Work

[ailbhe]

Dear god. I have just found out that Rob has more overtime planned this month. Three nights the first week, two nights the second week, three nights the third week, and one night the fourth week. Every month I'm told that it's almost over, that the overtime won't be necessary much longer. It keeps happening. What about our life? Three nights out of five is (a) too much for me to cope with regularly and (b) making Rob so tired he's pretty constantly as vague and unreliable as if he'd missed his antidepressants.

It's not as if I'll get any rest at the weekend, either, because we're going to the in-laws'. Which is great, we haven't been for ages, but hardly restful.

Why isn't he being paid enough for this work that we can hire a babysitter, so at least *I* could go to bed early and someone would still be around to play with the baby when she wakes? All I'm necessary for is feeding her, after all. No, he's not getting paid, he's getting time off in lieu which he's not allowed to take when we want him to. Still, at least it means I was able to make us all dentist appointments, right?

Comments

[oldbloke.livejournal.com]

They're taking the piss. Rob needs to look for a new job. And make it obvious he is, so they might start actually worrying aout losing him.

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I don't like the evenings that Andy gets back at 8.30 as that's settling down time (well 7.30 onwards is) & Kate then gets all hyper again when daddy gets home :/ It'll be easier when the clocks change & they go back to their old bed times of 7 & 7.30. Though, they are currently both going to bed at the same time & having a story read by daddy. Holls falls asleep with her milk & Kate goes to sleep after 2 books.

[sidheag.livejournal.com]

This is going to carry on until Rob stops enabling it. If he doesn't want to go as far as finding another job or saying No, he could, for example, say that working overtime for TOIL isn't working for him because he isn't getting good chances to take it, so in future he'll only do it for pay. Then at least you could get that babysitter.

[supermouse.livejournal.com]

I don't like the way Rob will make time for his work that he won't for his own wife and daughters. It's like a menage-a-trois with an abusive partner, seen from afar.