•   making a living   •   viewed 502 times •  7 years, 8 months ago So. work has been putting a lot pressure on me lately. It seems there are more and more demands on my personal time. I am always asked to stay longer to do "one more thing". Our management meetings are outside of our normal schedule. So if it's your day off you had to go in. The boss talked about making them optional, but that apparently was just that. Talk. I got into work today after my one day off (after an eight day stretch) to find we have a "mandatory all-store" meeting scheduled for Sunday. The Sunday right in the middle of my 3-day weekend!! What?!? Keep in mind that this is my only weekend off for another month. I'm expected to come in 2 of the 3 days??? Oh no! I informed her that I had plans to be out of town. She went in to "discuss it" with a visiting HR guy from New York. After nearly an hour she came out and told me not to worry about it, but expect to be playing catch-up for a few days... This is getting ridiculous. I mean, yeah, I am a "salaried member of management" but I DO have rights. I happen to know for a fact that if I go in on my day off and do "work" (i.e. check email, attend a meeting) I get paid a full day for that, meaning I get another day off. I haven't said a word about that. I feel that the meetings are a great thing for the business. I have had to commute for an hour on my day off three times now for these things. And now trying to get me in on Sunday? That's just too much. What kind of "quality of life" is that?