Eff my life
So... uhm...
I think the last entry in which I talked about my job things were still going fairly well, or...well, decent. Well, things went from acceptable to CRAP real fast. Last Tuesday I found out that sometime between my Sunday lunch shift and the Tuesday after my boss was "asked to leave." I really don't have many details surrounding this other than, well, honestly, it seems like the actual people who owned the restaurant were looking for a reason to fire him for a while, I guess someone finally gave them a good enough one. I collected my paycheck for that week which mostly got spent on monthly expenses + some annual ones that are always due round this time of year. I am supposed to have two other paychecks this month before I have to pay my big end-of-the-month bill, so I was just glad I had enough early on to take care of the beginning of the month ones.
I was having hopes for the new management, because y'know, you would think they would fire a guy they thought "incompetent" and replace him with someone GOOD. Well, that...I dunno if I'll get a chance to see. We were still working on my old boss' schedule last week and I was only scheduled Saturday evening, and business was so bad that despite the fact they had me hang around an hour, they sent me home since they "didn't need me." Well, this isn't new, and the new manager in question wasn't in charge of the shift at that time, one of the co-managers was on duty and made that decision as she is often apt to when faced with that situation. Okay. I was at least able to leave my highly detailed note for the new manager with all my available hours and days (A LOT) and a general synopsis of what I've done and what I hoped to see in the future (WORKING MORE DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND THE 15-20 HOURS I REQUESTED WHEN I WAS HIRED.)
I finally got my schedule for this week...I wasn't scheduled for any time this week. At all. So I called in to talk with the manager one of the times I was promised he was going to be there. So here's the lowdown:
-- None of the "legacy" employees have been fired
--An assload of NEW employees HAVE been hired
--This was done AFTER a lot of people were fired due to high labour/ low sales
--There are now FORTY employees total
--There are only supposed to be TWENTY
--Earlier in the year I was told our labour got out of proportion with our sales with 15-18 employees
--My manager's logic here: He is testing this batch of workers and times this week.
--If it doesn't work out, he'll try something new NEXT week, with presumably different people
--Yes, he may choose me, but he COULD NOT promise ANY work days OR hours, period
...
WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT MANAGEMENT IS THIS? THAT...THAT IS JUST STUPID! THAT IS NOT HOW YOU RUN A BUSINESS! YOU DO NOT HIRE ON A BUNCH OF PEOPLE KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIRE HALF THE EMPLOYEES, NEW OR OLD. THAT IS JUST STUPID, CRUEL, AND A WASTE OF TIME FOR ALL PARTIES.
Jesus H. Christ. I've already contacted Voc Rehab and while my case manager hasn't called me back and won't till Friday (she's out Thursdays), I know she'll probably be needed soon. I have already dropped off an app at our favourite new Chinese/Asian megabuffet that is getting super-popular earlier this week, but I wanted to at least work under that manager for ONE DAY and give him a chance before deciding anything as serious as leaving. Now...uhm, a) it doesn't look like he'll give ME a chance, and b) I just learned a lot of his decisions already are ridiculously idiotic, I dunno if I WANT to give him a chance anymore.
If when I get my schedule next week and I'm on it, okay, I'll try it. But honest to God? I'm not betting on it happening. And that would be my THIRD WEEK without work. Three weeks of not working due to bad business decisions after a slow decline over the months...uhm, yeah, totally looks like a sign for me to GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE.
I am scared if that is the case. THE ECONOMY STILL SUCKS AND ALL, and I don't have much experience besides that 11 months at CiCi's. I do not know who I would use as my CiCi's reference, I will probably contact my friend who left earlier for personal reasons and was gunning to get re-hired before management shifted. I AM going to use Voc Rehab and JobPoint's services again because they can offer so much help that most people would kill for in finding a job, and I'm afraid of looking all on my own with my limited experience combined with the sucky economy. Just so much working against me.
I feel sorry for y'all who have put up with my work ranting pretty much all year, but it's prolly gonna get worse. I'm scared about the future, I haven't been able to achieve any of the goals I wanted to (saving towards a tablet, driver's lessons, etc) since my hours sucked ANYWAY, and...yeah. Things just are not good.
