MK
02-16-2001, 09:58 PM
Well, I went to work this morning and noticed next week's schedule was up. All of our work weeks begin on Sunday, and end on Saturday. Well, tomorrow night (Saturday)I close, 3pm to 10pm. Then Sunday I saw the manager had me scheduled to come in at 3am! NOT COOL. :{ So I called my husband and asked him to do some research on our state labor laws and find out if that was legal. (The manager has done this to other people in the past, and they just played martyr and didn't complain) Dh did some research, finding out our state's labor commission has nothing to do with spacing between shifts, and that it is strictly a matter of corporate policy. So dh then called up my store and talked to the human resource manager about it. He discussed some other issues with her, like the fact that I have been feeling harrassed, abused, belittled, etc. by my boss. In fact, Sunday I wrote him a letter telling him exactly how I felt, and what behaviors elicited those feelings. Anyway, the HR Mgr. then called the corporate office to find out the company policy, then talked to the store director and arranged a meeting between me and the SD with her (the HR) as the arbitrator. She was wonderful, taking notes and documenting everything. The meeting went really well, with the SD assuring me that he felt my manager's scheduling mistake was indeed unethical, and whether it was intentional or not, needed to be corrected, and he would have a talk with my boss. I left the office feeling really comforted and happy. :)
Then this afternoon, just a few minutes before the end of my shift the asst. manager (I guess he overheard me talking to my husband)informed the manager that my husband had complained to the SD without me going to him first. The boss was mad! :{ He just started ripping into me right there in the middle of the bakery, in front of customers, in front of my coworkers, in front of other off-duty workers coming in to get their paychecks. In fact, he is notorious for breaking into these little tantrums, something that I mentioned in my letter to him. I brought that up, and told him how it made me feel, and that it wasn't cool or professional. I explained that the reason I didn't go directly to him was that I didn't feel comfortable(big surprise) 8\ We discussed at length the letter I wrote to him, which he had completely misinterpreted. We sort of worked things out, I think, even though he had not yet seen the SD.
Sometime after I got home I was still so upset I called the HR up at the store again and told her about the incident with the manager breaking into his little tirade in the middle of the bakery in front of witnesses. She again documented what I was telling her and offered a lot of soothing and comfort over the phone. She suggested I have another follow-up meeting with the SD in a few days, and if I feel it necessary to even talk to the corporate HR Manager (she bears the store name, being either a wife or sister to the owner(s)). She also told me that just a few minutes prior to my calling her up again the Store Director had called my manager into his office and was talking to him. I wonder what tomorrow will bring? ?(
Oh-- another coworker who was scheduled to come in at 7am on Sunday volunteered to trade me, so she will work at 3am and I will go in at 7am.
Well, thanks for listening. I needed to vent some more. Wish me luck. I'm hoping that by pioneering this big air clearing session the rest of my coworkers will also reap the benefits of reasonable treatment at work. The abuse will never end unless someone does something, and I'm the only one with the fire to do it (I'm an Aries). ;)
Oh, one more thing-- it turns out my boss showed the letter I had written to him to the HR, and she told me today that she had told him that the letter conveyed to her that I was feeling harassed and abused and that the problem needed to be addressed. He interpreted her words incorrectly, thinking it conveyed harrassment toward him on my part, and that he should have me written up! (He isn't very bright, I don't think) :p
Then this afternoon, just a few minutes before the end of my shift the asst. manager (I guess he overheard me talking to my husband)informed the manager that my husband had complained to the SD without me going to him first. The boss was mad! :{ He just started ripping into me right there in the middle of the bakery, in front of customers, in front of my coworkers, in front of other off-duty workers coming in to get their paychecks. In fact, he is notorious for breaking into these little tantrums, something that I mentioned in my letter to him. I brought that up, and told him how it made me feel, and that it wasn't cool or professional. I explained that the reason I didn't go directly to him was that I didn't feel comfortable(big surprise) 8\ We discussed at length the letter I wrote to him, which he had completely misinterpreted. We sort of worked things out, I think, even though he had not yet seen the SD.
Sometime after I got home I was still so upset I called the HR up at the store again and told her about the incident with the manager breaking into his little tirade in the middle of the bakery in front of witnesses. She again documented what I was telling her and offered a lot of soothing and comfort over the phone. She suggested I have another follow-up meeting with the SD in a few days, and if I feel it necessary to even talk to the corporate HR Manager (she bears the store name, being either a wife or sister to the owner(s)). She also told me that just a few minutes prior to my calling her up again the Store Director had called my manager into his office and was talking to him. I wonder what tomorrow will bring? ?(
Oh-- another coworker who was scheduled to come in at 7am on Sunday volunteered to trade me, so she will work at 3am and I will go in at 7am.
Well, thanks for listening. I needed to vent some more. Wish me luck. I'm hoping that by pioneering this big air clearing session the rest of my coworkers will also reap the benefits of reasonable treatment at work. The abuse will never end unless someone does something, and I'm the only one with the fire to do it (I'm an Aries). ;)
Oh, one more thing-- it turns out my boss showed the letter I had written to him to the HR, and she told me today that she had told him that the letter conveyed to her that I was feeling harassed and abused and that the problem needed to be addressed. He interpreted her words incorrectly, thinking it conveyed harrassment toward him on my part, and that he should have me written up! (He isn't very bright, I don't think) :p