I got picked up this week by a company working in installing lights and sound for events. I have done this work for 5+ years and I’m good at it. It’s high attention to detail, long and weird hours but I enjoy it.
What I don’t enjoy is yesterday I accepted my first shift which was meant to start 2130 tonight. I got confirmation for 2130, including location, but for some reason no confirmation for a much earlier shift at 10:00 this morning which I had no idea was even on offer. I slept all morning knowing I’m going to be working all night, only to wake up to a bunch of calls and a text saying “don’t worry about tonight. We found someone to cover your shifts.
So I have a sneaking suspicion I’ve been blacklisted from working with said company, for not rocking up to a shift I had no idea about. I want to work, the pay isn’t even that good but I enjoy the work and the people, but they used a third party app that gave me a shift without notifying me of BOTH shifts.
It feels like they want to stream line their administration, without thinking about how the workers are going to interact with their shitty third party app. And because of that, I wasn’t even given a chance.
Sorry if this post isn’t really formatted well, I’m still kinda tired and using my phone.
I’m just cranky