satop said:
all contracts I have seen, kept pay and 40 hours a week but I have never saw a contract that had a schedule for veterans in it. sorry, but you make the schedule, they are just going to live with it.
“they are just going to live with it†is the wrong attitude. I understand you have slots to fill, but you don’t want people so upset with their new schedule that they put zero effort into the job.
Also keep in mind people have a life outside of work and they have families, changing someone’s schedule can effect how much time they get with their family. If they have kids a new schedule can force them to put the kids in daycare and that costs money and who knows they may not be able to afford that.
It is more than just filling slots on a schedule – it can be a pay cut for some if they do have to put the kids in daycare or anything on those lines.
Just think before you drastically change the lives of your Photogs – Personally I freelance now, and I don’t have to worry about a Chief telling me where and when to be somewhere… but if I were in your shop and had my schedule changed to the point where I got less time with my son – I would be out of there before you could say overnight shift.
What you are about to do is major – so think long and hard before you make any dramatic changes, and me prepared to loss some people.