Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Issues with management.

Inhale...I don't know quite how to accurately depict how utterly irresponsible and childish my manager is. She's 31 years old, and can't seem to figure out that going out on the weekend and getting trashed on booze and pot often leads to injury--such as rolling your ankle and ending up on crutches (i.e. what she did this weekend). She makes almost 4k per month, and, let's be honest, works about 27-32 hours per week whereas I am in a constant struggle to get 34 hours a week and bring home about $1300 a month. How is this crap allowed to happen to decent people? It's not enough that I have a freaking college degree and am slinging coffee for douchbags all day, but to have to deal with an absolutely incompetent manager who has taken more time off for "injuries" (mostly caused by her own drunken stupor) than all the staff in the cafe combined in the past 2 years??? RIDICULOUS!!!! It would be great if I could come to work and feel like I have some measure of respect for my boss, but I feel totally comfortable saying that I have absolutely none. I have such distain for her at this point that there's very little chance of her gaining back any semblence of dignity in my eyes. She's a joke. No wonder the company has such problems--it's run by loose cannons, jerkwads, potheads, and overly-priviledged children--very few among them having worked in, or ever even set foot in a coffee shop. Also, my manager clearly plays favorites. Even though I have COMPLETELY open availability--meaning I can work any hours that the store is open, 7 days a week--I'm still scheduled with 34.5 hours every week. Keep in mind that 4/5 of these shifts are closing shifts, meaning I get shorted 2 hours every week because IT DOESN'T TAKE AN HOUR TO CLOSE THE STORE. IT TAKES THIRTY MINUTES. But that's fine, because now, another "shift supervisor" (quotes around that title because although he makes the same amount of money as I do, he has ABSOLUTELY NO SHIFT LEAD RESPONSIBILITIES) is going to be getting to start an hour earlier since sales have been up. Keep in mind that this person is only available 8am-4pm Monday thru Friday. WHAT THE HELL? Oh wait, I know the reason why he's getting close to, if not more hours than me with less availability--it's because you two are stoner buddies, and are besties that hang out on weekends. BULL! Also, this "shift supervisor" is pulling at my last nerve, constantly bitching about how hard it is for him to work in the morning with certain other people, and how he "works his butt off," and how he "hates the company," and how he's "Mr. Nobility" about everything when he DOESN'T DO SHIT except talk smack about everyone and sit and read the newspaper for 3 hours of his shift. UGH! SO MUCH RAGE! Before the week is out, I'll have worked for 10 DAYS STRAIGHT without a day off. Both the "shift supervisor" and my manager had the weekend off, and my manager has been out because of her ankle for the last 3 days. I am just a hair's breadth away from quitting, just to see how this place would get along without me. Exhale...