You're Welcome.
So I woke up this morning at 7:45 with a headache, having done nothing to deserve it the night before. I sprinted from my house at 7:55, bootlaces flapping in the breeze six feet behind me. The bus arrived at 8, and hit work just before 8:30.
To discover one of my co-workers - not the receptionist - behind the desk. The receptionist had called out sick and I was not on time to cover for her.
This was the best day this could happen because:
a) there was a giant staff meeting at 8:30, meaning that any visitor could find the person they were coming to see by looking around the lobby;
b) there was a giant staff meeting at 8:30, meaning that nobody had shit booked until after 10;
c) there was a giant staff meeting at 8:30, meaning that any and all calls would be sent straight to voice-mail;
and d) there was a giant staff meeting at 8:30, meaning that an army was available in the lobby to defend against any crisis.
This was also the worst day that this could happen, because that same meeting meant that my boss was in the lobby to witness my tardiness firsthand. There was no logistical
I got to hear about it three times today - twice from the same person. I'm probably going to hear from my temp-agency too, since my boss is notifying them of my horrid offenses. And when I was warned that this could put my advancement - nay, my employment - in jeopardy, I was told to hold out until July when I would...not be hired, as has always been said before, but be welcome to apply for my own job.
What I also got to hear was everybody who had witnessed this happen coming by the desk - people who don't come down to pick up their mail on any other day, some people making no excuses at all - and telling me that they appreciate that I put up with this crap so that they don't have to.
And they thanked me. For showing up at all, they thanked me.
I'm jobhunting. I'm keeping my nose clean here, but I'm jobhunting. Enough. If I find something better than this, I'm grabbing it. If I have to go back to temping at someplace where I'm either temp or staff and not some kind of exploitable hybrid of the two, fine. And if they hire me in July (big if, today) then I'm going to keep looking until I find somebody who wants me to do a job that they actually consider worth somebody's time, their money, or any respect. I'd almost take a pay cut after today. I'm disgusted.
But to everybody who'll never read here: You're welcome.
To discover one of my co-workers - not the receptionist - behind the desk. The receptionist had called out sick and I was not on time to cover for her.
This was the best day this could happen because:
a) there was a giant staff meeting at 8:30, meaning that any visitor could find the person they were coming to see by looking around the lobby;
b) there was a giant staff meeting at 8:30, meaning that nobody had shit booked until after 10;
c) there was a giant staff meeting at 8:30, meaning that any and all calls would be sent straight to voice-mail;
and d) there was a giant staff meeting at 8:30, meaning that an army was available in the lobby to defend against any crisis.
This was also the worst day that this could happen, because that same meeting meant that my boss was in the lobby to witness my tardiness firsthand. There was no logistical
I got to hear about it three times today - twice from the same person. I'm probably going to hear from my temp-agency too, since my boss is notifying them of my horrid offenses. And when I was warned that this could put my advancement - nay, my employment - in jeopardy, I was told to hold out until July when I would...not be hired, as has always been said before, but be welcome to apply for my own job.
What I also got to hear was everybody who had witnessed this happen coming by the desk - people who don't come down to pick up their mail on any other day, some people making no excuses at all - and telling me that they appreciate that I put up with this crap so that they don't have to.
And they thanked me. For showing up at all, they thanked me.
I'm jobhunting. I'm keeping my nose clean here, but I'm jobhunting. Enough. If I find something better than this, I'm grabbing it. If I have to go back to temping at someplace where I'm either temp or staff and not some kind of exploitable hybrid of the two, fine. And if they hire me in July (big if, today) then I'm going to keep looking until I find somebody who wants me to do a job that they actually consider worth somebody's time, their money, or any respect. I'd almost take a pay cut after today. I'm disgusted.
But to everybody who'll never read here: You're welcome.