Current Events > My job is making us give up one of our off days.

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Some ass hat got arrested last week, making us understaffed. Now they're making all of us give up one of our off days and moving our schedules around until they find two people to fill these positions. It takes three weeks for someone to be fully ready to work here, so it'll be at least three weeks of us doing this routine until they hire not one but two people. Plus, they're moving me to closing shifts now.

I'm so quitting this job.
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Hell yeah. Get out of that sinking ship.
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Why was your coworker arrested?
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Ask how they plan on making it up to the staff. If they scoff, leave immediately.
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It seems like you have the upper hand here
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southcoast09 posted...

Why was your coworker arrested?

I have no idea. He didn't show up to work one day and didn't call out. We learned later on that day that he got locked up.

MutantJohn posted...

Ask how they plan on making it up to the staff. If they scoff, leave immediately.

It seems like none of the hire ups here really seem to know what they're doing. It's a shame because I really enjoyed working up here at first. Nowadays, it's just stressful and annoying. I'm putting in my two weeks tomorrow.
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What kind of job is it/ where do you work?
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Drpooplol posted...

What kind of job is it/ where do you work?

It's a desk job at a hotel. I answer the phone, tell guests how to get around the city and occasionally assist the event services team and the runners.
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Your profession is taking away people's time off?

That's some grade A villainy there.


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Pastryarchy posted...

Your profession is taking away people's time off?

That's some grade A villainy there.

lol
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I've been bitching about it to my mom over the phone all last night, so she talked to one of her friends and they're already offering me a position somewhere downtown.

I'm definitely putting in my two weeks today.
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Thanks trump
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Kitt posted...

I've been bitching about it to my mom over the phone all last night, so she talked to one of her friends and they're already offering me a position somewhere downtown.

I'm definitely putting in my two weeks today.

Good job man

My job some old lady fell down the stairs at work and broke her ribs, she's out for a few months, HR sent an email to everyone saying we can donate our accrued time off to help her out. It's fucking insane.

Capitalism is absolutely disgusting.

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

Hell yeah. Get out of that sinking ship.

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But the overtime!
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E32005 posted...

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

Hell yeah. Get out of that sinking ship.

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There's another lady up here that lost both of her off days, so she's here all week. She was suppose to be off yesterday and today. I feel so bad for her because she's probably the oldest person here (around 60 something).
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And after you leave everyone will be forced to give up all of their off days.
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clearaflagrantj posted...

My job some old lady fell down the stairs at work and broke her ribs, she's out for a few months, HR sent an email to everyone saying we can donate our accrued time off to help her out. It's fucking insane.

The only insane part is being unable to trade PTO freely otherwise. If a coworker wants an eight-week vacation, and offers to buy my PTO for cash, why the hell not?

Kitt, are you guys being paid overtime for this extra time?
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I would take the opportunity to strong arm them into giving me a raise. You guys kind of have them over a barrel. You should use the leverage you have.
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Insist on having them pay you time and a half for every off-day you have to work. Make 'em put it in writing. They literally can't fire you right now, so don't let them off easy.
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Jiek_Fafn posted...

I would take the opportunity to strong arm them into giving me a raise. You guys kind of have them over a barrel. You should use the leverage you have.

Yeah, this would be the best course of action imo.
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clearaflagrantj posted...

Kitt posted...

I've been bitching about it to my mom over the phone all last night, so she talked to one of her friends and they're already offering me a position somewhere downtown.

I'm definitely putting in my two weeks today.

Good job man

My job some old lady fell down the stairs at work and broke her ribs, she's out for a few months, HR sent an email to everyone saying we can donate our accrued time off to help her out. It's fucking insane.

Capitalism is absolutely disgusting.

LMAO
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Is the pay good ?
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cjsdowg posted...

Is the pay good ?

It's $11/hr
Certainly my highest paying job.
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Allanon23 posted...

And after you leave everyone will be forced to give up all of their off days.

that's the company's and the co-workers fault. not even blaming the TC he has every right to give two week's notice at least he has something lined up

75% blame on co-worker
25% blame on company
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kingdrake2 posted...

that's the company's and the co-workers fault. not even blaming the TC he has every right to give two week's notice at least he has something lined up

75% blame on co-worker
25% blame on company

I would put more of blame on the company for not given the workers a better deal.
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This happens here and you know what I call it...
Extra money. I'm gonna be working 6 days this week. Was here for 13 hours yesterday. I usually open unless it's a double then I open and close, I've had days where I only close, days where I only open. All in the same week. I love the overtime.

