Keep feeling guilty!
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2026 7:25 am
Hello! I'm very new to the industry and finished my cert 3 a couple of months ago. Just before I finished I was hired as a part of a casual pool at a local centre. It's a nice centre and I'm enjoying it, I've been there about 2 months now and average about 2 shifts a week. Some weeks I am rostered on once or twice but most of the time I get a call in the morning around 6.45am to see if I can come in.
I would say my hit rate for that is 50/50 and I can't seem to shake feeling guilty and then worried they'll stop asking! Do managers get annoyed if you don't accept the late notice shift?
For eg this week they rang me on Tuesday at 7.20 and asked if I can get in at 8.30 and I said yes and did. But today they rang and I felt very run down from this week (non related) so I did say no. Now I"m back to feeling guilty!
Do the managers even know if you've said no? (I get a call from whoever is opening).
I really like the centre but I also work for myself so I told them beginning 1-3 shifts is kinda my max. My manager usually asks me at the beginning of the week what my availability is and I tell her, but sometimes that changes throughout the rest of the week.
I've heard of people working for two centres so I'm sure they must be saying no sometimes too but I am a real people pleaser. Please let me know if managers care or not!
I would say my hit rate for that is 50/50 and I can't seem to shake feeling guilty and then worried they'll stop asking! Do managers get annoyed if you don't accept the late notice shift?
For eg this week they rang me on Tuesday at 7.20 and asked if I can get in at 8.30 and I said yes and did. But today they rang and I felt very run down from this week (non related) so I did say no. Now I"m back to feeling guilty!
Do the managers even know if you've said no? (I get a call from whoever is opening).
I really like the centre but I also work for myself so I told them beginning 1-3 shifts is kinda my max. My manager usually asks me at the beginning of the week what my availability is and I tell her, but sometimes that changes throughout the rest of the week.
I've heard of people working for two centres so I'm sure they must be saying no sometimes too but I am a real people pleaser. Please let me know if managers care or not!
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