Ask your manager for a schedule change

Writing Task 1: Writing an Email
Time remaining: 27 minutes 00 seconds

You work full-time at a grocery store in Winnipeg. Starting next month, your daughter will have swimming lessons on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and you are the only person who can drive her. You are currently scheduled to work the evening shift on both of those days.

Write an email to your manager, Ms. Patel in about 150–200 words. Your email should do the following things:

  • Explain why you need a change to your schedule.
  • Propose a new schedule, including the days and hours you could work.
  • Suggest how your current evening shifts could be covered.
0 wordsAim for 150–200

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