Post by Charisma69 on Jul 5, 2007 16:01:44 GMT -5
Well, if anyone actually read my last blog - which is hard to determine due to lack of comments - you'll know that I'm no longer supposed to be working weekends anymore.
See, I took a $ .25 per hour pay cut and went back down to crew so I could have my Monday through Friday days back. Thanks to the raising of minimum wage there was just no reason to remain a manager.
He took all our perks away. Free meals and the like so the only difference between being a manager and a crew member is a $50 gift card on your birthday.
So not worth the horrible hours and extra stress.
Well, it's been about 5 weeks now and I still have to fight them every week over my schedule. They keep wanting to work my on Saturdays.
Well, a couple of weeks ago they didn't schedule me at all because our Store Manager is an idiot. She thought that week was my vacation week. I managed to get 40 hours that week in spite of her. I just took all the extra hours I could get.
We got our new register system that week so it was really easy since I already knew how to work it. Our General Manager, Laura, had me come in several days just to train other people to use it.
Our scheduling manager was on vacation when I demoted myself down to crew, then she broke her arm and missed some more work. She came back to work on the schedule the week I was on vacation.
Tammy, our wonderful (and I say that in the most sarcastic way possible) Store Manager didn't bother to inform her that I was no longer and manager and that my availability changed.
Heather saw that Granny - everyone calls her that - had me scheduled wrong so she told her that my availability was now 7 - 4 Monday through Friday. Oh, and Granny finally got down to the message I had left her in the manager's log on the computer when I was still a manager and could get in there. But she had already done the schedule for the week.
So, she didn't edit my schedule. She had me on two opens for this week, and had me scheduled for Saturday.
When Heather told me about it while I was on vacation we were both under the impression that Granny was going to edit my schedule to fix it.
Well, she didn't.
I came back from vacation on Monday to find out that I had to open the next day - as well as the day after the 4th. That was bad enough, but they had me scheduled to work Saturday.
My deal with Laura - who out ranks our Store Manager - was the I no longer worked weekends. Tammy and I discussed this right after I stepped down because she scheduled me for a Saturday and I made her change it.
So, I told Granny - she was there doing the schedule for next week- that I don't work weekends anymore and asked why it wasn't changed.
She told me that she didn't know I wasn't supposed to work Saturday's. She had me scheduled for Saturday next week too - but since she was still working on the schedule she fixed that one while I was standing there.
She left me on my own for this week though.
So, I went to Tammy to tell her what happened. I even apologized for giving her late notice on the change but I thought it had been fixed while I was on vacation.
So Tammy looks at me and says, "Is there a reason you can't work on Saturdays?"
She acted like we'd never talked about this before.
I got really upset with her and just walked out of the room. It was either that or I was going to tell her off.
So, she must have realized she made me angry so she comes up to me and says, "I called Laura and she said you were right. But can you please at least work the breakfast part of the shift?"
So, I told her I'd work till 11.
Well, she still hasn't changed it on the schedule. I'm still scheduled off at 2. When I ask her about it she says she's going to change it but hasn't had time.
So now, I'm considering just calling out for Saturday. I'd hate to do that to the people working but I'm so not staying till 2.
Well, Brad is here and he's totally distracted me so I'm just leaving this like this. Later.
See, I took a $ .25 per hour pay cut and went back down to crew so I could have my Monday through Friday days back. Thanks to the raising of minimum wage there was just no reason to remain a manager.
He took all our perks away. Free meals and the like so the only difference between being a manager and a crew member is a $50 gift card on your birthday.
So not worth the horrible hours and extra stress.
Well, it's been about 5 weeks now and I still have to fight them every week over my schedule. They keep wanting to work my on Saturdays.
Well, a couple of weeks ago they didn't schedule me at all because our Store Manager is an idiot. She thought that week was my vacation week. I managed to get 40 hours that week in spite of her. I just took all the extra hours I could get.
We got our new register system that week so it was really easy since I already knew how to work it. Our General Manager, Laura, had me come in several days just to train other people to use it.
Our scheduling manager was on vacation when I demoted myself down to crew, then she broke her arm and missed some more work. She came back to work on the schedule the week I was on vacation.
Tammy, our wonderful (and I say that in the most sarcastic way possible) Store Manager didn't bother to inform her that I was no longer and manager and that my availability changed.
Heather saw that Granny - everyone calls her that - had me scheduled wrong so she told her that my availability was now 7 - 4 Monday through Friday. Oh, and Granny finally got down to the message I had left her in the manager's log on the computer when I was still a manager and could get in there. But she had already done the schedule for the week.
So, she didn't edit my schedule. She had me on two opens for this week, and had me scheduled for Saturday.
When Heather told me about it while I was on vacation we were both under the impression that Granny was going to edit my schedule to fix it.
Well, she didn't.
I came back from vacation on Monday to find out that I had to open the next day - as well as the day after the 4th. That was bad enough, but they had me scheduled to work Saturday.
My deal with Laura - who out ranks our Store Manager - was the I no longer worked weekends. Tammy and I discussed this right after I stepped down because she scheduled me for a Saturday and I made her change it.
So, I told Granny - she was there doing the schedule for next week- that I don't work weekends anymore and asked why it wasn't changed.
She told me that she didn't know I wasn't supposed to work Saturday's. She had me scheduled for Saturday next week too - but since she was still working on the schedule she fixed that one while I was standing there.
She left me on my own for this week though.
So, I went to Tammy to tell her what happened. I even apologized for giving her late notice on the change but I thought it had been fixed while I was on vacation.
So Tammy looks at me and says, "Is there a reason you can't work on Saturdays?"
She acted like we'd never talked about this before.
I got really upset with her and just walked out of the room. It was either that or I was going to tell her off.
So, she must have realized she made me angry so she comes up to me and says, "I called Laura and she said you were right. But can you please at least work the breakfast part of the shift?"
So, I told her I'd work till 11.
Well, she still hasn't changed it on the schedule. I'm still scheduled off at 2. When I ask her about it she says she's going to change it but hasn't had time.
So now, I'm considering just calling out for Saturday. I'd hate to do that to the people working but I'm so not staying till 2.
Well, Brad is here and he's totally distracted me so I'm just leaving this like this. Later.