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Today my boss told me where I stood. She started off the convo with, “I’ve got some bad news for you”, then says the girl I’m covering for is returning in August. My boss finally managed to get hold of her. I won’t go through the whole conversation but basically I don’t think anyone is particularly happy that this girl is returning. My boss doesn’t want to let me go and she said she is happy to keep me on as casual giving me shifts that others have taken off etc. She hasn’t booked any cover for holidays in August and I know one of my colleagues has taken a week or two off in August so hopefully I’ll have a few days there…
My boss said if the girl does end up leaving, she’ll try to make it so that I won’t have to go through an interview, and hopefully I’ll be able to just slip back into her job. They said they’re not going to take her crap anymore (she was a bit of handful… but blamed it on the hormones through pregnancy). But, we just have to see what happens. I don’t want to get my hopes up or anything. I didn’t get my hopes up about staying on in August. I’d rather be happily surprised than devastated. Whatever happens, happens.
The girl I work with all the time, on every shift, was a bit upset and it put a downer on the shift because we have grown so used to each other, we are a real team and she can’t imagine me not working with her (we were both pretty new together).
Anyway, at least I know where I stand, for now. 