Hello,
I usually lurk but have had such a horrid week I just needed to share it with someone and vent..... if I were you I would go get that glass of wine now.. this could be long!!
I work in a little shop that sells cat novelties in fact the whole shop is dedicated to just the image of the cat ( and a tad bit of dog they popped upstairs). We had a staff meeting 2 weeks ago and was told that the shop takings were slowly going down hill and we have 4 months to turn it around before 'drastic actions' happen.
Well, fast forward to Thursday, though it was my day off I stopped by the shop at closing as my co worker Lyn, and I go out for a drink. She rang through the figures as normal but then her voice changed and looked at me as she was talking to the owner which is a clear sign that they were talking about me or someting to do with me.
Well, cutting to the chase, they asked if she wanted to work extra hours but to the best of my knowledge there are no extra hours to be had as we each work one day a week by ourselves and only double up on a saturday ( i work 4 days, lyn, 3 and petal 1), so we were wracking our brains trying to figure out where the extra hours are coming from and have come to the conclusion that one of us must be going an I assumed it must be me as I work the most hours. It was the only logical explanation as they would not even fork out £15.00 for new window display materials recently as there was no available money, so there could be no money for extra hours and plus the shop is sooo slow during the week it does not warrant 2 people working.
On friday lyn rings to put herself foreword for the hours and also wants to know what it is all about, what is going on etc... the owner is VERY vague and avoids her questions at every turn, she tells him that I am concerned and he says I should ring him so I do and I ask him what is happening and again he avoids questions at every turn... lots of.. blah blah.. looking to the future... blah blah.. at a planning stage.. blah blah... not prepared to mention anything at this time... blah.
I swear the man should have been a politician with all the side stepping he was doing! 4 long days pass with no word and I am starting to get slightly miffed, I know I only work part time but I still need to make December Disney plans and I cannot make any future payments to VIrgin Holidays If I do not have a job. So today at work I was told he and I are having a meeting this thursday, I mentioned to what the content of this meeting is so I could prepare mentally, if anything else, and again he was sooo vague so I thought for certain I must be getting the chop.
The afternoon flies by and whenever I thought about this meeting on his terms and all his evasive comments I was getting even more miffed so much so that at the end of the day when I phoned my figures through i told him I was not happy with these plans he was making behind my back... and that I should know what is going on especially if it concens job losses for any of us and again his comments were soooo blah... blah.. avoiding question... blah and then I got angry and caused a scene down the phone, he said I had better be careful as I was making him lose his temper (like the Hulk, No doubt) and he refused to do any business on the phone saying I would have to wait until Thursday.
Now I feel like a complete fool as the owners both know I am mild mannered and easy going kind of girl, I seldom, if ever, raise my voice, and now I am certain he thinks I am psychotic . If my job was not on the line (I do still think it is) it certainly will be now!! and overall I feel like such a fool and I have to meet him on thursday...if the ground could just open up right below me, right about now, that would be good!!
best get to the job centre tomorrow....
I usually lurk but have had such a horrid week I just needed to share it with someone and vent..... if I were you I would go get that glass of wine now.. this could be long!!
I work in a little shop that sells cat novelties in fact the whole shop is dedicated to just the image of the cat ( and a tad bit of dog they popped upstairs). We had a staff meeting 2 weeks ago and was told that the shop takings were slowly going down hill and we have 4 months to turn it around before 'drastic actions' happen.
Well, fast forward to Thursday, though it was my day off I stopped by the shop at closing as my co worker Lyn, and I go out for a drink. She rang through the figures as normal but then her voice changed and looked at me as she was talking to the owner which is a clear sign that they were talking about me or someting to do with me.
Well, cutting to the chase, they asked if she wanted to work extra hours but to the best of my knowledge there are no extra hours to be had as we each work one day a week by ourselves and only double up on a saturday ( i work 4 days, lyn, 3 and petal 1), so we were wracking our brains trying to figure out where the extra hours are coming from and have come to the conclusion that one of us must be going an I assumed it must be me as I work the most hours. It was the only logical explanation as they would not even fork out £15.00 for new window display materials recently as there was no available money, so there could be no money for extra hours and plus the shop is sooo slow during the week it does not warrant 2 people working.
On friday lyn rings to put herself foreword for the hours and also wants to know what it is all about, what is going on etc... the owner is VERY vague and avoids her questions at every turn, she tells him that I am concerned and he says I should ring him so I do and I ask him what is happening and again he avoids questions at every turn... lots of.. blah blah.. looking to the future... blah blah.. at a planning stage.. blah blah... not prepared to mention anything at this time... blah.
I swear the man should have been a politician with all the side stepping he was doing! 4 long days pass with no word and I am starting to get slightly miffed, I know I only work part time but I still need to make December Disney plans and I cannot make any future payments to VIrgin Holidays If I do not have a job. So today at work I was told he and I are having a meeting this thursday, I mentioned to what the content of this meeting is so I could prepare mentally, if anything else, and again he was sooo vague so I thought for certain I must be getting the chop.
The afternoon flies by and whenever I thought about this meeting on his terms and all his evasive comments I was getting even more miffed so much so that at the end of the day when I phoned my figures through i told him I was not happy with these plans he was making behind my back... and that I should know what is going on especially if it concens job losses for any of us and again his comments were soooo blah... blah.. avoiding question... blah and then I got angry and caused a scene down the phone, he said I had better be careful as I was making him lose his temper (like the Hulk, No doubt) and he refused to do any business on the phone saying I would have to wait until Thursday.
Now I feel like a complete fool as the owners both know I am mild mannered and easy going kind of girl, I seldom, if ever, raise my voice, and now I am certain he thinks I am psychotic . If my job was not on the line (I do still think it is) it certainly will be now!! and overall I feel like such a fool and I have to meet him on thursday...if the ground could just open up right below me, right about now, that would be good!!
best get to the job centre tomorrow....
fingers crossed that it all works out for you 
pixie dust in the meantime
