Been working part time at REI for nearly a year and after getting the annual “calibration” meeting with my manager where I received positive marks and a small raise, I had my hours cut to zero with no warning. After I complained this morning, I was put on the following week’s pay period for one 8 hr shift.
Apparently after exceeding all of our sales and membership goals last year, the company wasn’t profitable which is apparently being scapegoated onto the entry level positions with added pressure from management. Basically every day is constant reminders about upselling end of transaction donations and Mastercard applications (Capital One pays for the free $100 gift card that can only be used at REI), as if that alone is going to compensate for the mismanagement that led to not meeting profitability in the first place.
So I did the math on how much my next pay check would net, divided that by the amount of energy it takes to fake it working retail in Santa Monica, and calculated that I needed at least one more fuck to get there.
Alas, when I checked all my pockets I discovered I was completely out of fucks. So I quietly walked into the office, turned in all my shit without saying anything, clocked out, and left.