Corporate Stupidity
I work for a stupid company. I am stuck here at work today because this company is too bloody greedy to shut down for one extra day. I had to drive back from Tulsa at 5:30 this morning rather than spend Christmas Eve with my love and her family.
The warehouse is not shipping today. Custom's manufacturing is not manufacturing until January 2nd. But we are here taking calls. We have had 17 calls and 1 order. Most of the calls are people checking on delivery status of their Christmas items. We cannot do anything for them anyway if their items are not already on their way. Remember, manufacturing is not manufacturing and shipping is not shipping. It is going to cost this company more in labor than they make in sales. We are not a retail sales company, we are primarily a wholesale call center. Today is not the last chance to get in that last little bit of Christmas shopping.
How horrible would it be to foster a little good will with their employees, rather than talking to the few people that might call on Christmas Eve? I really do not think that any of our customers would be extremely upset if they could not get in touch with someone today. Most have expressed a great deal of surprise that they get anyone on the phone at all.
The powers that be, in their extreme and compassionate generosity decreed that the call center would close 3 whole hours early. At 5 pm instead of 8. Great, I work 8 to 5 anyway. None of them are here today. Go figure.
I say it again, I work for a stupid company. Happy fucking Christmas.
The warehouse is not shipping today. Custom's manufacturing is not manufacturing until January 2nd. But we are here taking calls. We have had 17 calls and 1 order. Most of the calls are people checking on delivery status of their Christmas items. We cannot do anything for them anyway if their items are not already on their way. Remember, manufacturing is not manufacturing and shipping is not shipping. It is going to cost this company more in labor than they make in sales. We are not a retail sales company, we are primarily a wholesale call center. Today is not the last chance to get in that last little bit of Christmas shopping.
How horrible would it be to foster a little good will with their employees, rather than talking to the few people that might call on Christmas Eve? I really do not think that any of our customers would be extremely upset if they could not get in touch with someone today. Most have expressed a great deal of surprise that they get anyone on the phone at all.
The powers that be, in their extreme and compassionate generosity decreed that the call center would close 3 whole hours early. At 5 pm instead of 8. Great, I work 8 to 5 anyway. None of them are here today. Go figure.
I say it again, I work for a stupid company. Happy fucking Christmas.