Is it me or am I missing something? If a company doesn't have a pharmacist for the day, through illness or for any other reason, then they need a locum at short notice. If it's my day off and they want me to work, do they seriously expect me to work for free? I've already worked as much (or probably more than) as I want to to begin with, so am I unreasonable in asking them to make it sufficiently worth my while? Ok, they don't like paying what they call travel time, say £25 an hour plus 2, giving me an extra £50 per day on top of what I would normally charge, so pay me £30 or £35 an hour.
After all, it's not my fault they have a pharmacy without a pharmacist, and if I'm making sacrifices to help them out, it would be nice to feel appreciated for my efforts, not to made to feel like a scrounger or a thief. Saying thank you sometimes would be nice, rather than assuming I have a duty to bale them out of a hole. If what I am doing is "overtime", then anyone else would excpect to get paid extra, say time and a half or double time if it's a weekend or unsocial hours. That would make my rate between £37.50 to £50 per hour. I guess they would like that even less!
Does anyone else think I'm barking mad, or do you expect to be fairly reimbursed, especially if you are being asked to drive a couple of hours each way before and after work. Again, is it my fault they have a pharmacy miles from anywhere and miles from where I live, but I'm prepared to help them out? Perhaps we should pay them for working extra or giving up our days off?
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