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Work Rant
For the first year of my full-time job at Loblaws, everything was going so great and smoothly. I was happy, i looked forward to going to work everyday...i wouldnt of minded working there into my later years
But for the past...maybe month now, work has almost become unbearable. I cant sleep, barely eat anymore, when i wake up, i almost feel sick to my stomach, having to get ready for work? why is that? why, after such a great first year on the job, do i now hate going to work?

The stress has become too much to bear. Management refuses to give out the hours to the part-timers to help out on the busier days, so we are pushed into working harder and faster just cuz they dont wanna go over the weekly hours of labor...
They throw me to the dogs almost every night...i've basically become the night crew lap dog...any job the other full-timers dont wanna do, i get stuck with it...Now i have to train any new night crew employee? Did i get any say in all of this? No, of course not.

The stress was so bad that i requested a leave of absence due to stress, my night crew supervisor allowed it, so did the grocery manager...but when i had to ask the store manager, i got denied. Why? For the fact that my reason for asking a leave wasnt "good" enough. Unless my mother was dying in some far away place and i needed to leave to see her, i was stuck working.

I had a NERVOUS ******** BREAKDOWN at work this past thursday night, and my reasons arent good enough?? Are you ********' kidding me? I've spent 9+ years with this company, only a year + full time, and this is the first time in those years that i've truly felt cheated.

I dunno what i'm gonna do now...i'm stuck going into work Sunday night ( which i shouldnt even be working on sunday's, but because im training now, i gotta work the days the trainees are scheduled) and i doubt they'll even think of reconsidering my situation...i'm at my wits end...






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SoyCrudo
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commentCommented on: Tue Sep 29, 2009 @ 06:53am
*FROWN* so sorry to hear that! I know how you fell though..the way my work is... is... we get hours for the store based off sales... well since they opened two band new stores around us there is WAY less business yet out "sales plan" goes up. It's stupid. The hours we work are based off our plan.. so if we don't make it.. we get less hours and have to schedule people accordingly... how lame!...sometimes it will be a saturday and busy as hell but there are 3 people working a huge store... as a customer... I would be pissed.. and have had to deal with their bullshit... [/endrant]


commentCommented on: Wed Sep 30, 2009 @ 10:15am
I'm sorry you're going through with this at your workplace hun... I've been at a workplace before where I had performed really well and exceeded their limitations just to be their work slave in the end, which is just not fair at all or a good work ethic environment... I can relate and I know it's tough, so many of us go through it all the time, just the lucky few manage to find that one job that rewards them and understands each individual's needs and not just the company's..I really hope it gets better for you, and they finally realize how valuable of an employee you are to them!! =) I know you were happy for a long while at that job too.... and lately you've just been really stressed.. *cuddles* I wish I could do more for you and be there for you.... heart



Sakura Rainfall
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