reason I ask is anyone who has kids under I think 18 can apply for flexible working patterns... Ie no Sundays as you have the kids. It's very difficult for any company other than a very small one to find justification to refuse the request.
It sounds wrong, but kids are the best excuse for getting out of employment things as the law is totally on side. Most other employment law is weighted towards the company.
Gotta be worth a google search and a request letter to line manager

 

[medwayjon]

Get a job with MWJ!!

If I was in a position to expand I would open another site and let smiffy run it from top-to-bottom if he wanted.

I wish I was in that position.

 

[surefire]

You don't even need to bring kids into it, you can just refuse to work Sundays.

If you started working for your employer after 26 August 1994 (6 April 2004 in Scotland; 4 December 1997 in Northern Ireland), you may be required to work on Sundays. However, unless you are employed to only work on Sundays, you may opt out of Sunday working. You have to give your employer three months' notice of your objection to working on Sundays. This notice must be in writing, and you must date and sign it. During the three-month notice period your employer may require you to work on Sundays. After that, if you give notice in the correct way and you work the three-month notice period, you have the right not to be dismissed or be treated unfairly for refusing to work on Sundays. If you are dismissed, it will count as an automatically unfair dismissal.

 

[Parmo]

Smiffy, I thought McDonald's was always open on a Sunday?