starsprklz
Aug 23, 2006, 03:46 PM
Myself and two other people are general assistants to our boss who owns a small private business. Lately, since school has started up (both high school and college), our hours we are able to work have shifted a bit. I am generally the morning person and work alone while the other two are in school. In the afternoons, the other two come and change shifts. Recently, our boss has been wanting to alternate the other two's hours to save her money, but one (Assistant A) of the two needs to come everyday to meet up with the hour requirements needed for her Work Release Program class.
Today while Assistant A, our boss, and myself were discussing this problem, our boss blatantly stated that she needed to just get rid of Assistant B with the way our hours are working. In reality, it is probably the best business decision for everyone in the workplace. Plus, Assistant B may already be looking into an extracurricular activity that may take up too much time in the afternoons for her to work. But she is about to turn down that afternoon activity so she can keep working because she doesn't want to lose her job. Our boss simply said she would wait a little while, see what happens, and then talk to Asst. B about it.
Now, Assistant B is a good friend of mine and actually got me this job. I'll be sad to see her go and that's obviously one of the reasons I feel the need to forewarn her about the possible upcoming situation. But besides personal reasoning, I feel she needs to know ASAP before she ends up giving up the extracurricular activity for a job that might actually be taken away from her fairly soon.
It's probably not my place at all professionally to talk to her about it, but it would save everyone a lot of grief if it was simply put out in the open so each of us can move on with other possible plans.
I don't know... it just kills me to work around her knowing that our boss has other plans for her when she may be sacrificing other things for this job. Our boss definitely wants to keep her around to fill in and when we have particular shows that require extra hands every now and then - but not necessarily someone working everyday. So it's not like she'll be completely cut off, but it's sad, yet obvious, that if we had to cut one of us - she'd be the first to go. And the situation has come up where one of us is just extra and kind of 'in the way'.
So as a friend, a co-worker, and an employee - do I speak up about this with her personally or do I keep my mouth shut and let business run its route? :confused:
Today while Assistant A, our boss, and myself were discussing this problem, our boss blatantly stated that she needed to just get rid of Assistant B with the way our hours are working. In reality, it is probably the best business decision for everyone in the workplace. Plus, Assistant B may already be looking into an extracurricular activity that may take up too much time in the afternoons for her to work. But she is about to turn down that afternoon activity so she can keep working because she doesn't want to lose her job. Our boss simply said she would wait a little while, see what happens, and then talk to Asst. B about it.
Now, Assistant B is a good friend of mine and actually got me this job. I'll be sad to see her go and that's obviously one of the reasons I feel the need to forewarn her about the possible upcoming situation. But besides personal reasoning, I feel she needs to know ASAP before she ends up giving up the extracurricular activity for a job that might actually be taken away from her fairly soon.
It's probably not my place at all professionally to talk to her about it, but it would save everyone a lot of grief if it was simply put out in the open so each of us can move on with other possible plans.
I don't know... it just kills me to work around her knowing that our boss has other plans for her when she may be sacrificing other things for this job. Our boss definitely wants to keep her around to fill in and when we have particular shows that require extra hands every now and then - but not necessarily someone working everyday. So it's not like she'll be completely cut off, but it's sad, yet obvious, that if we had to cut one of us - she'd be the first to go. And the situation has come up where one of us is just extra and kind of 'in the way'.
So as a friend, a co-worker, and an employee - do I speak up about this with her personally or do I keep my mouth shut and let business run its route? :confused: