Finally getting lunch with less than 30 minutes to go to the end of the shift. So tired of doing the work of two people...
So I had a little meeting with my boss after tonight and I asked him why I didn't get any extra help tonight when I was shorthanded and had half a plant to keep running by myself and was overwhelmed. His reply was "because you're one of the top performers on ²nd shift warehouse and I needed backup at other spots". So apparently I'm just expected to do what I do regardless of how stressful it gets... I mean I love the job but sometimes it's too much for 1 person, even me...
@duglop I hope you find a good way to stick up for yourself.
Yeah, I’ve heard the, “You’re one of our top performers” speech multiple times. I got one once when I said I was leaving the company (it was going down and I didn’t want to rearrsnge the deck chairs).
The occasional CEO tried to get me to stay with that speech and then a story about leaving the Cowboys (they were still in Texas) during a game. He was so clueless he didn’t know I don't watch sports.
So how would he know I was a “top performer?” 🙄😂
@feloneouscat because the proof's in my numbers at the end of the night...plus I've got 30 years experience I'm one of the best drivers in the whole plant
@feloneouscat there's 3 shifts at my plant which is the biggest of its kind in the world, I work 2nd shift... both first shift and third shift want me to come to their shifts because of what I can do, I bounce around to other departments quite often, I drive a stand up forklift and work in the coolers either staging/issuing product or putting product away in the racks in the coolers or pulling shipments. there's only maybe 1 or 2 people better than me, but we've been shorthanded this week...
@feloneouscat sorry just walked in the door had a couple things to take care of The problem is my tag team partner is using FMLA on/off and he really takes advantage of it in large chunks and it puts me in a bind because I have to make up for him and he's got seniority, So he's protected they can't do much about it because technically he's not doing anything wrong it's just inconvenient... And we've had three other people that have been MIA this week so it's just been extra busy & stressful.
@duglop When an employee is forced to do the work of 2-3 people and completes it, this proves that 1 person CAN do the job, which will cut costs and YOU will be EXPECTED to perform at that level.... permanently...by yourself. Happens in every industry/job.
@Kittiekatt53 Um, please read some of my replies - you're not wrong but that's not the situation :)
@Kittiekatt53 the person in question has seniority, he also has FMLA for whatever reason and decides to use it at random, and is protected as a result under law thus it puts a HUGE burden on the rest of the shift especially if 3 more people are absent which has been the cae this week :(
@Kittiekatt53 "uses large chunks of it at random"... sorry forgot "large chunks"
@Kittiekatt53 I used to question myself if I was a true team player or not because I just wasn't sure. But I will sacrifice going to break late taking a late lunch even not getting my 2nd break to make sure certain things are taken care of and I don't like leaving things for the next shift to take care of and then I see this guy who just doesn't give a shit and he knows we're busy & shorthanded and decides he's not going to come in and there's not a damn thing we can do about it...
@duglop Not me. I used to , till I realized the head honchos don't give a damn about their employees and how much we sacrifice ourselves to 'get the job done" and not leave extra work for the next shift nurse and in case you don't know, 3rd shift nurses DON'T have other nurses/aides/extra housekeeping/med nurse on the floor.
If your job contract states you get breaks and meal time. TAKE THEM! You'll never have the CEO come pat your back. Your supervisor/bosses don't care how hard you worked your butt off,didn't eat or take any breaks to get it done. They just care about their asses and the HH's (head honchos) just look at the profit margins and their bank account.
@Kittiekatt53 okay we're talking to totally different scenarios
@Kittiekatt53 You kind of took this a whole different direction
@Kittiekatt53 anyhow I understand where you're coming from and sorry you go through that or went through that but that's not quite the same thing that I'm talking about
@Kittiekatt53 @duglop hell yeah, set the STANDARD for excellence.
@Kittiekatt53 @duglop
Then they should be making theee times as much!
@duglop
Hmmmm sounds like a boss problem that affects you. Yikes ya can't keep the pace up for long even if you love it.
Hopefully things will be better soon!