My roommate works 21 days in a row, gets a day off, works another 21 days. There's really not a lot you can do to bargain since everybody's vying for jobs
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JustMyOpinion posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

My job some old lady fell down the stairs at work and broke her ribs, she's out for a few months, HR sent an email to everyone saying we can donate our accrued time off to help her out. It's fucking insane.

The only insane part is being unable to trade PTO freely otherwise. If a coworker wants an eight-week vacation, and offers to buy my PTO for cash, why the hell not?

Because not all jobs are created equal? The guy who puts the bottle caps on the soda giving his time to the CFO wouldn't work since one job is much more important than the other.

Then the accrued time-off would have different values.

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I'm glad you're getting out of there tc. We've been stuck with picking up an extra 16-30 hours per schedule for over a year now. No reason to stick with a company that won't put in any effort to make sure they run properly with enough staff.
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KStateKing17 posted...

company that won't put in any effort to make sure they run properly with enough staff.

They were running properly with enough staff. Until that guy got arrested. Seriously do you think hiring someone new and training them can be done overnight?
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KStateKing17 posted...

I'm glad you're getting out of there tc. We've been stuck with picking up an extra 16-30 hours per schedule for over a year now. No reason to stick with a company that won't put in any effort to make sure they run properly with enough staff.

Yeah, we've had a similar issue before where we were understaff because they fired some people and the people they were expecting to replace them on time didn't get hired because they didn't pass the drug test or they pulled out for some reason. So that leaves a bunch of people doing a job by themselves that requires usually more than one person to finish on time. And they end up getting it trouble if they go over time for said job.

Shit like that seems to happen way too often here and I haven't even been working here for a full year. But this is the first time we have to actually give an off day for it.
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Sounds like my place sometimes. The management is incompetent. Let me guess, they're painfully computer illiterate too?

stone posted...

KStateKing17 posted...

company that won't put in any effort to make sure they run properly with enough staff.

They were running properly with enough staff. Until that guy got arrested. Seriously do you think hiring someone new and training them can be done overnight?

They have multiple positions open according to the op, so it just depends on how long they've had the other position open. The one guy leaving and putting them in that situation means they were at their minimum.
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KStateKing17 posted...

stone posted...

KStateKing17 posted...

company that won't put in any effort to make sure they run properly with enough staff.

They were running properly with enough staff. Until that guy got arrested. Seriously do you think hiring someone new and training them can be done overnight?

They have multiple positions open according to the op, so it just depends on how long they've had the other position open. The one guy leaving and putting them in that situation means they were at their minimum.

Probably wasn't that bad if they didn't complain about it until that one guy got arrested though. Got plenty of people who whine about hours where I work.. "Boohoo we don't have enough hours" and when they start getting more "Boohoo I work too much". Never happy with what they have.
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stone posted...

KStateKing17 posted...

stone posted...

KStateKing17 posted...

company that won't put in any effort to make sure they run properly with enough staff.

They were running properly with enough staff. Until that guy got arrested. Seriously do you think hiring someone new and training them can be done overnight?

They have multiple positions open according to the op, so it just depends on how long they've had the other position open. The one guy leaving and putting them in that situation means they were at their minimum.

Probably wasn't that bad if they didn't complain about it until that one guy got arrested though. Got plenty of people who whine about hours where I work.. "Boohoo we don't have enough hours" and when they start getting more "Boohoo I work too much". Never happy with what they have.

Well sure they weren't complaining because they didn't have to work their days off until he was gone.

That's true that people don't seem satisfied with anything at their job though, but that's not the case here.
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Rexdragon125 posted...

Sounds like my place sometimes. The management is incompetent. Let me guess, they're painfully computer illiterate too?

You called it. Our general manager is a Filipino lady who I often wonder how she got her position.
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Well if you do quit it sounds like this job is putting you into a position of responsibility/authority so make sure you mention that in any other interview or resume.
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