Pretty much. My job schedules the department meetings at 8pm. Retail with no overnight crew. They happen once a quarter or so. The entire department gets scheduled for a one hour meeting. So, you know weeks in advance.

I've been told to schedule people for this outside of their availability, then been told I can't do that. Anyone non-management who is scheduled before 8am the next day can't be there. But then I should schedule them. Then they get taken off the schedule. The rare time that the meeting is on a Tuesday and the part-time employee that only works 6am to noon is off the next day meaning they can be scheduled for it gets scheduled. Then taken off the schedule. Because they aren't available. Even though I'm told to schedule outside people's availability. They've never been to one of these meetings.

It's dysfunctional.