Me and my husband can’t agree on this and we can’t agree on this matter. I am a taxi driver. I have worked reliably for my boss for about a year and a half now. I work the night shift which is supposed to be 6 pm- 6 am. The company is open 24/7. My boss provides the vehicle to drive and I pay for the gas that I use and I pay weekly fees based upon my mileage and dispatches. My boss has had a hard time finding and keeping drivers. So for months now he has been extremely short handed. As in him and me and a part time driver on the weekends. So two and a half drovers for a full time taxi service. This has caused him to adjust my hours basically all the time. Usually it’s been changed from 4 pm- 4:30/5 am. Other times the schedule will be a little crazy like 2 pm- 4 am (this schedule is becoming increasingly common) or when he goes out of town he will put me on the day shift for the week ( he did this two weeks ago for his birthday). This seriously messed up my sleep schedule and routine and left me exhausted for days before getting back into the night shift groove. He’s going out of town again this weekend and he has me on another weird scheduling working different times each day. Often times he doesn’t let me know that he’s even going or that my schedule has changed until last minute. I don’t mind helping but I have asked him a few times not to schedule me before 4 pm because I sleep until about noon and then I wake up and I only have time to get ready, eat, etc... and my children barely see me and my youngest is a mommas boy and often screams at the door watching me leave. But still he schedules me for these times.

Here is where we disagree. My husband thinks that it is not okay that I’ve asked my boss multiple times to not schedule me before 4 pm and he still does. He also thinks it’s wrong that I was hired for a specific night shift and my boss randomly schedules me for wonky days and times.

I think that it’s ok. Here’s why. I am a mother of two little boys as well as fa full time student. My boss knows these things and has accommodated my needs most of the time. For example: giving me three days off so I can have more time for my family and for my schoolwork. I have also made more money at this job than any previous job and this has been the first time in our married life that we aren’t struggling every month. Don’t get me wrong, some months with this job are very slow and I make very little, just barely enough to pay bills but still I think it’s a good job. My husband is a stay home dad and does a great job. He has a disability that makes many everyday things difficult and this has hindered him in finding and keeping a job and my boss has told me that if my husband gets a license he can drive for him.

With all of this taken into account

My husband thinks that my boss is disrespectful to me because he takes advantage of my reliability and my need to accommodate others needs. Even though it effects me or my home life negatively. He says I should ask for a raise, but my boss doesn’t pay me. I make my money through commission and tips solely.

I think that it is okay that my boss may take advantage of my reliability and it’s okay that he schedules me crazy schedules because he can be very understanding and accommodating to my needs.

What do you all think?