life has a tendency kick your ass even after you've been down...
Disclaimer: Note to audience that the following entry contains some pretty ugly stuff since the author's apparent demise due to his new job. There is profuse swearing and some nasty commentary regarding his new and former company so read at your own risk.
So if you don't know, I went back to work at QFC, this time as a cashier. I should be happy right? I'm probably gonna be paid more, I don't have to do the bitch work anymore and all I have to do is count money. It can't be that hard right?
And it isn't. But the work is not the problem. One main problem is that after I got my first paycheck, I found that I'm NOT making more, and I actually make less than I used to at my previous and lower position. Hell, there are probably people who work at the bottom of the ladder who make more than me. This is what has gotten me pissed today. I went back, hoping to make some decent money in hopes to move out next year, but how can I expect that to happen when I'm making a few dimes above min wage? I mean really, the people at QFC are biggest dicks in the world. I guess what they really meant, when I asked them what I starting wage and their answer was "I actually don't know what you'll be starting at," was "you're going to start from the bottom again but I don't want to tell you that now." So of course I go talk to the manager, who happens to be the fourth manager ever since I started working there, and this guy is probably the worst out of all 4 that I've seen. I thought the last manager was bad. This guy beats him by far. He really puts people down and puts the pressure cooker on Fck'n high. I feel bad to even approach him because of the crap I know I'll have to deal with. So he tells me that they had thought all along that I'd be starting from square one all over again. (FYI: the more hours you work, and after you reach a certain # of hours, you get auto pay raises, which is good and bad; means you have to work a lot to get a good wage; but the raises are there if you work for it) So basically, the 17 months that I spent at QFC was pretty much negated. Yup, the fuckers really screwed me over this time. And the crappy thing is, everyone in the store remembers me and knows what kind of worker I am. There is a reason why the other manager hired me back as soon as I called them back. I mean shit, they have this "checker freeze" (means they can't hire any cashier/checker people) that just happened to occur when I get out of school, thus I don't get hired until after the 6 month mark of the time I quit, which ultimately led to my current shitty situation. Argh, I got fucked over hella bad this time.
It really makes me start to think twice about working for someone again. What sucks even more, is that if I decide to quit on them, seeing as how I got the shaft, the unfortunate and painful consequence would be that I would not be able to put down all the blood and sweat I shed for this company on any future resume or reference. This would be a significant blow to me considering how much time and energy I invested into working for this damn company, to suddenly throw it all away.
Partly I may have brought some of this upon myself b/c I tried to call in sick and swapped a shift w/ someone in my first week... However, I do feel that I have a fair argument in that I made it extremely clear with the managers who hired me of the hours that I would be able to work yet for some damn reason it slipped their minds. The same way telling me I'd start at square one, a few fucking cents above min wage just happened to slip their minds when I was hired. Gosh I just wanna burn the place down or something. I can't believe my image as a hard, dependable and especially amiable, worker got tarnished because of this. Yes, I think highly of myself and that is because I felt I gained the trust of many other people there and I trusted them. Too bad that relationship crashed and burned me in the end.
If you've read this far, I'm surprised that you haven't found anything else to do aside from reading my anger online. I guess in order to make this worthwhile in some way, I'm going to give some advice. Always watch your ass wherever you work. Don't take the eternal words "It's a cold, dark world out there" for granted. Not everyone is as nice as they appear and there's always someone out there to get you. Even if you just met them.
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