My company actually has decent benefits. Health insurance, raises, bonuses, all major holidays off and paid, free shoes, it’s the most of any company I’ve personally worked for. There’s just one issue.
I’ve been a temp for 5 months, am way beyond my 300hr sign on period, and I keep being given the runaround for why I’m not permanent yet. Every excuse is total BS and I’ve called them out on it, but it’s always just “ok let me see what I can do and I’ll get back to you”. They never get back to me. So I get back to them, and it’s always a new BS excuse. Wash, rinse, repeat.
And of course, no surprise, since I’m a temp, I get NONE of the aforementioned benefits. From the time I should’ve been signed on, I should’ve gotten new shoes, pay for Thanksgiving & the day after, Christmas Eve & Day, New Years Day, MLK day, and two snow days. That’s basically a grand of pay they’ve avoided paying me.
But it gets even better!
I just had COVID. Followed CDC guidelines, followed company policy, and stayed home. For two weeks. With no pay. 14 whole days without a single penny of income when permanent employees can at least request to use PTO or apply for some form of compensation via their health insurance.
I am now the poorest I’ve ever been in my entire life thanks to their refusal to hire me on so I can get the benefits. A manager had to give me money out of their own wallet just so I can have the gas to make it to work this week.
We’re so understaffed we’re pawning off work to other shifts because we just don’t have enough people. I show up. I work my ass off. I’m just as crucial as a permanent employee yet this is how they treat me. It sucks. This is my favorite job I’ve ever had, it’s so chill and laidback, but they obviously don’t want me that bad and they clearly give zero shits about my livelihood. If I was signed on when I should’ve been, my current situation would be so so so much better. It’s about time for me to dip and find somewhere better.
I just figured this was the most fitting place to vent my frustrations. Fuck wage slavery and fuck big corporations.