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You can't just email your boss with the impression that you can just take the day off. First off, you're going to need to "request" the day off, not demand it. Second, why wouldn't you confirm with your boss that you could have that period of time off? He/she's your boss, I'm sure you could go up to him/her and ask if they received your email?!?! I'd take this as a learning experience, as it doesn't appear college has given you one so far.



We do not have a system of requesting a day off. Iâ??m not sure about your experiences with college jobs, but it is quite the contrary to my experiences. I have held an ideal position (internship at NIH) and small part-time jobs through the University, and there are clear differences between the two. I have held three positions in various fields and have never had any procedures of requesting a day off when in need. Furthermore, as a student in college, dates change: exam dates, professorâ??s office hours, various tutoring hours, etcâ?¦ I come from a large University, where there is no uniformity to a schedule. Employers are expected to understand constant time-shifts from student employees, it is a very common procedure.

In response to â??I'd take this as a learning experience, as it doesn't appear college has given you one so far,â? I donâ??t think you know enough about me or my educational and personal achievements to make this comment.

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Second, why wouldn't you confirm



Simply, because I do not have the time to follow it up. I left an email with plenty of time for response. I have final exams, and do not have the clarity of mind to follow it up; Iâ??d expect them to respond in a timely fashion. I have worked here for two years and I have always used this procedure. Just because your procedures are different does not mean that my methods are wrong. I have had different positions in different fields and each one have had different procedures for notification.

If this were a full-time position, I would have to agree with you. I think many people fail to understand that this is not a high-paying full-time position. Sigma states that if I were working for him, he would have fired me, but why would you hire a college student whom you know is working on several other endeavors? Cheap work? It should be expected that the student will not be able to be fully committed. If you need a fully committed person, go hire someone who can run mass specs and HPLCs all day long and see what it comes to. 30 maybe 40k a year? However, if you hire a college student, you can pay them next to McDonald wages and get away with it (I make $12/hr). There is a lot more to this than I think you understand.

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I just don't see why college kids think their life is so important that the world has to stop for their needs.



One of my finals made a drastic change in date. I had a hell of time accommodating it. There are rules and policies that state that you cannot have X amount of exams in a given time. I had to argue this out with my school to get one of my finals adjusted. I wish I had the convenience as it appears some of you have had in college, but I have many other things going on besides one college job. The place that employed me knew that I was working more than one job while doing 15+ hours of research, yet they still hired me.

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The only time where "I'm sorry I'm not going to able to make it work tomorrow" is acceptable is when someone dies (or perhaps if you're vommiting all over the place or something). All other occassions time off from work, particularly when it's only a matter of convenience, is a request.



Not when your dates change at short notices. I completely disagree with you Sigma. You compare this as if it were a full-time position where I was making a considerable amount of money. I think the major consequence for an employer when hiring college students is that they must be extremely flexible. However, by being flexible they are able to hire cheap labor.

Your experiences of college employment are quite contrary to mine. I find it unlikely if not impossible for a college student to maintain their schedule around the year precisely as they want. This may just highlight some of the contrasts between your curriculum and mine. It is in my experience that my schedule changes weekly, if not daily from what I plan it to be. My employer hired me with knowledge that I had other obligations; the fact is they booted me because of their own agenda. An update to this post is that I recently found out today is that the other assistant was fired too. We both are graduating within a year. The freshman that works with us, who I just finished training, is currently doing 3hrs/week and is still working with them. Iâ??m making a lot of speculations here, but it seems like my hunch was correct; in with the new and out with the old.

Guysâ?¦I worked there for two years. I have kept my schedule updated weekly using this method for two years. Trust me, I understand the differences between working full-time and my situation. I had hoped you guys would understand the differences.


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