So I work for a surgical tech company, in short. There’s three teams in the city I work in, and I technically belong to team A, we’ll say. Well, with covid and people leaving unexpectedly, I got transferred to team B for an unknown amount of time that my manager at A can’t/won’t tell me. That already irritated me because I was given no choice in the matter, and no warning. One day I was just sent over there and told that was where I would be.

Since I’ve been there, I was taken off the 24/7 call schedule at team A, except I am currently covering a week for one of my coworkers so he can have PTO. There’s a case at another hospital at 16:00 that I’m expected to cover, despite being at my current hospital from 6:45 to 15:00, making it a 12 hour day for me. This isn’t the norm for any team. When I contacted my manager about my concern that it was a long day, I received, and I quote “yes, for everyone”. This is patently untrue. I can see the schedule for team A and therefore know that no one will be spending more than six hours at their hospitals. I’m the only one expected to work this, and was blown off when I raised the concern.

This is just the latest in a string of ending up working long hours on team A, as my manager’s scheduling tends to be... not great at times.

Which brings me to my conundrum. I’m considering requesting to permanently transfer to team B, but I’m wondering if that’s the best idea. For one, I don’t want to burn a bridge with my manager, so I don’t know how to ask for this without doing so. I also haven’t always gotten along well with the manager for team B, and to be honest it’s stressful working underneath her at times. On the other hand, I would no longer have 24/7 call which would be an utter relief. I would only be working at one hospital instead of getting sent around to three different ones, and in some ways the work is easier on team B, though typically I work less hours in a week on team A.

Tl:dr, getting screwed over and having my concerns ignored on my home team, want to swap teams but I don’t know how to bring up the topic with my manager/general manager, and am not sure if it’s worth the stress of dealing with a manager that I haven’t always gotten along with. I need an outsider’s opinion and advice on how to proceed if I do go through with the transfer.