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Management that treats you like shit.
I really needed to vent.
I've had this job at a liquor store for over 2 years and I've realized recently just how ineffective our management is.
When I first took this job, I had just moved to the country and I desperately needed a job. I was lucky to get this job just before I ran out of money.
When I had first started, the management was dramatically different. A female (FM) was in charge of hirings, firings, and shift scheduling. She had a bit of a tendency to favour her own friends over the other employees in how many shifts you got, which pissed me off and often left me barely getting enough for my rent some months as I was the newest employee.
Beyond that, however, she was a pretty good manager.
She scheduled monthly staff meetings and she dealt directly with and employee warnings and disciplines. If you rang the store any time between 9-5, she was always available. She would hire people based on their experience and personality and she would promote people to shift-supervisor for the same reason.
Little over a year ago, FM quit to move to another province with her husband to start a family. Her replacements were 2 middle-aged men (the MM's).
Since their promotion, I personally feel that the store has gone drastically down-hill, and has become a hostile place to work.
Soon after the MM's promotion, one of the shift-supervisors left and the position was open. I was at that point the most qualified and experienced of the staff members. I wanted that job and the slight pay-raise, so I voiced this to the MM's and managed to get a recommendation from all the other shift-supervisors.
I didn't get the promotion.
I found out, from reading the next weeks schedule, that the MM's had decided to promote someone who had been at the company for less than 4 months and had no supervising experience. No-one even had the guts to tell me this to my face.
The reason the other employee was promoted over me? He had a penis and the MM's were of the opinion that men were better at managing staff.
I eventually did get a supervisor position, but that's only because they thought I was going to quit.
Other than this crap, the MM's also suck at the most basic of management duties.
The last 15 people that have been hired have all been pretty girls with big boobs and fat and somewhat unattractive guys. Almost all were horrible at the job.
The MM's are too cowardly when it comes to having to fire people. Instead of firing someone, they will just stop giving them shifts.
One girl they 'fired' found out when she came to check her shifts for the next week and found her name covered up with black marker. I had to deal with her when she started crying (I didn't know she had been fired).
Another girl they decided to fire just before her 3 months probation was up. They had a shift-supervisor to do it after one of her shifts.
Not once have we had a staff meeting in the year or so since the MM's promotion.
Problems at work are dealt with by placing passive aggressive notes around the staff room for us to read.
No matter what time you ring the store, the MM's never seem to be there or be available.
The cooler in the store is filthy and has mould everywhere. I put forth the idea of having it cleaned, but was told that it wasn't in the budget or even necessary.
One of the counters had a sharp piece of metal sticking up from it. It currently has a bandaid that's been coloured black by a sharpie on it to stop people stabbing themselves.
Minimum wage went up for the province. The new staff are currently being paid less than minimum wage. When I pointed this out, the MM's said there was no room in the budget for pay increases.
I finally decided that this job wasn't worth it anymore.
I and about 6 other staff at work (3 of them shift supervisors) are actively applying for other jobs. I know at least another 4 are considering moving on as well.
I've had this job at a liquor store for over 2 years and I've realized recently just how ineffective our management is.
When I first took this job, I had just moved to the country and I desperately needed a job. I was lucky to get this job just before I ran out of money.
When I had first started, the management was dramatically different. A female (FM) was in charge of hirings, firings, and shift scheduling. She had a bit of a tendency to favour her own friends over the other employees in how many shifts you got, which pissed me off and often left me barely getting enough for my rent some months as I was the newest employee.
Beyond that, however, she was a pretty good manager.
She scheduled monthly staff meetings and she dealt directly with and employee warnings and disciplines. If you rang the store any time between 9-5, she was always available. She would hire people based on their experience and personality and she would promote people to shift-supervisor for the same reason.
Little over a year ago, FM quit to move to another province with her husband to start a family. Her replacements were 2 middle-aged men (the MM's).
Since their promotion, I personally feel that the store has gone drastically down-hill, and has become a hostile place to work.
Soon after the MM's promotion, one of the shift-supervisors left and the position was open. I was at that point the most qualified and experienced of the staff members. I wanted that job and the slight pay-raise, so I voiced this to the MM's and managed to get a recommendation from all the other shift-supervisors.
I didn't get the promotion.
I found out, from reading the next weeks schedule, that the MM's had decided to promote someone who had been at the company for less than 4 months and had no supervising experience. No-one even had the guts to tell me this to my face.
The reason the other employee was promoted over me? He had a penis and the MM's were of the opinion that men were better at managing staff.
I eventually did get a supervisor position, but that's only because they thought I was going to quit.
Other than this crap, the MM's also suck at the most basic of management duties.
The last 15 people that have been hired have all been pretty girls with big boobs and fat and somewhat unattractive guys. Almost all were horrible at the job.
The MM's are too cowardly when it comes to having to fire people. Instead of firing someone, they will just stop giving them shifts.
One girl they 'fired' found out when she came to check her shifts for the next week and found her name covered up with black marker. I had to deal with her when she started crying (I didn't know she had been fired).
Another girl they decided to fire just before her 3 months probation was up. They had a shift-supervisor to do it after one of her shifts.
Not once have we had a staff meeting in the year or so since the MM's promotion.
Problems at work are dealt with by placing passive aggressive notes around the staff room for us to read.
No matter what time you ring the store, the MM's never seem to be there or be available.
The cooler in the store is filthy and has mould everywhere. I put forth the idea of having it cleaned, but was told that it wasn't in the budget or even necessary.
One of the counters had a sharp piece of metal sticking up from it. It currently has a bandaid that's been coloured black by a sharpie on it to stop people stabbing themselves.
Minimum wage went up for the province. The new staff are currently being paid less than minimum wage. When I pointed this out, the MM's said there was no room in the budget for pay increases.
I finally decided that this job wasn't worth it anymore.
I and about 6 other staff at work (3 of them shift supervisors) are actively applying for other jobs. I know at least another 4 are considering moving on as well.
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