by P.O.
(Cheektowaga, Ny)
I started going to school full time to get out of a dead-end collections job that I have been working at since December. I came to my boss 2 months before I decided to start school to inform him of my decision and to let him know my hours would be changing. He said everything was fine - and to come see him a week before I started school to talk about my scheduling changes. I came to him last Monday and let him know I'd be able to work 3-4 days a week, 4 hours a day, we aren't open on Friday's, so that's not a day I can work. Everything was set, he said that was fine - he wondered if I would still be able to "hit my number" or collect as much as I had been on full-time. I told him I don't see why not, just because my hours are shorter doesn't mean I can't do the same amount of work. I let him know if in a few weeks I wasn't able to make my goal, that he could drop me down to a point-caller, basically taking my whole opportunity of reaching a bonus out of the question. I was only making $9.00/hour so it wasn't the best job, but I was doing what I needed to do. I didn't ask for more pay or anything else, just that my schedule be fixed and fine. Everything was great - I had a few days off after I talked to my boss, started school the following Monday. I'm going to school from 930am-445pm and then have to beat rush hour traffic to be to work by 5pm and stay there until 9pm. I have a 14 month old son and a 5 year old daughter - that's not the easiest thing to do - as well as child-care. But I realized that I knew what needed to be done and I thought I was doing everything in my power to keep my job and still go to school. I don't work on Wednesdays due to child-care issues, so this past Wednesday I was absent from work. When I got out of school on Thursday - I had a voicemail and a text from my boss, and also a voicemail from a co-worker/friend. The VM from my
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