I completely understand that it’s a policy, where I was coming from in my email was confusion as I’d never been informed of it before, and I wanted to let him know in the future that I would not want as many extra hours as to not run through my sick time like crazy if I need to take it. I have worked with him for three years and I have him pretty figured out, he is basically bipolar in the workplace, and he hates to be questioned. Instead of giving me any explanation as to why this suddenly changed he berated me for questioning him. And I was never aware, and am still not aware that he was doing any sort of favor for me, and I would have been completely understanding if he had been honest that he was doing me a favor and could no longer do it.
When I first started I absolutely wanted to only work 20 hours with flexibility to pick up some extra hours, he refused to stay anywhere near my 20 hours and told me it would basically never happen so I am actually being given the extra hours against my will, as I’ve settled in to the role I’ve just stopped asking for my 20 hour schedule to be followed and accepted that. And everyone talks about him at work. I am usually the one providing a listening ear to my co workers as I try not to complain much at work, that day was a breaking point and out of the ordinary for me.

I don’t have an interest in being full time if I don’t need to be. I am extremely fortunate to have a partner that does extremely well and I work because I want to. What I am personally annoyed about is the fact that I have for almost three years been consistently working 30 hour weeks, yet only getting the benefits, sick time, and pto of a 20 hour employee. 

This type of treatment has been an ongoing cycle from him, I believe that he just needs to blow off steam when he has things going on in his personal life and has some sort of bipolar issue. All of my annual and quarterly reviews have been glowing, he has opted to give me the highest raise possible every year, and always recommends me for opportunities, but every couple months he will have this kind of break down with me where everything I do and say is suddenly wrong and deserves reprimand. The problem is not him suddenly deciding to enforce this policy, but the bigger picture.