Trying To Find the Sun Behind the Rain
+As usual, I want to go back about three months and kick myself in the ass. I took this stupid YMCA job because I assumed that I was going to get the same hours. No one said anything the entire THREE MONTHS between the time that I got the job and the time camp started about low numbers and too many employees. THREE MONTHS! So imagine my frustration and anger at the fact that I do not know on a day-to-day basis if I am indeed working my whole shift. They already sent me home early and I expect them to eventually do it again...because they are inconsiderate like that. The way I see it, they should have taken the number of slots they filled last year and gave school-year employees first pick. Then returning summer camp employees second pick and IF they need to hire ANYONE ELSE to fill any EXTRA spaces, then they hire new people. Not the other way around. I am pissed because I waited a month for this job to start because I thought I was getting the same number of hours and that maybe I could ask for extra hours (only about eight a week). It seems that this year I have to beg, which is what I did today, to work the hours that I am SUPPOSED to get. I could have spent a good two months before leaving school looking for another job, or a back-up plan or something. It would have been nice to have gotten a call about half-way through May or something to know that this was a possibility (even if they didn't know yet, which they do...we won't discuss THAT!) so I could have looked for something to make up for the missing hours. I found out yesterday that I am one of ten, yes ten, people that will not be working this upcoming week. They sent seven people home last week. So, when I went to my CPR training this morning (what I am getting paid covers about two days' worth of work, about) and BEGGED my boss if there was any way that I could work, even if I just walked around and helped all the groups out. She said no. Everyone has to do this because we are low in numbers, blah, blah, BLAH.
+So, there better be a staff meeting soon. I'm not the only pissed off. And I won't be the only one to say something.
+And I'm basically screwed at getting another summer job because in a month and a half, I have to go back to school and can't be home all the time to work. I applied at Kohl's and I'm hoping they will call back soon so that I can discuss. I listed the fact that I can work holidays (hello! month for christmas!) and it's possible that I can work some weekends if I don't have a bunch of school work to do. I will probably end up talking to someone at Target to see if that is a possible thing too because they are hiring now. They don't open until the end of july but maybe we can work something out.
+I love my job at the Y, I really do. I just hate the people in charge and the fact that since they see me only as a worker, they feel that they can jerk me around.
+I had other shit to say. But this has pretty much ruined my mood...
+So, there better be a staff meeting soon. I'm not the only pissed off. And I won't be the only one to say something.
+And I'm basically screwed at getting another summer job because in a month and a half, I have to go back to school and can't be home all the time to work. I applied at Kohl's and I'm hoping they will call back soon so that I can discuss. I listed the fact that I can work holidays (hello! month for christmas!) and it's possible that I can work some weekends if I don't have a bunch of school work to do. I will probably end up talking to someone at Target to see if that is a possible thing too because they are hiring now. They don't open until the end of july but maybe we can work something out.
+I love my job at the Y, I really do. I just hate the people in charge and the fact that since they see me only as a worker, they feel that they can jerk me around.
+I had other shit to say. But this has pretty much ruined my mood...