If your job asked you 4 months in advance if you're available to cover a shift, would you decline, or would you take them up on the offer?

[Babebytheshore85]

There's like 4 shifts. I would like the money, yet i don't want to seek like I'm saying yes all the time, either. Yet there is a certain lifestyle I want, and in order to have that, you gotta have money, lol 😆 . And it is overtime pay 😍

I'd say yes! Wtf are you waiting for!!

No, too soon to know what plans will be.

I'd tell them I'll get back to them

[SteveSmith1985]

Say yes! wtf are you waiting for? You say yes when you want the overtime/money... and not any other time. It's not a precedent situation. Your accepting this doesn't mean you have to say yes to anything else.

You take the shifts now. In 4 months you'll hate yourself for doing so. Then you get the extra pay and are glad you did. Is this the first overtime offer? That's how it goes. You think it's a good idea, until you actually are doing it; then you get your extra money and are happy about that. That's the way this is supposed to go!

If you don't take it... you'll wish you did when the time comes, and you'll wish you had the extra money on that paycheck.

This is a no-brainer.

Take all 4 shifts if you can. It's 4 months away. You don't even have to deal with it for 4 months. Then you suck it up when you have to work extra. Then you live your best fancy life. Definitely take at least one of them.

[Babebytheshore85]

Great point!!

[Babebytheshore85]

I just did overtime this weekend. I dreaded it before then once it got here it went by so quick lol 😆 grateful

[SteveSmith1985]

haha, that's weird. You're supposed to hate yourself during and right after the overtime shift. If you just did it, and it wasn't so bad... this should be easy!

[Babebytheshore85]

I hated my self during and days before leading up to it 🤣.

[SteveSmith1985]

As long as you get those bad-feeling in somewhere. I think that's still fine.

[goaded]

Unless it's on something like Christmas or a child's graduation, I'd probably say yes. On the reasonable understanding that circumstances change and I may not be able to. (Especially if they're asking because it's on something like Christmas or their child's graduation.)

It's like making a dentist appointment. "Will you be available at 9:30 on a Tuesday six months from now?"

[Babebytheshore85]

Right lol 😆. Well it's not on any holidays. I do want the cash cause there's a certain lifestyle I like so yeah OT won't hurt now and then.

[goaded]

Oh, I used to love overtime. One month I got paid so much it took five years and a change of employer to match it on a regular basis. Not that it was all that much!

[Babebytheshore85]

Whoa!! Always nice to have a cushion like that

[goaded]

It was my last job that paid overtime, unfortunately!

[7Phoenix7]

I'd probably say yeah, if I really wanted the extra money. Overtime pay is nice

[Babebytheshore85]

How soon would you respond lol? I want the shift but dont wanna come off desperate either

[7Phoenix7]

I'd tell them I'd get back to them so i don't come off as always available lol. Then later accept.

[Babebytheshore85]

Ok good I waited an hour and played it 😎 cool lol.🤣 you know as a woman there's a certain lifestyle I want. I want to look good, live in a nice neighborhood, and have money to enjoy my hobbies. My permanent schedule is two to three days a week anyway. So I'm off 5 days one week and 4 the other. I like my me time

[7Phoenix7]

Me too ✋️ lol

[NoDecision]

If the money is good and they are not asking all the time I say go for it.

[AI Opinion]

Taking the shifts could be beneficial for both financial and career growth, especially with the allure of overtime pay. However, balance is key. If saying yes aligns with your lifestyle goals without compromising your work-life balance, consider it. If there's potential burnout or a pattern of over-reliance on your availability developing, it's okay to occasionally decline. Deliberate on how these shifts fit into your long-term career aspirations and personal life, and proceed accordingly.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Think of it this way, the more you say yes, the more they will offer you, then you can always say no when you want, if you want them take it, unless you truly don't want the overtime, although 4 months in advance is way too in advanced, there might be plans you aren't even aware of now lol

[Babebytheshore85]

So true I'll have more offers. I looked up the dates they're not on major holidays.

[ChicoFromThe305]

That's good, are you certain you won't have plans with friends or family, or partner, etc , unless you are an anti social homebody it still seems far in advance, but best of luck with it tho

[Babebytheshore85]

I'm not much of a people person🤣.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Then you chillin lol

[Babebytheshore85]

Lol 😆

[OneViewpoint]

What business is scheduling shift work 4 months out? This sounds bizarre. Shift work tends to be low paying jobs with a high turnover rate. Why try to schedule any further out than a week or two?

[jamesgoldman]

That'd be August so if they've got A/C I'm there

I know when I'm on holiday (not that I stop working) and I know when Christmas and my birthday are (when I take half the day off apiece)

[Babebytheshore85]

Lol 😆 the A/c

[Coden7]

If they approach me for something in advance, I’d take them up on it way more than if they ask me that day to stay later. It’s way more respectful of my time anyway when they ask in advance

[236color]

It's not last minute, and they are asking not ordering.

[katiesmuff]

I'd say NO as it is much to far ahead to know what I would be doing then.

[WhitneySnow]

Four months in advance? Sure, if I didn’t already have plans. I would totally do it.

[conanbdetective]

I'm more likely to say yes if I'm asked way in advance but it's still 50/50.

[AviatorTom]

To cover one shift? Of course, no problem. The advance warning lets me plan my time.

[Fireguy17]

I would check my schedule and would take it if available.

[QuestionObsession]

Got to choose one babe, cannot have it both ways 😎

[Babebytheshore85]

I know the days don't land on major holidays so I may be good to go

[QuestionObsession]

👍🏻👌🏻 Make hay while the sun is shining

[PeterLegg91]

What Is your lifestyle? Course it'd earn me more money

[Babebytheshore85]

I like nice suburban areas, upscale cafes /restaurants, and diners. Those areas are pricey. Hobbies too

[PeterLegg91]

I live in the suburbs :)

[Babebytheshore85]

I live in what is like semi burbs lol. I'm like 10 minutes from the city. I prefer to be in the suburbs suburbs

[Babebytheshore85]

So moving is in the air but with all that's going on with Trump I might need to stay put. Not sure what will happen with cost of living. I bough 6 things from the grocery store came out to $80 wtf!!

[PeterLegg91]

It's expensive in the uk, especially where i am in London

[PeterLegg91]

Your welcome to dm me :)

[seeyounexttuesday]

Unless you have something important to do, take the shift.

[Babebytheshore85]

Yeah I'm with you on this

[Anastasia86]

Yea could use the extra money.

[Babebytheshore85]

Girrrrl lol you look like a shopper too.. are you an ulta or sephora girly?

[Anastasia86]

I like Acqua make myself I am from Italian House hold.

[Babebytheshore85]

What is that?

[Anastasia86]

A Italian make brand.

[Anastasia86]

Makeup*

[elizamichale1]

Sure i would say yess

[Anonymous]

I voted C, that's the logic thing to do.