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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the youngest in the group, so no one else has conflicts. It starts at 7 am now - about 20 people. My manager says, "Just make it work." I know I'm pretty stressed with the deployment and probably missing something obvious.[/quote]

Your manager is telling you to do whatever you need to do to make it work. If that means talking the call in a public place, etc. sounds like you have been given tacit permission. [/quote]

There are some legalities with that. That's definitely not what she meant.[/quote]

I assumed it was relevant since you mentioned it...? As in that’s the kind of accommodation that would be helpful. I understand you are stressed and have a lot of reasons why it won’t work. Can you work with her on a way it -could- work instead? Managers like solutions, not to be told of problems and expected to fix them. [/quote]

Oh, I never presented this as a problem. I declined the meeting thinking it was a one time change and got jumped on for it. She doesn't even know DH is deployed and that this is causing issues.[/quote]

So tell her that your DH is deployed and you are struggling to make this time work? Ask if perhaps you could be exempted from this call. I don’t know what else anyone can tell you since you haven’t even appealed it to her yet. [/quote]

I keep my personal life separate. It's not her problems, or anyone else's.[/quote]

But you are making it her problem by not being available for this meeting and not being able to provide a solution for your attendance. I understand wanting to keep your personal life private, but your choices are to try to appeal to her with the general details of your situation and ask to be excused, try to get the time of the meeting moved again, or simply accept that this might factor into your performance. It is unreasonable and we can all think it’s unreasonable, but most jobs are at-will so it is what it is. [/quote]

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