Grrrr...I have to work today, it's not the work that is bugging me rather the inconsideration and stupidity that surrounds my working today.
I agreed a week or two back to take on an extra day a week, no problem, I need the money and was glad of the offer. Needless to say though this was not contracted and hence can be fiddled with at corporate will!
It is thus that on Sunday my shift for this week was changed suddenly, this is not unusual, apparently we as employees have no life outside of work and never have arrangements made! I would normally have worked a full day on Thursday which suits me fine but it has been decided in someone's wisdom that my presence is required for half a shift today and half a shift on Thursday instead.
This may sound like no big deal and mostly it isn't save for the fact that I have an almost 40 mile round trip on each occasion and as my remuneration is not impressive, once one deducts the tax and the cost of the fuel it is barely worth my working at all! In fact if you consider that it also makes two days this week unusable then from my point of view it is completely pointless.
Add to that this shift is across the middle of the day, I get no break, the length of the shift is carefully engineered just within employment laws to make sure I don't get one, and hence don't have a chance to eat the whole thing aggravates me intensely!
Of course, this situation is within the parameters of my contract so apart from appealing to the common sense (???) of my management I have no argument. I have had this 'discussion' on many occasions with those that decide my shifts but still it appears to fall on deaf ears!!
Why do I not just learn to stand my ground and say NO!? I'll tell you why, in the first place I am not good at the 'no' word and in the second, despite 'talking the talk' on employee considerations, when push comes to shove there is little action..... should I make my point too loudly they will stop offering me overtime at all. It seems we have to be more and more flexible as time goes on..........it will come as no surprise to learn that flexibility and loyalty seems to be a one way street!
This is a small point but it aggravates the hell out of me. Rant over.
Tuesday, 9 November 2004
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Remember what Marx has to say:
Workers Unite! You have nothing to lose but your Chains, Overtime, Christmas Bonus, Mortgage, etc etc
Blame it all on Thatcher and the demise of Trade Unionism and the rise of casualisation of the workplace
It's sad but true. Once upon a time in America you worked for the company and were loyal to it for life. They in turn were loyal to you. Families knew each other and supported each other.
Now you work for the company for 30 years and one day they announce they don't need your job anymore. Toodles! I have seen my hubby get messed around so many times by companies it's ridiculous.
I don't think companies realize that this makes it hard for you to care about them either. I would think a company would want it's employees to feel well about them and care about doing a good job - but when they treat you like nada, no one wins.
Today is the first day of your life that "NO" will become a regular part of your vocabulary. Now, some suggestions here: say it quietly.. so as to say to yourself, "Did I really say that?...keep going until... someone might here you... of course if that doesn't work.. you can continue to rant here!
Ewwww i agree...a waste of a whole day :(
I feel your frustration girl! I think Scarlett hit it on the nail! I don't feel the Company Love much these days! Trust and loyalty is not part of the game in our neck of the woods either!
Now say it with me G, H*** No!!! =)
Rob: In the days of Thatcher I wasn't sure that powerful unions where the way to go....with the benefit of hindsight I was wrong! In an ideal world there would be no need for tem but in the real world there is certainly need for something more than we have now.
True Willow/Scarlett: aint that just the truth, my father spent 39 years working for one company and was then uncerimoniously shoved out the door whwn his position became no longer apparently valid!
Michelle: And another the same on Thursday :o(
Lisa: please :o)
Deanna: lol...I'm practising.....can you hear me?
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