As of lately, the management team at work has been dropping the ball and should seriously take into consideration what Dennis C Carey has to say about replacing CEO’s with people who will do the job right. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my job but when you start to treat people like slaves and not treat them with the fairness and respect they deserve, you’re crossing the line. Luckily, I’m not the only one who has started to feel this way or does feel this way as we’ve had half of our staff quit in the last four months or so and I’m continually finding out that people just aren’t happy.

For me, it’s an issue of feeling like they don’t respect that we have lives outside of work. Granted, they have been good to me and have worked with me when I needed time off or called out for whatever the reason may be but when you specifically write down your availability on a form, sign it and then have your manager sign it agreeing to your hours and then turn around and schedule you during a time frame that you aren’t available yet they expect you to show up, is wrong and it’s the reason (well, one of them) why I didn’t go to work today. I changed my availability a few weeks ago and told them I could work any time any day except for Tuesdays where I said I could work any time until 5pm…what happens this week? I get schedule from 5pm-9:45pm for Tuesday. What’s the point of availability if you aren’t going to follow it?

But it doesn’t stop there…there are two managers who are not time conscious at all and forget about people’s breaks and such which is not good at all. One of the managers, K, has been working there for awhile and she’s not as bad as R. is. R. just recently took over the CEO position C. had because C. is currently out on maternity leave. On 4th of July, I didn’t clock out until almost 1:30pm (my shift ended at 12:45pm) because she FORGOT about me in the fitting room, I wouldn’t just leave and clock out because I wasn’t sure who was taking over for me in the back. Then a week or so ago, she didn’t give me my 15 minute break until it was almost time for me to go home…at that point I was pissed off. Sure, she maybe new as far as having the CEO title goes but she’s worked at the store for…what 10 years or something crazy like that, it’s not like she doesn’t know the job requirements. It’s not an excuse.

You may ask, why don’t I say anything to them about it, ask them if I can have a break etc.? Well the reason is this: it’s not my responsibility to keep track of time and to make sure I get a break, that’s the responsibility of the CEO who is currently working. I won’t ASK if I can have a break because they should come to me and tell me it’s time to go on break. After talking to a co-worker of mine, who is a much older lady than me, about it I realized that she too had the same complaints as I did so I feel better knowing that I’m not the only one who feels the way I do or reacts the same way (not saying anything). Hopefully, they will get their act together and straight up otherwise they’re going to keep losing the people they have and lose the ones they just hired.