Part time job games. :(

**bjl584** · 12-15-2015, 08:46 AM

At least for you it's a part time job and you can walk away.

I've dealt with things like this in the past. It's hard to find fair treatment in the service and retail industry.

I too am a professional and excel at my full time job. How then, can I earn a reputation in the part time retail world of being a slacker and not pulling my weight? It's perception of course and not reality. The system is definitely stacked against the average worker.

**ua_guy** · 12-15-2015, 08:50 AM

Originally posted by fruitbowlk View Post

Hello All,

I decided to get a part time job and all the money I make goes into my FFEF account. I have been there since sept 30th. I enjoy the job and it's helping me meet my goals but there is a problem though the manager she is playing games. She puts me on the schedule without me knowing and when I don't show up she tell people i must have quit. I am a professional and I on just quit or do no shows that's childish and I'm a grown women. I went in Friday to get my paycheck and she told them that she was trying to talk to me and I just walked out. why would i do that? I decided after much thought to go to the owner and tell him that I I think she is trying to sabotage his business and that he needs to pay attention. At no point should his restaurant be a revolving door. I told him if I decide to quite I will let him know directly. I don't know what's going on but he needs to take charge of his business. She is messing with my money and I don't like it.

The problem seems to be centered on scheduling. It sounds like one of two things needs to happen. Your boss needs to communicate scheduling changes or post them where they can easily be seen; or you need to take initiative and regularly get copies of the schedule and check-in with your supervisor and confirm expected work dates, or set up a process to be notified if there are unexpected changes.

I'd encourage you to talk to your supervisor and the restaurant owner in terms of solutions/ how this can be fixed, rather than calling people childish or telling the owner he needs to take charge of his business. This kind of stuff happens all the time in restaurant jobs and retail where schedules change often; the nature of it is that there are a lot of "not professionals" managing the work sometimes and they need to be helped with their own processes.

**fruitbowlk** · 12-15-2015, 09:45 AM

If this was the first time this has happen maybe you would be right but you are wrong. She does this to everyone that is hired. I have only worked there since sept and I have seen four people leave in one week so it's way more than a scheduling issue He said out of his own mouth that this has been an ongoing issue. I'm giving him good advise if he want to keep his business going. She has been there six year she should have the scheduling part down at this point. I have a life and I don't have time to constantly go up to a part time job and check if I'm on the schedule. Remember what you read is always a very small portion of a bigger story.

Originally posted by ua_guy View Post

The problem seems to be centered on scheduling. It sounds like one of two things needs to happen. Your boss needs to communicate scheduling changes or post them where they can easily be seen; or you need to take initiative and regularly get copies of the schedule and check-in with your supervisor and confirm expected work dates, or set up a process to be notified if there are unexpected changes.

I'd encourage you to talk to your supervisor and the restaurant owner in terms of solutions/ how this can be fixed, rather than calling people childish or telling the owner he needs to take charge of his business. This kind of stuff happens all the time in restaurant jobs and retail where schedules change often; the nature of it is that there are a lot of "not professionals" managing the work sometimes and they need to be helped with their own processes.

**phantom** · 12-15-2015, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by ua_guy View Post

I'd encourage you to talk to your supervisor and the restaurant owner in terms of solutions/ how this can be fixed, rather than calling people childish or telling the owner he needs to take charge of his business. This kind of stuff happens all the time in restaurant jobs and retail where schedules change often; the nature of it is that there are a lot of "not professionals" managing the work sometimes and they need to be helped with their own processes.

I totally agree with this advice. When you go to a higher up with an issue, it's usually best to go in with a mature, "how can we fix this" attitude. It makes you look like a person with a good attitude who wants to work to solve problems, rather than like a petulant complainer. It also avoids accusing the person you're talking to of doing something wrong, which is likely to put him on the defensive, making him more likely to look for reasons to justify what he's done to this point than to listen to your suggestion. I'd present the owner with facts about the issue, be open to working towards a solution, and be prepared to look for a different job if this one doesn't show signs of improving.

**ua_guy** · 12-15-2015, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by fruitbowlk View Post

If this was the first time this has happen maybe you would be right but you are wrong. She does this to everyone that is hired. I have only worked there since sept and I have seen four people leave in one week so it's way more than a scheduling issue He said out of his own mouth that this has been an ongoing issue. I'm giving him good advise if he want to keep his business going. She has been there six year she should have the scheduling part down at this point. I have a life and I don't have time to constantly go up to a part time job and check if I'm on the schedule. Remember what you read is always a very small portion of a bigger story.

I don't mind being wrong. I only know about the situation from what you've posted. The way it reads, there's a lack of communication on scheduling, intentional or unintentional, and a process can be put in place to rectify the situation.

In your own words, this problematic supervisor has been doing her job there for six years while you've witnessed people come and go within a week's time.

Whether she's doing her job right, or not, I don't think matters. The owner apparently sees value in her being there whether you like it or not.

I'm sure you have a life outside your part time job, and I agree, going to your job just to check the schedule sounds like a waste of time. So why don't you propose that the schedule be emailed out to the employees when it's updated (surely there's a computer around there, somewhere...) or that employees be called if their schedule changes before their next planned shift?

**FLA** · 12-15-2015, 01:20 PM

first, I would document just the facts to keep for your own records because you are a new employee, you don't have years of history there so why should the owner listen to you over a manager he's had for 6 yrs? Do that, but just hang onto it, don't go back to him with it anytime soon, just keep documenting things you believe are errors, deliberate or not.

since you went to the owner already, I would think about what others here have said, what kind of change would prevent these problems? This happened in nursing all of the time and paying a director to do a schedule that is a huge time suck and she could care less who is working as long as she has warm bodies in every slot, that was just stupid. No one was happy. So we all got together and offered to do the schedule ourselves, rotate it amongst whomever wanted to participate in having responsibility of it for a month. Maybe your manager would be open to giving it away and trialing how you guys handle it yourselves. However, she probably knows that you went to the owner so I would not myself choose right now to suggest this. I would wait a few months, give her time to change, who knows what the owner said to her? If she doesn't, you or someone else could suggest doing your own schedules. As a team though, they then expect you guys to cover any holes that come up and that can be hard. You really need team buy-in for this to work.

And if you just keep finding yourself knee-deep in **it, there are tons of part time restaurant jobs, surely some have a more pleasant environment than yours. Who needs constant stress?

**fruitbowlk** · 12-16-2015, 05:37 AM

The scheduled is suppose to be text to us weekly but is not done. I think this has more to do with the owner than the employees. But it's a part time job i'm going to continue to do the job and go home.

Originally posted by ua_guy View Post

I don't mind being wrong. I only know about the situation from what you've posted. The way it reads, there's a lack of communication on scheduling, intentional or unintentional, and a process can be put in place to rectify the situation.

In your own words, this problematic supervisor has been doing her job there for six years while you've witnessed people come and go within a week's time.

Whether she's doing her job right, or not, I don't think matters. The owner apparently sees value in her being there whether you like it or not.

I'm sure you have a life outside your part time job, and I agree, going to your job just to check the schedule sounds like a waste of time. So why don't you propose that the schedule be emailed out to the employees when it's updated (surely there's a computer around there, somewhere...) or that employees be called if their schedule changes before their next planned shift?

**LivingAlmostLarge** · 12-18-2015, 12:54 PM

Quit and move on if you hate it. Or suck it up if it's great.

Part time job games. :(