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Am I overreacting? RE: Volunteer job
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I volunteer on Thursday nights. I emailed them this morning to cancel -- my H has to work out of town tonight, so I have to get home after work to let the dog out and babysit my nephew. I emailed them at 7:45 this morning after finding out about this conflict last night.
The response I received from them was:
Thank you, and good luck, cause it seems like you work harder there than here. J
That's a little snarky, right? Or am I misreading it?
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Re: Am I overreacting? RE: Volunteer job
I wouldn't read anything into it. You're dealing with a traveling H, taking care of your normal work and your dog, and babysitting. That sounds like a lot!
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I don't get it.
Does the person not understand that you are a volunteer and not a paid employee?
I would 1000% forward that email to their boss. Boss should be none too pleased to know that this person is alienating their volunteers.
I think that "J" at the end is what happens when their smiley gets auto-formatted into the little graphic in Outlook, so I think it might be a joke that didn't quite pan out.
Wait, I just read it again. I think they could be saying that babysitting is hard work...more like "that kid runs you ragged" than "you put in more effort when you're not here."
It doesn't make any sense, to be honest. You work harder where? At home? I almost feel like they responded to you incorrectly.
However, as someone commented that you don't get paid and "don't they know that".... well, I dont' know what this volunteer job is, but I would imagine that whoever schedules the volunteers is looking for reliable people they can count on. Paid or not- it is a commitment.
Again, I dont' know the parameters around this job and maybe it doesn't matter. Or have you done this before? Bailed at the last minute?
My only point being taht I don't see why it being volunteer means they don't count on you. It doesn't excuse any snarkiness, though. If they have an issue w/ you're coming in when scheduled, then they need to talk to you about it. Not send weird messages.
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I completely, 100 percent agree that a commitment is a commitment, paid or not. I've been there since January and called in sick once in April. That's it. This conflict came up and there wasn't a way around it. I ended up leaving my nephew with a neighbor and going in.... but I'm still really irritated at how the whole thing was handled. In a real job, you have PTO for a reason... and just because this doesn't have PTO doesn't mean that life doesn't sometimes get in the way.
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Well, I still find the message an odd one. But yeah.... you called in once SIX months ago? If they aer giving you a hard time, I find that inexcusable.
You were a MUCH better person than I, I wouldn't have gone in.
But again - if you're bothered, is tehre someone you can talk to about the message?
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I think it could have been misconstrued-- maybe they are saying that dogs and nephews are harder than anything else?
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