Title brought to you by one of the best songs in the entire universe: "Dreaming Neon Black" by Nevermore
So I think that I am quitting my place of employment (P.O.E. from here on out) in the very near future. If I can find another job to replace it anyhow. I always thought I would quit when I just couldn't handle the super shitty customers anymore, but I didn't think it would be the managers, as shady as they can be sometimes.
I've always been vaguely ashamed to say that I work at P.O.E. but hey, it is a paycheck and they were always super flexible about my full-time school schedule. But really the only thing that kept me there were my coworkers. I -like- most of the people on second shift and even as the company started to get worse and worse to work for, it was still always fun because I had some of my favourite people to work with. Abby leaving was difficult enough, but then Littlefoot left. Kimm is leaving. Cory and Derik are making their plans to ditch, as well as a few others. It won't be any bit enjoyable when I'm the last one and I refuse to be a lifer damnitt.
Man, I -hate- being a cashier. I cannot think of a more boring existence. I'm excitedly looking at -data entry- jobs because even that would require more brain power than scanning shit all day. I do however love being one of the Service Coordinators though. I deal with a lot more crap all day since I'm in charge of the customer service department, but I actually use my brain to figure out the disaster that is our work schedule every day. It's a nice big grand puzzle and it's not cashiering pure and simple. Now I am a pretty damn good SC. I almost never have breaks out late, I rarely back up my lanes without calling in all of the help I can or jumping on a lane myself. I always have my paperwork done by 11. I am almost always prepared for changeover and am pretty fast at it. And more over, my employees -like- me. They fucking cheer when I'm in charge because I'm not a bitch to them. I do have my downfalls, I know. I -do- talk to my employees like a friend, because I am friends with most of them. Sometimes it looks like I am letting people slack but in all honesty I have a master plan. But my managers don't see it that way, and they never think to ask either. They assume. I don't play favourites, though I have been accused of it in the past. My friends get the shitty lanes just as much as any one else, and they have to clean shit filled bathrooms just like everyone else. Ask Jess' younger brother Austin. I heart that kid, and have known him since he was in middle school. Did that stop me from making him deal with a slab of maggot eaten pork? No. Did that stop me from having him mop a bathroom overflowing with toilet water and human waste? No. Does that stop me from holding him over for an hour after his shift if he's slacked and hasn't done his job well, or we're just too damn busy? Fuck no.
So can someone tell me why I'm being replaced as an SC and why I had to find out from -other employees-? I've been in Alaska since the 12th. Yesterday was my first day back, and one of the first interactions I had was
"Yay Amanda! Are you the SC today?"
"Nah, just a cashier. It's Cory today."
"Oh yeah. You're not one anymore are you?"
"...? Pretty sure I am?"
"Oh. Well I thought that since they trained Stacey..."
So that left me wondering, so I flat out asked Cory and Derik (two of the other SC's) if they knew anything. They didn't know for sure but had the same suspicions I did that they trained her to replace someone. Well they wouldn't replace Karen, she's been an SC for 30 years. They wouldn't replace Cory he is -the- full-time SC. They wouldn't replace Lorri since she's managers pet, and Derik has been there for 13 years, and even though his availability is crap, they like him. So that leaves me. Fantastic. And better than that, I had it confirmed by another employee who was told by the management that they were "testing Stacey out to see if they liked her better".
Did a manager -ever- pull me aside to say "Hey, you're performance isn't what we are expecting. Fix it."? Nope. Did a manger pull me aside to say "hey this isn't working out, so I think we might try another option."? Of course not. So what did they do? They fucking waited until i was gone for a week and a half to train my replacement and let me find out from other people and gossip. That makes me feel like a valued part of the team.
I can't go back to being just a cashier. I'll fucking kill myself. I barely even speak to my customers when I am one, simply because the job fills me with such rage at my freaking existence. I wouldn't mind the service desk, but I'd have to take a pay cut for less hours. Screw that. So today I am job hunting and tomorrow I'm going to talk to Nikki, the manager that -does- like me, and ask her to explain to me why I had to be embarrassed and told I was being demoted through other employees. If they want another SC, they can have her. But I'm gone. They can lose the only cashier on second shift and most of first to never have had a customer complaint.
Simply put: I'm done being fucked with and P.O.E. can go to hell.
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chipper
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