Buddha Canvas

why no post?

mostly I am just too darn tired. I have been working full time hours. So let me talk about work… bleh. when I applied for my job I said I was only available days, and that on Sundays I couldn’t close as I need to take the bus home.  The reason I don’t work nights is I seem to lose all mental function in the evening, my memory is shot and I can’t even structure a sentence properly. I do a lot of caveman speak “color good,like red, picture better”. Not only is is hard on me, I am not a very good representative for the company. None the less, they asked if I could work one evening a week. I agreed on the conditions that I would not work an evening until I was confident in the job and knew what to expect (they scheduled me for an evening the first week). I also need the following day off to recover. And I was only available  one evening, not a different day each week.

A couple weeks later I was scheduled for a closing shift on Sunday. grr. Taking a cab home takes just as much money as I make in an hour (more if I tip).  I worked the shift and said I could not work another. I got scheduled for a closing shift the next Sunday. A problem complicated by the fact that the schedule wasn’t posted until Friday (which I didn’t work) so I didn’t know about it until the night before. Additionally all shift changes must be approved by management who (conveniently) had the weekend off. I worked it again.  The following Monday I said (this time with a witness) that I was not able to close on Sundays. I then endured several hours of cursing and general harassment as the shop manager tried to manipulate me into relenting. The following week my hours were slashed drastically. The following schedule the Assistant store manager began making the schedule. Since then I have been at full time hours. Last week the shop manager was away and my evening shift was switched. Fine, we were short staffed. When the schedule for last week came out I had my evening switched again, and this time with no day off afterwards. I spoke with my Asst. manager, laid out all the reasons, stressed that it was medical.  After all he wasn’t in my hiring interview, he may not have been fully aware. Pffft. My hours were cut again.

I was also told that my hours of availability are not in the company  computer. My shop manager has been “too busy” to show me how to do this. I was also informed that if I am not available evenings, I cannot be guaranteed hours.  

And now they have hired a good friend of the shop manager. She has been hired with no experience (unless hairdressing qualifies one as an “expert framer”). The position the new girl is taking is one that

 a. gets a higher rate of pay than mine

b. I was told required training as a fitter (my position) for several months

c. is days

d. is full time

e. is way easier on the arthritis

The way I look at it is if this position was available, it should have been offered to the other girl in the shop who has been there longer than me. If she did not want the position or was not suited to it, it should have been offered to me.  When I went into work on Saturday, there were signs in the break-room stating “we promote from within”.  I am considering looking for new employment.