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I don't know why I ever agreed to be a supervisor at work, because I hate, hate, hate feeling responsible for other people.
I know I mentioned my work woes every now and then on here, but just to sum it up, we're woefully understaffed. The thing is, if this was any other line of work, we'd be turning new hires away because there's so many people out there looking for jobs right now. The problem is, since you have to have a license to work here (either in massage, cosmetology, or nails), the hiring pool is smaller to start with. To add on top of that, this company...does not pay as well as other spas and can be a pain to get into (it's in the airport, so there's a whole lot of security checks involve, and I still have to deal with TSA every day.) My manager has been trying for months to hire new people, yet nothing.
So, we're understaffed, and we're at the point where we can't afford to lose any more people. Therefore, there are so of my co-workers who are getting away with complete and utter bullshit because they have the manager over a barrel.
I'm talking about leaving their goddamned trash on the floor in the back room, not cleaning up supplies (that are in direct contact with customers), constantly being late--
Perfect example of that last one today: I was supposed to leave at 2:30, my relief was supposed to be at 2.
I rolled out of there at 2:50 and my relief still hadn't shown up yet. I left the store unattended because she swore she'd be there soon.
At 4 she still hadn't made it in yet; she was supposedly just taking the employee shuttle over.
Technically I should have waited until I knew she got there. But considering I had been there since 4:30 with a full client list and inventory? I was fucking tired.
The thing is, this particular person is notorious for running late, and I constantly have to extend my shift just to wait for her to show up. And I shouldn't fucking have to.
My manager has talked to her about it, over and over, but like I said, we need the man power. And she's not the only one like this; there's problems with the others too. So we're fucking screwed.
And it's really draining me? Like, I know I have a bunch of bills and whatnot, so I can't just walk away, but it's so fucking tempting, especially on days like this.
Luckily, I start my vacation on Wednesday and I'm so fucking excited because it's the first time in awhile we're I'm taking a vacation and there's not like, a class or something involved with it. It's an actual Vacation with a capital V, out in the Colorado. I don't know what my internet situation is going to be like (so if you need before next Thursday, err, sorry!) but I plan on downloading a shitton of fanfiction and writing a shitton more in my notebooks.
Also, while I'm here, here's two workskin tutorials for you:
- How to Make a "Choose Your Own Adventure" Fic
- How to Mimic Letters, Fliers, and Stationery Without Using Images
Also, I tweeted about this already, but is there interest in a basic tutorial on ways to format text on AO3 (like color, font, size,etc.)? Because I know some people might just want to know something simple without it being tied to a whole tutorial on how to mimic a certain look or whatnot.
I know I mentioned my work woes every now and then on here, but just to sum it up, we're woefully understaffed. The thing is, if this was any other line of work, we'd be turning new hires away because there's so many people out there looking for jobs right now. The problem is, since you have to have a license to work here (either in massage, cosmetology, or nails), the hiring pool is smaller to start with. To add on top of that, this company...does not pay as well as other spas and can be a pain to get into (it's in the airport, so there's a whole lot of security checks involve, and I still have to deal with TSA every day.) My manager has been trying for months to hire new people, yet nothing.
So, we're understaffed, and we're at the point where we can't afford to lose any more people. Therefore, there are so of my co-workers who are getting away with complete and utter bullshit because they have the manager over a barrel.
I'm talking about leaving their goddamned trash on the floor in the back room, not cleaning up supplies (that are in direct contact with customers), constantly being late--
Perfect example of that last one today: I was supposed to leave at 2:30, my relief was supposed to be at 2.
I rolled out of there at 2:50 and my relief still hadn't shown up yet. I left the store unattended because she swore she'd be there soon.
At 4 she still hadn't made it in yet; she was supposedly just taking the employee shuttle over.
Technically I should have waited until I knew she got there. But considering I had been there since 4:30 with a full client list and inventory? I was fucking tired.
The thing is, this particular person is notorious for running late, and I constantly have to extend my shift just to wait for her to show up. And I shouldn't fucking have to.
My manager has talked to her about it, over and over, but like I said, we need the man power. And she's not the only one like this; there's problems with the others too. So we're fucking screwed.
And it's really draining me? Like, I know I have a bunch of bills and whatnot, so I can't just walk away, but it's so fucking tempting, especially on days like this.
Luckily, I start my vacation on Wednesday and I'm so fucking excited because it's the first time in awhile we're I'm taking a vacation and there's not like, a class or something involved with it. It's an actual Vacation with a capital V, out in the Colorado. I don't know what my internet situation is going to be like (so if you need before next Thursday, err, sorry!) but I plan on downloading a shitton of fanfiction and writing a shitton more in my notebooks.
Also, while I'm here, here's two workskin tutorials for you:
- How to Make a "Choose Your Own Adventure" Fic
- How to Mimic Letters, Fliers, and Stationery Without Using Images
Also, I tweeted about this already, but is there interest in a basic tutorial on ways to format text on AO3 (like color, font, size,etc.)? Because I know some people might just want to know something simple without it being tied to a whole tutorial on how to mimic a certain look or whatnot.