Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Work Work Work

So those that know me IRL know I'm back at work. I didn't HAVE to go back right now as I babysit for my sister. But I was worried that with the economy, I wouldn't have a job in the fall when I will most likely need it so I went back to Subway. I like it. I dont' work a lot of hours. I'm working about the same number I used to work, between 15 and 20. Right now most of it is going into my savings account for a rainy day.
But of course with the job, comes the DRAMA! A girl I used to work with before I left last spring is still there. She's the only one I knew from before. The first few weeks back were fine. This last week, she reprimanded me for staying past my scheduled time by 20 min. She's not a manager but she is a crew leader which is one step below. I did not know she was only in charge of cleaning detail and had no business telling me I was in trouble. The reason I stayed late that day was because CL (Crew leader) had left me and closer with 90 min of work that CL should have finished before she left. So the next day, CL tells me the manager was upset I stayed late (I found out this was false) and that I should have left by 8 (was scheduled til 9, stayed til 9:20). There was NO WAY I could have left at 8. At 8 we were finally starting on things that should have been done by 7. Plus I'd checked the computer and I was definitely okay to stay with the amt of orders we had.
Well it bothered me for a week. So I finally see manager last night and told her why I was upset. I told her exactly why I stayed over that night. I told her that CL used to work with me and KNOWS I will get out of work as soon as possible even if it means shorting myself hours on my paycheck. If we're not busy and things are done, I'm going home. I understand labor costs having been a manager at a restaurant previously. Manager said she never told CL she was upset that I stayed over. She had seen how busy we were and had no problem with me staying over by 20 min. So what CL was saying to me was complete BS.
I work for the first time with the manager this saturday. She scheduled herself so we could work together finally. She likes to work with everyone at least once a month so she can talk to us about how things are going and all that. I'm glad it's her because usually I work with CL on saturdays. I'm sure we'll talk about the CL situation.