On topic only because of where I worked. I quit - due mostly to some issues with schedules and lack of notice of changes to said same.
The store manager said this is the first time some one ever gave him notice of more than a few hours and he's hire me back any day.
Cheryl
Wow that's a surprise. It sounds like its a good thing for you. Hopefully something better comes along.
-Margaret
Isn't it sad that more people aren't like you and doing the right thing?
I hope you at least accomplished what you originally said you wanted to do and learned how to do proper framing.
Lucille
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Yes - I learned tons and might have learned more still if things had been different.
On the other hand, I found some parts of working retail stink....
CHope you didn't invest too much in those white shirts and/or steamer!
It's amazing how many people in retail just quit/stop showing up/walk out with no notice. Wonder what the world's going to be like when they get to run it?
Linda
"lewmew" wrote
The place I work now seems to keep staff fairly well. But the last place I worked was fairly typical of retail here--minimum wage, everyone but managers working part time, schedules up maybe a week in advance, making it impossible to plan and necessary to lose wages to attend appointments or meet committments, shifts changed repeatedly so you couldn't rely on having Monday off or whatever, no benefits, no union so no protection, job descriptions wildly inaccurate, no protection from abusive customers etc etc etc. And yes, people quit in order to grab a job at a place that closed at
6 every night or where there was 5 cents an hour more pay. If retail wants to keep employess, they need to create real full time jobs.Dawne
It wasn't just the retail setting that was the problem, but it surely didn't help matters.
C
Maybe $50 in the shirts, one pair of pants. I'll keep the more classic cut ones and toss the big shirt one. The pants, back up for last minute disasters.
The averaged 20 call outs a week over the whole staff.
C"Cheryl Isaak"
No, stuff like the commute, or the people you work with and other things count. I work in a bookstore, and some of the students are kept there by the staff discount on books!
And I do think when I get to run the world, it will be a really good place.
Dawne
I believe you and if you give me enough advance notice to put my affairs in order, I will move to wherever you are.
Lucille
Lol, what an idiot, him not you !
Actually, he didn't want me to leave but understood my reasons.
C
And I'm betting he *still* won't learn that, if he did a better job of scheduling, people might stick around a little longer! What is it with those people??? DD has the same problem at Penney's...the guy that does scheduling asks for their "available" hours and then schedules them for times they say they're unavailable! She'd quit, but it pays more than her other job, which she likes better, and she likes the discount!
Joan
It was more than that - he was willing to work with me more on that, but there is another issue that I won't discuss publicly.
Cheryl
That's been my impression, too, from the retail jobs DD has worked. Scheduling was almost always a problem, and they re-invent the wheel every week. Made no sense.
Then again, I'm amazed that the wheels of commerce keep turning, when I see who gets hired and how it all works. One of DD's jobs was at a small store in the mall (national chain), where they counted on a 19 y.o. (who'd just been hired two weeks or so prior, not a long-term, trusted employee) opening the shop 11 a.m. Sunday - working alone - and were surprised when she didn't show and the store didn't open in a timely manner. Sending the assistant manager scrambling to get *anyone* in there until he could come from 45 minutes away, just so the mall management didn't find out, because the store could be fined or something. Sheeesh....
When she worked at Starbucks, the scheduling was done pretty well, but some of the staff people would call out constantly on the flimsiest of excuses (I think she was up to five dead grandmothers and a brain tumor and an auto accident and...)and they took forever to fire her.
I think the longest she had any one manager in any job she worked was nine months! It's all musical chairs.
sue
I've heard the same thing about fast food places.
For a while XH had a second job as a Mystery Shopper for a fast food chain. He was given a 48-hour period to do each shop. One week, he went the first night after work and the place was closed early, with no sign explaining why. He went the next morning on his way to work and a couple of kids were milling around waiting for someone with a key to show up.
Apparently, very similar situation, the irresponsible teenager who'd been left in charge decided partying sounded more fun than hanging around late night for that one or two customers who might show up, and closed early so he could go out with his friends. And the other one who was supposed to open while the manager was on vacation didn't feel like getting up early.
You better believe all that information went on his secret shopper form!
Congrats to both of you. I think it's hard to make those decisions to just finally quit. We've been talking about that here - expecially with all my "techno" friends. For us, all of us have stayed at jobs with managers, situations we hate because the work was sooooo interesting. I've come to the conclusion that for us truly tech-science R&D types, we'll put up with a lot of other crap (not getting promoted, working way too much, bad management) because we may love the details, science of what we're doing - getting hooked on "it's interesting, it's valuable" .. But, eventually you figure out that quirk of the system (I think it has to do with so many of us science types not having great social skills, or them being "less important").
*snip*Enjoy the Harry & David time. And, no doubt you can resist the temptations....
Sharing news - I start a new job tomorrow. Interviewed about 10 days ago on Thursday, they spoke with references on Friday, and got the offer on Tuesday
- Hooray - big sigh of relief. Internal medicine group - not a huge factory like the last practice. So, I'm feeling very positive about this. And, same salary as last, with a raise at 90 days (Virginia has some arcane labor law that provides for 90 day probationary you can be let go for no cause thing). Good commute - either about 10 miles, or 7 - depending on which office. No nights, just every other Saturday a.m. And, I can where whatever scrubs I desire (already bought some fabric to make a cute top).
LOL - this show is made in Canada. We watch it all the time - usually there is only 1 hockey item on a show - and not all shows have hockey. DH is back to doing a bunch of reffin', and teaching refs - what fun. We went to the CAPS pre-season vs Philly on Friday. Pretty full roster for Philly - they don't look so great - given the CAPS had a lot of training camp kids playing (about half the line-up) and won 5-1. Jose Theodore - the latest new goalie looked really good. And Sergei Federov is playing D for the pre-season - what a hoot. I think we're going to splurge and get a CAPS sweater with Federov on it - it's just so bizarre. And we love him. He's amazingly articulate, and kind of a joy to have around.
Ellice
WOOHOO! Good luck to you. I do hope it's everything you want, plus some more.
Lucille
more snip, this time hockey stuff that I know absolutely nothing about despite Palin's constant hockey mom references. lol>
Congrats on the new job, Ellice! I hope it works out as a perfect fit for you. And that commute doesn't sound too bad, but we all know that NoVa commutes are measured in minutes/hours, not miles. lol
I'd like to join you in the Federov sweater since he's been a favorite of mine for many years, but I somehow can't bring myself to do a splurge on a Caps item when my heart still belongs to the Habs, especially with the bonus of them picking up one of my favs, Robert Lang.
ObStitching: I've got several new projects on my to-do list, but I've had to keep putting them off due to too many other things that need doing. First on the design list is a new freebie bookmark I promised to do for Mary Monica to go along with her new book coming out in December.
So many projects, so little time!
Nyssa, who has fresh vegetables from her garden instead of doing the stitching and designing stuff At River's End
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