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Also the new break policy my work has implemented which means I only get a break a third of the time when I'm supposed to.
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
In other news, today was so hot outside that I hurt my fingers opening the car door. I had to wear pants to avoid my thighs getting cooked on the car seat. Leaving the air conditioned house to get in the car made my glasses and cell phone steam up instantly. Right now the outside temperature is still around 80, and it's going up again tomorrow. Gotta love summer.
My employer seems to be under the delusion that they're doing us a favour by not forcing us to take a 30 minute lunch. Of course, with the way they've set up our hours, sometimes we don't even get the one break we're supposed to because they're prone to sending people home for low production as defined by the average number of surveys per hour people are getting. SO glad they're moving me into NIS so I don't have to deal with that aspect, at least. Allegedly we're supposed to be getting 35-40 hours a week, but I got 25.5 last week, and some of my co-workers got as little as 7-9 hours. They've been sending us home both for low-pro, and for being -too- awesome and getting too many surveys.
ETA: Suppose I probably shouldn't complain too much about 106. It'll be 109 tomorrow, 110 the day after, 111 on Thursday and 112 Friday and Saturday before it slowly starts heading back down to the 109-108 range. Just keep telling myself, at least it's not Texas--it'd be this hot -and- 98% humidity, instead of the 1% humidity it is here in Vegas.
They complain about not having enough customers, yet the only advertising they do is through facebook, which is basically just followed by their friends and family. When I first started, when I was still enthusiastic, I gave them a huge list of companies that could be possible customers. That list has not been touch.
They keep giving excuses as "I don't like contacting people over the phone" or "We are waiting for a pamphlet with information, but you see, I'm going on vacation now, and then the contact at the printers will have his vacation, so we might get it done in September."
They don't communicate with eachother. At. All. Two weeks ago, we were told to do stuff for a fair that is this coming Sunday by the top boss. But when she was away, boss number two said that there was no rush, despite me pointing out that we needed stuff done. Top boss came back yesterday, wondered where all the stuff was, and I had to double up on work to hopefully make ends meet.
I had the opportunity to get all summer off... Instead, I am stuck in this place that keeps dragging me down, because I can't just stand back when I know there's stuff to be done. I work until all the work is done, even if the rest of them just stand by, looking like idiots. Five weeks left until vacation. Can't wait for those two weeks..
To take said internship, I had to cut one of the 3 pharmacies I work with out of the rotation in just about three months. Evidently this was a very big problem, and a bunch of small things that happened over the last week regarding scheduling were blown up by the manager that's peeved she'll have to hire somebody, to the extent that I had a sit-down with the owners of the company.
I've been with this company for 6 years, but that meeting essentially was nothing but the owner flat-out berating me with comments such as:
"Six years means nothing, we have people that have been here for 15." (I'm 22, c'mon. 6 is a big deal. Perspective.)
"All the extra work you've done for us (including running/managing/promoting/staffing a sale that raised $1,500 in a single day on stuff we were going to throw away) doesn't really matter, eventually somebody would have gotten to it."
"You've done good work, but we're human, and we focus on the short-term. If you'd ask me for a recommendation for another job, it'd probably be a bad one."
"By telling people that you want to move when you graduate in December, you're spitting in the face of the company after all we've done for you." (As if it's expected I stay there forever)
And loooots more. I didn't get a single opportunity to defend myself, or hear what I've actually done so bad. I wanted to walk out right then and there, and I still don't want to be there, but I need it to pay my bills for next semester.
HNNNNNNNG.
/endrant
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
I'll be hopefully putting in my 2 weeks this Monday.
Best thing is, the gist of the conversation was about how replaceable I was. Well, I'm going to give them the opportunity to do just that. When they're left with no other choice but to hire 3 people to replace one, since I filled a staffing deficiency in 3 different pharmacies, maybe then they'll think about it a bit. But that's not my problem anymore.
I just got told to come home at like 9:40. Come back at 12:30. Man if you're gonna send us home 'cause the current is fucking up, just fucking send us home. Jesus.
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
Things I'm actually grr about:
Been nauseated for the past two days. Still nauseated. Still feel like passing out--and that's inside, in the air condition, without physical exertion. To get to work I get to go walk a mile in the sun and heat. Ordinarily is fine, but I feel horrible so even the prospect is making me extra grumbly.
Minor grumble, since we did end up finding a place and we don't have to hunt anymore, in the apartment hunting we did on Sunday, we went to a place and the dude there was like 'no pet deposits, no security deposit, no fees of any kind, pretty much zero down except the first month's rent to get into the apartment' but he didn't have a three-bedroom to show us, said he could show it to us tomorrow. So Monday, Reux goes down there and the woman there basically says not only is everything he said bullshit, they don't have a three-bedroom at all.
So, after a wonderful two and a half weeks working in Brighton, I can say this:
- Bournemouth > Brighton (like... by a lot, though the Royal Pavilion was awesome and I got to visit Oxford)
- These students have been more troublesome than any of my other groups the other years
- Ending my trip here with a massive tooth ache, an infection and needing a root canal sucks!
(Spinesreach): Xiuhcoatl says, "Oh man, grab the children-corn. This is gonna be good."
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
I will even share and we can be like...