I think the last entry in which I talked about my job things were still going fairly well, or...well, decent. Well, things went from acceptable to CRAP real fast. Last Tuesday I found out that sometime between my Sunday lunch shift and the Tuesday after my boss was "asked to leave." I really don't have many details surrounding this other than, well, honestly, it seems like the actual people who owned the restaurant were looking for a reason to fire him for a while, I guess someone finally gave them a good enough one. I collected my paycheck for that week which mostly got spent on monthly expenses + some annual ones that are always due round this time of year. I am supposed to have two other paychecks this month before I have to pay my big end-of-the-month bill, so I was just glad I had enough early on to take care of the beginning of the month ones.
I was having hopes for the new management, because y'know, you would think they would fire a guy they thought "incompetent" and replace him with someone GOOD. Well, that...I dunno if I'll get a chance to see. We were still working on my old boss' schedule last week and I was only scheduled Saturday evening, and business was so bad that despite the fact they had me hang around an hour, they sent me home since they "didn't need me." Well, this isn't new, and the new manager in question wasn't in charge of the shift at that time, one of the co-managers was on duty and made that decision as she is often apt to when faced with that situation. Okay. I was at least able to leave my highly detailed note for the new manager with all my available hours and days (A LOT) and a general synopsis of what I've done and what I hoped to see in the future (WORKING MORE DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND THE 15-20 HOURS I REQUESTED WHEN I WAS HIRED.)
I finally got my schedule for this week...I wasn't scheduled for any time this week. At all. So I called in to talk with the manager one of the times I was promised he was going to be there. So here's the lowdown:
-- None of the "legacy" employees have been fired
--An assload of NEW employees HAVE been hired
--This was done AFTER a lot of people were fired due to high labour/ low sales
--There are now FORTY employees total
--There are only supposed to be TWENTY
--Earlier in the year I was told our labour got out of proportion with our sales with 15-18 employees
--My manager's logic here: He is testing this batch of workers and times this week.
--If it doesn't work out, he'll try something new NEXT week, with presumably different people
--Yes, he may choose me, but he COULD NOT promise ANY work days OR hours, period
...
WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT MANAGEMENT IS THIS? THAT...THAT IS JUST STUPID! THAT IS NOT HOW YOU RUN A BUSINESS! YOU DO NOT HIRE ON A BUNCH OF PEOPLE KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIRE HALF THE EMPLOYEES, NEW OR OLD. THAT IS JUST STUPID, CRUEL, AND A WASTE OF TIME FOR ALL PARTIES.
Jesus H. Christ. I've already contacted Voc Rehab and while my case manager hasn't called me back and won't till Friday (she's out Thursdays), I know she'll probably be needed soon. I have already dropped off an app at our favourite new Chinese/Asian megabuffet that is getting super-popular earlier this week, but I wanted to at least work under that manager for ONE DAY and give him a chance before deciding anything as serious as leaving. Now...uhm, a) it doesn't look like he'll give ME a chance, and b) I just learned a lot of his decisions already are ridiculously idiotic, I dunno if I WANT to give him a chance anymore.
If when I get my schedule next week and I'm on it, okay, I'll try it. But honest to God? I'm not betting on it happening. And that would be my THIRD WEEK without work. Three weeks of not working due to bad business decisions after a slow decline over the months...uhm, yeah, totally looks like a sign for me to GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE.
I am scared if that is the case. THE ECONOMY STILL SUCKS AND ALL, and I don't have much experience besides that 11 months at CiCi's. I do not know who I would use as my CiCi's reference, I will probably contact my friend who left earlier for personal reasons and was gunning to get re-hired before management shifted. I AM going to use Voc Rehab and JobPoint's services again because they can offer so much help that most people would kill for in finding a job, and I'm afraid of looking all on my own with my limited experience combined with the sucky economy. Just so much working against me.
I feel sorry for y'all who have put up with my work ranting pretty much all year, but it's prolly gonna get worse. I'm scared about the future, I haven't been able to achieve any of the goals I wanted to (saving towards a tablet, driver's lessons, etc) since my hours sucked ANYWAY, and...yeah. Things just are not good.