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February 09, 2009

Over-scheduling

At my on-campus job, several of us work and take shifts based on our academic schedules, just like almost every on-campus job here.  This semester there has been a problem, though.  It usually works out where everyone’s schedules just mesh well and no one has to take on too many shifts, but this year, there are only two of us who can work on Monday and Wednesday mornings.  Everyone else has class scheduled somewhere from 8-12, which means that I have to take a Monday or Wednesday morning shift at least once a week.  This is usually fine because I can just get my hours out of the way before Friday, which leaves me a long weekend when it comes to work.  Recently, though, it has been a bit of a hassle.  A couple of my professors have office hours at these times and we have papers and tests coming up, so I want to meet with them, but I cannot because I have to work.  The two of us have talked and shared our concerns for not having that valuable time, and are now working together to ensure that each of us can get the things done academically that we need to, but still work too.  We are now splitting shifts and working more some weeks than others so that each of us can get everything done without stressing too much about it. 

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