I started work as a stablehand nearly 4 weeks ago now. I was promised 5 shifts a week from 3:45 to 9 or 9:30, but in reality I was getting 3-4 shifts a week finishing at 8, sometimes 8:30.
Beyond that, the manager was constantly telling everyone but her besties how slow they were and how lackluster of a job they were doing, even staff that had been there for years and moved really efficiently. The straw that broke the camel's back was when 6 horses came into the washbay at once, overcrowding it when there is only 2 staff. This was a direct result of poor organisation from her and the trainer, but we got yelled at and blamed for the system slowing down. Not long after, she berated me for not washing a horse's skin condition hard enough because she thought it was dirt, and told me to be more vigilant in my washing. Within 5 minutes she came back and told us we should both be washing twice as fast.
What do you want? Quality or speed? You can't have both, not with a new hire. There was also the issue of if we worked faster, we would be paid less. We also never got a break, they expected a maintained top speed for the entire shift which is illegal of course. There were many other issues also, too many to list here.
So being a casual, I decided to fuck her over like she has done to me dozens of times and quit without notice. Before this community I would have put in 1 or 2 weeks notice but reading everything has helped me realise I have the power and I don't have to accept being treated so poorly for such shitty hours and pay. I have opportunities elsewhere, it's time to explore them! Thank you everyone for unknowingly helping me out of that situation.