Uncertain whether to approach boss

ChloeElla

Hi,
I'm a student & work Saturdays in a shop. I worked there last summer, & when I went back to college, I mentioned that I'd be available on Saturdays so my manager said he'd give me every Saturday, and bank holiday Mondays. He also gave me full time work whenever I had breaks from college.
Three weeks ago, we got a new manager. He doesn't talk to me, & I only met him because my ex-boss had given me a week's work in advance, which was my new boss's second week in the role. He doesn't really seem to like me.
Today, I got a voicemail to say that I'm not working next Monday. I don't know whether to ring tomorrow or not, to ask why. It works out better if I do work - All the full time staff hate working bank holidays & would be owed an extra day off. Because I get the impression that he doesn't like me, I'm paranoid that he's just cutting my hours, which worries me because I really need the money. However, he could just have not considered me.
Should I ring & ask if there's a reason I'm not working, & point out that I am available, or just leave it?

Merkin

Definitely ring.Or even better, call in to the shop and have a chat with him in person.Harder to give bull**** excuses or refuse someone face to face.

looksee

I doubt that he does not like you on the basis of such short acquaintance. He is very pre-occupied at the moment trying to get the hang of a new shop and how it works. He is also going to have different methods of working so you might just have to accept that.

No harm at all going in and asking if you will be rostered in future, treat it as a pleasant, relaxed chat, don't go in with any assumptions.

ChloeElla

Unfortunately I'm in college during the week, so I can't go in to him. I don't think he'll be in on Saturdays, so I probably won't see him for quite a while.

That's why I wasn't sure whether or not to ring him, I did think that maybe he hadn't even thought of who would be working, & that it was just an oversight!

Merkin

Definitely give him a call then. Just be really friendly and tell him how keen you are to work. It's perfectly OK to ask him if there is a specific reason as to why they don't need you on Monday.

Big Bag of Chips

Maybe he hasn't been told of the current setup?

He might be asking someone to work who doesn't do bank holidays - and they might be equally afraid to bring it up.

Just contact him, tell him you are happy to work bank holidays, and if it happens that one of the others isn't available you'll gladly do it.

We always automatically assume that someone else's actions are because of something we might have done! It's rarely true!!