📝 AITAH for telling my boss im allowed to hqve a life outside of work

By Awkward_Low_2825 • Score: 8 • April 6, 2025 1:59 AM


I (30F) work in education and I recently went back to the part time job i worked at for 9 months last year. When I was there before, I had given them availability everyday of the week and they therefore decided that they would schedule me EVERY weekend and say I wasn't allowed to have a weekend off as It was my choice to have 2 jobs so I had to deal with it that I never got a day off. After doing essentially 7 months of weekends and therefore working 7 days a week between 2 jobs, I was burnt out and needed a break. They refused to give me a weekend off as it was " in my contract that I HAD to be available for weekends or atleast 1 of the 2 days (Sat/Sun))

So I decided to resign ( with 4 weeks notice) and take a break knowing that if I wanted to come back, I could reapply and worst case scenario, they didn't bring me back.

4 months later, I decided to go back and they were quick to rehire to me.... however this time I put restrictions on my availability and only give them Saturdays as the contract says that I only have to work 1 day on weekends. By doing this, it meant that even if they worked me EVERY Saturday, I would atleast have Sundays off from both jobs.

They are now saying again that I have to work Sundays as they don't have anyone to work that day in the office and that I am the one that chose to have 2 jobs.

I reminded them that THEY are the secondary job that i am only part time and that I wasn't going to call into my primary Mon-Fri job and book days off just so they could schedule me on Saturday and Sunday. That I have met the requirements as per the contract.

ALSO, upon coming back, I only applied to be a cashier, however they are now saying I HAVE to work in EVERY department I worked in before despite having restrictions due to health issues.

So AITA for telling my boss that I'm shouldn't have to give up all my person time to work at a entry level job.

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