Bullied into quitting
I guess I've been avoiding the topic for a while now. But it's time to just face the facts.
*sigh* I'm so tired of drama. Every time I make an entry like this it makes me want to shoot myelf in the foot. Not only am I tired of living the drama, I'm tired of writing about it.
I think I made a brief update earlier about how I had found out that I wasn't a full-time employee, nor was I the "lead cashier" as far as corporate was concerned. I had confronted Linda about the matter Saturday or Sunday and she said she would take care of it. So, this morning I figured I would call the employee support line one more time to find out what was going on. And again, I was informed that no changes have been made to my employment status.
I've been working since early November under the impression that I was making $6.50 an hour. I was also told that I would recieve a check reflecting the "back pay" once the promotion was pushed through. They mentioned that it "took a while" to do it. Around three weeks or so. I gave them plenty of time and I've still seen no raise. In fact, I was only paid for 5 hours on Thanksgiving Day when I worked 9. Their logic behind that was that "part time" employees were not allowed to work that long on a Holiday. So, that justifies them leaving me there with keys to the store for 9 hours but only paying me for 5.
So, according to corporate. I shouldn't have keys to the store and I'm not allowed to work more than 32 hours per week. Well, that's too bad considering that I've opened the store several times, been there with no supervisor for more than 9 hours at a given time and average about 39 hours per week.
In short, they're raping me.
I've been on the phone all morning trying to figure out who to talk to,.. but not suprisingly, no one was very helpful. They just keep telling me to take it up with my District Manager. And on and on it goes. Giving me the run around.
At first I had thought that maybe the communication had stopped with Trish, the District Manager. She had seemed to be a rather hot-headed bitch and it wouldn't surprise me if she had not called in the promotion in order to keep her own numbers down and make DG more money.
Yet I found out several interesting things this morning. First, it doesn't take two or three weeks for a promotion to go through. It's instant. All it takes is the regional manager to make a phone call. Secondly, Trish apparently ISN'T the District Manager. The guy I talked to from Human Resources said our District Manager was Roger Scotts. So who is this Trish person and why did she interview me for the Lead Cashier position? So, in other words, I've made a lot of progress by making no progress at all. These people can't find their ass with both hands.
So, not feeling like getting screwed over, and apparently since I have to take my own promotion into my own hands, I called in today to talk to Linda. But she wasn't there. So, as Melissa declared to me that I HAD to come in today, I interupted her and simply stated that I couldn't and that I wouldn't until my pay was straightened out. She then proceeded to treat me like dogshit and try to make me feel guilty for not coming in.
But it gets better. Shortly after our phone conversation she called back and demanded that I turn my keys in.
I didn't take that call because I was back in my room on the phone with Dale. I needed somone to talk to. Things like this depress me to an unreasonable level.
She talked to Dad and told HIM to tell me to bring my keys in. I overheard him ask "why? is she fired?". Apparently I'm not fired but "they can't risk letting me have the keys to the store until the promotion is pushed through".
Well, how convenient for you, eh.
I'm calling corporate back after this entry to let them know what was said.
I'm tired of being a doormat.
And I'm tired of having absolutely no control over my life.
*sigh* I'm so tired of drama. Every time I make an entry like this it makes me want to shoot myelf in the foot. Not only am I tired of living the drama, I'm tired of writing about it.
I think I made a brief update earlier about how I had found out that I wasn't a full-time employee, nor was I the "lead cashier" as far as corporate was concerned. I had confronted Linda about the matter Saturday or Sunday and she said she would take care of it. So, this morning I figured I would call the employee support line one more time to find out what was going on. And again, I was informed that no changes have been made to my employment status.
I've been working since early November under the impression that I was making $6.50 an hour. I was also told that I would recieve a check reflecting the "back pay" once the promotion was pushed through. They mentioned that it "took a while" to do it. Around three weeks or so. I gave them plenty of time and I've still seen no raise. In fact, I was only paid for 5 hours on Thanksgiving Day when I worked 9. Their logic behind that was that "part time" employees were not allowed to work that long on a Holiday. So, that justifies them leaving me there with keys to the store for 9 hours but only paying me for 5.
So, according to corporate. I shouldn't have keys to the store and I'm not allowed to work more than 32 hours per week. Well, that's too bad considering that I've opened the store several times, been there with no supervisor for more than 9 hours at a given time and average about 39 hours per week.
In short, they're raping me.
I've been on the phone all morning trying to figure out who to talk to,.. but not suprisingly, no one was very helpful. They just keep telling me to take it up with my District Manager. And on and on it goes. Giving me the run around.
At first I had thought that maybe the communication had stopped with Trish, the District Manager. She had seemed to be a rather hot-headed bitch and it wouldn't surprise me if she had not called in the promotion in order to keep her own numbers down and make DG more money.
Yet I found out several interesting things this morning. First, it doesn't take two or three weeks for a promotion to go through. It's instant. All it takes is the regional manager to make a phone call. Secondly, Trish apparently ISN'T the District Manager. The guy I talked to from Human Resources said our District Manager was Roger Scotts. So who is this Trish person and why did she interview me for the Lead Cashier position? So, in other words, I've made a lot of progress by making no progress at all. These people can't find their ass with both hands.
So, not feeling like getting screwed over, and apparently since I have to take my own promotion into my own hands, I called in today to talk to Linda. But she wasn't there. So, as Melissa declared to me that I HAD to come in today, I interupted her and simply stated that I couldn't and that I wouldn't until my pay was straightened out. She then proceeded to treat me like dogshit and try to make me feel guilty for not coming in.
But it gets better. Shortly after our phone conversation she called back and demanded that I turn my keys in.
I didn't take that call because I was back in my room on the phone with Dale. I needed somone to talk to. Things like this depress me to an unreasonable level.
She talked to Dad and told HIM to tell me to bring my keys in. I overheard him ask "why? is she fired?". Apparently I'm not fired but "they can't risk letting me have the keys to the store until the promotion is pushed through".
Well, how convenient for you, eh.
I'm calling corporate back after this entry to let them know what was said.
I'm tired of being a doormat.
And I'm tired of having absolutely no control over my life.