I fully accept that, but then they should state in the advertisement that they require someone who can work various hours between certain times, instead of advertising the specific times they require someone to work! Am I the only one who sees it like that?

Thanks, not really the type of advice I was after. At the end of the day if I went round the supermarket and filled a shopping trolley full, went through the whole checkout and then when asked to pay say "Oh I've changed my mind", i dont think they would be very pleased, because it would be a waste of their time and possibly produce.

Thanks for the reply. If only they had written on the job advertisement that the hours were changeable and they required someone who can work full time for the weeks prior to Christmas...I would not have wasted 1 hour filling in application and online assessment and then driving to the interview and assessment which then took about 1 hr 20.

Hi, My partner has recently become unable to work due to ill health so I decided to apply for a temporary job with a supermarket chain just to earn some extra money on the lead up to christmas. I currently work full time, so on seeing the job advertised as temporary, part time 12 hours per week, this was ideal for me as it kept me in compliance with the working time directive etc. The job was advertised as 12 hours per week and the shift pattern over two weeks was shown as Week 1 Sun 12:15-16:15 Mon 17:00-21:00 Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat 17:00-21:00 Week 2 Sun Mon Tue 17:30-21:30 Wed Thur Fri 18:30-22:30 Sat 08:00 -12:00 These hours all fit very well around my full time job commitments so I filled in the application and completed an online assessment. There were also other hours available over the Week 1/Week 2 pattern but i applied for this one as it had more weekend working which suited me better. I was then called for an interview/assessment which I attended, this took about 1 hour 20 mins in total. At the interview, I was told that I would be expected to work boxing day and new years eve, which I agreed to do as these would be none working days in my full time job so not causing me a problem and I would be glad of the extra cash. I received notification yesterday that I was unsuccessful so called for feedback and was told, my interview and assessment were fine but it was due to the fact that I am not flexible as I work full time in another job and they wanted someone who would be able to work full time on the 2 or 3 weeks leading up to Christmas. I said, that they cannot do that as they advertised a 12 hours a week job, they can't just change their mind like that. But they said all of the other applicants do not work so they are flexible with working full time on the lead up to christmas. Does anyone have some advice? I am due to speak to the HR manager tomorrow (Friday). They are saying that it should of been explained at interview about working full time on the lead up to christmas, but i know for sure only boxing day and new years eve were mentioned. Hope someone can help for I am informed ready for tomorrow. Thank you gavin