A friend contacted me in December to talk to an owner opening a new restaurant for me to be the GM, while she ran the bar (which is her passion). She’s known the owner and his family for a while, and I’ve known her for a while. (Hell, I was the minister for her wedding.) So, by connection, I bought in to it when he said I was family. I’ve been in the restaurant industry 20 years, and this was the most infuriating and time consuming experience I’ve had. But I still bought in to the BS because I was killing myself for my family. But now I know “family” just means you get overworked, underpaid until you bitch enough to maybe get a raise close to what you were promised, and then get let go out of nowhere with a “love ya bro, no hard feelings”. The weirdest part…
Month: September 2022
Im only 20 and work a full time job at a grocery store as a night time shift lead. I've been working here for the past 9 months to pay off for school and I'd consider it my first full time job (first job was at a cafe). When I first started I was by the books, “hardest working employee”, and did everything right without any questions asked. But recently, especially in the last few months it's taken it's toll on me and my psyche. I here the same “Oh you're so young, you should be working 60+ hour weeks” from my older coworkers, but this isn't a future I see in mind for myself or anyone to slave away and for what? Especially if we're forced to do this shit for decades on end in the hopes we can spend the remainder of our life in retirement? Yeah, fuck…
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Corporations.
So I just got back from leave and I told my boss prior that I wanted to have more shifts when I come back and he said yes. Now I’m back and I haven’t been scheduled for the second week in a row and I haven’t been told anything despite asking numerous times. I’m currently looking for another job but I’m scared it’ll be just like this one I’ve got now (toxic environment), but I don’t know what to do between now and then…
For people who work for a temp service ( an actual employee, not a temp) what are some things that future temp-to-hire workers don't know or information that the employers keep from the temps? For example, what's the actual temp-to-full time hire percentage? How high is the turnover rate?
