*begin rant*
Hey guys,
Sorry it's been a while. I've been really wanting to put up something for a while but things have just been a litte crazy, what with the holidays and all...
I was planning on writing about my current job a little bit, because honestly, it sucks.
First off, I don't know if I wrote it on here, but I never wanted to work there. I was sitting there in the interview and just saying to myself, wow. I really don't want to work here. I just have this feeling I won't like it. Boy howdy was I right. So the first mark that they have against them is the fact that they didn't give me a shift for two weeks. That's after being immediately hired. They didn't give me a shift for-- actually over two weeks technically. My first four "shifts" composed of me sitting in a back room getting read to about how Old Navy is amazing and how we need to act and blah blah blah bullshit. So, when I finally do get a shift, I go into work and the first thing that happens is the store manager says to me, "You were supposed to work yesterday." I stared back at her, shocked. I had no idea. So I tell her that I honestly had no idea that I was supposed to work that day and she says, "Yeah. It says on the schedule," so I say what I'm supposed to in this situation which is, "Well I didn't get a phone call." Which is entirely true. They didn't call me. They didn't think it important enough. And she says to me after I told her about that, "Oh we were just too busy." Too busy? Too busy? Too busy to call your own employee and ask them about their whereabouts? Too busy to pick up the phone, call someone, and say, "Heyyyy.... where are ya?" I guess so. Just "too busy." The stupid part about them is, when I went in the next day thinking that that was when my shift was supposed to be, they didn't bother correcting me either, telling me that my shift was supposed to be yesterday. I had to figure it out myself. I went in for a shift that I wasn't supposed to have. Wtf?
That's just the first thing. There's more. I had to work on Thanksgiving. Yeah yeah, I know. Lots of people have to work on Thanksgiving, in fact, I had to work on Thanksgiving last year. I'm not really bitching about that (because hey, I got time and a half) but it's the fact that they were OPEN on Thanksgiving. The reason why this baffles me is because the rest of the mall was closed. But, because this Old Navy isn't inside the mall, but like, outside it, they have their own rules. So they were open. And the other reason why this bothers me, is because of this other main point that I have.
Old Navy preaches and talks about "the Family" constantly. How we cater towards the family, how we care about the family, how the family is the most important thing to Old Navy. So if family is so important, Old Navy, why is it that you are open on a goddamn holiday that boasts about nothing else but being with your family so your own employees can't be with their families? This is America. They sell t-shirts with the American flags on them! And here they are, being open on one of America's biggest holidays, just so they can make an extra buck. God almighty. We learned SO much about this stupid "family" that apparently Old Navy spent millions of dollars studying about. We had to read this fifty page, spiral bound book about this idiotic family and how we must bend over backwards for them even after only getting paid barely over minimum wage. It's ridiculous. God I hate this place. Oh and there's more. MUCH more.
I had to work Black Friday. Yes, yes I KNOW. Lots of other people had to work Black Friday. I'm aware. But that's not the principle of why I'm discussing it. I'm bringing up Black Friday because I am still recuperating from it. It was chaotic. It was draining. It was exhausting. And sooo not worth it. I think I might make an entire post about how awful it was. Because Black Friday was horrendous, I decided to call in sick today because seriously, with the day and night that I had yesterday, I needed today. (Plus I have a paper I actually need to work on... XD)Last night I had a splitting headache and was very queasy. My head still hurts in fact. I set my alarm for eight because I wanted to call them with plenty of time for them to find a replacement. Considerate of me, right? Well when I called, the store manager picks up and I tell her I am simply too unwell to work today. And she tells me, "Just so you know, since you are a seasonal to temporary employee, every time you call in sick you get a point against you, and you are allowed up to two before we take action which leads to termination." You hear that? I am allowed to only call in sick twice before they fire me. TWICE. Really?? OH oh, I forgot the OTHER thing that I found out. Whenever I'm working, I have to print out a little receipt indicating every time I have taken a break. As in, Every. Single. Time. I take a break, I have to walk over to an empty cash register, fiddle around with some fucking buttons and print out a receipt to make sure that I haven't gone over my time for my break. ARE YOU SERIOUS. It's like having to raise my hand and ask to go to the bathroom all over again! I'm an adult, I'm responsible. And if you give me incentive to want to work, then hey, I'll work. I'll get up and do my stuff. But forcing me to have to do this little thing, proving that I haven't gone a minute over (god forbid!) of my break just so you guys can watch us more closely with your microscopes. It's a nightmare. Utter nightmare.
*looooooong sigh*
Old Navy is completely, totally and horribly awful. Every other job I've had has been better than this one. And I worked through a store liquidation sale for Christ's sake! My god. I'm going to start applying to other places the second my head stops hurting because really, this is ridiculous. I can't wait to not work there anymore. It will be a glorious day indeed. To others working at Old Navy, or heaven forbid, the Gap, I am sorry. But if you're one of those people who perpetuate this awful machine that the Gap is running then I blame you. You can stop this. You can end this horrible treatment of employees. If you don't, then continue doing nothing. If you do, then seriously, good on you. Anyway, *end rant.*
PS. I never mentioned that they have't properly trained me in anything. Yeah. No training. Just me bumbling along. So stupid. so stupid.
Later Days
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