Anyone hate their job??? Rant here...

**rachelMcK** · 02-16-2008, 08:38 AM

I absolutley HATE mine. Its a terrible company to work for and I find I call in sick more than I actually work. There are several reasons why. The hours are terrible and they aren't flexible with a schedule at all. If you have a dr's appointment, even if you give 2 weeks advanced notice, they won't let you have the day off, you need to use a sick day for it, and then you get in trouble. I get a new schedule every week, but no time in advance. The new schedule start on sunday, I get it thursday night, so I can't even plan anything because I just don't know. They never give me my paystub on time and when they do, there is always a mistake but you have to go through an appeals process to get anything done about it. I know someone who has been waiting to get her owed holiday pay from 2 years ago!!! Its 10 hour days and most of the time they give you your lunch and breaks within the first 4 hours, so you sit at a computer for 6 hours straight! I've complained about that, and when they here a complaint they make it worse for you the next day. I got in trouble (though I can't say why or how because they made me sign a confidentiality agreement) but it was for a very stupid reason, and everyone I talked to said I was right, and yet I still got punished. I really want to quit or get fired, but if I do get fired, I can't go to unemployment because you need at least 6 weeks worth of paystubs to prove income, but I only have 4 from the last 4 months. Someone told me they do that on purpose so you can't collect if you get fired. And the final stupid thing about the company is that even if you are a good employee, you can't get a reference because they refuse to help you.

Alright I'm done....who's next????

**kittykatstrong** · 02-16-2008, 08:59 AM

I don't hate my job, but I dislike it very much. For me it an income and that is about it. The people that work under me are great, most of the time. It is the higher-ups that I will never understand.

**Marie78** · 02-16-2008, 09:03 AM

I am so sorry you are dealing with this at work. I have had several jobs over the course of my working career and a few of them sound like they were a lot like yours.

When I worked as a bank teller I would work 8 hours or longer and the teller's lunch started at 11am. I would have been there only 3 hours and had lunch and we had better have used the bathroom before 1pm or you could expect to hold it the rest of the day. We were on our feet, tethered to the computer working on transactions. We were very busy, in fact so busy that I was dealing with around 2,000 or more people in a week (400 people and their problems per day) for hours on end with no breaks and no considertion. If we were out sick one day we got ridiculed about it for days/weeks.

The other job I had was retail and I was again on my feet stocking shelves or tied to the cash register for hours on end. If I was stocking shelves I could sometimes sneak off to use the bathroom, not the case if I was on the cash register though. That place also frowned upon sick days and gave us our schedules with very little (if any advance notice) and I was stuck dealing with whatever I was scheduled for, regardless if I had asked for time off even months in advance.

I hope you have started applying for other jobs. I don't mind the job I work now, I have my own cubicle with desk and computer and I can use the bathroom any time I feel like it and take lunch when I want to. We get an adequate number of days off in a year and if you take them no one so far has made me feel bad about it. I work in a large non-profit agency. Non-profit isn't known for paying well, but it's decent pay for the job I do. Not to mention I have every weekend off and I am home by 5:45 most nights of the week.

Good Luck, I hope you find something else soon. You shouldn't have to put up with the crap they dish out, no one should!

**rachelMcK** · 02-16-2008, 09:08 AM

Yeah, i hear you about the bathroom breaks. We don't get paid for bathroom breaks but we still get in trouble if we take more than one in a 10 hr shift. I am definitley looking for a new job as we speak...lol, I have been for a few weeks now.

**suki** · 02-16-2008, 09:29 AM

Rachel, Your company is breaking the law. You should report them to the wage and hour division of employment security. They can not legally penalize you for bathroom breaks. They can not withhold your pay stubs.
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Ooooops, just noticed you're in Canada. So, different rules, but certainly check into your laws there. That's really not right.

**rachelMcK** · 02-16-2008, 09:37 AM

I know about them breaking laws etc. but i don't want to deal with it because I plan on leaving as soon as I find something.

**emily_hope** · 02-16-2008, 09:43 AM

They are definitely treating their employees terribly. I do hope you find another job ASAP!

**suki** · 02-16-2008, 09:51 AM

You don't have to deal with it. Just report it. Then, others won't have to deal with it and the company will be set right.

When no one reports these abuses, unscrupulous employers are allowed to treat people horribly.

I don't believe in reporting petty complaints. But, this is not a petty complaint.

Find another job, leave... but still report them and get an investigation into their practices started!

**rachelMcK** · 02-16-2008, 10:07 AM

Yeah maybe I should. You're right. I just hate getting involved in those things.

**imforpeace** · 02-16-2008, 08:03 PM

Well, the library I work for just replaced several people with self check out machines!!!!!! Yes, I will be one of them!!!!!!

**C@rol** · 02-17-2008, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by imforpeace

Well, the library I work for just replaced several people with self check out machines!!!!!! Yes, I will be one of them!!!!!!

So sorry to hear this. I hope you find something else soon.

rachelMcK, I've had some bad jobs but that job sounds
like the worse. I hope you find a new job soon and are
out of there. But I agree with the other posters. This
company should be reported so that some type of
investigation can be started. Document if you can and
help the next poor souls who get this horrible job.
Good luck.

**rachelMcK** · 02-21-2008, 05:12 PM

Update: I have an interview tomorrow for a new job!! Very excited, I just want to be happy again...lol...wish me luck!

**C@rol** · 02-21-2008, 05:14 PM

Sending postive vibes Rachel.
Good Luck!

**Michelle68** · 02-21-2008, 05:19 PM

Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

--Michelle

**LuvMyHubby** · 02-21-2008, 05:57 PM

I'm sorry that your employer treats its employees so horribly, I too would report them.

I am forturnate to have been with the same company for the last 13 years and other than some of the normal stress of dealing with people who are in a panic for a place to live and sometimes being rude when you can't help them I have always loved my job and my boss.

Oh, I forgot to add that I wish you the best of luck with your interviw.