Here’s a little back ground info to set this rant up.
I work for a pizza chain-- not to mention a name, but think red roof and rhymes with Pizza sHut. I stated out as a server two years ago, when I quit a year ago I was a shift manager. I was offered my old job back a month ago. When I left I was making $7.50 an hour, the manager offered me $8.00 an hour to come back. Like a fool I took it.
My new manager is was a former co-worker. she began working there about 6 months before I did. When I was hired the first time I was making more money than her. When I moved up to shift manager I was making more than her, I quit and she soon became manager of the store. She offered me the job back because I can do the job and do it well. I am still making more money than her. She just hasn’t figured it out yet.
She is 12 weeks pregnant, smokes like a chimney and refuses to mop and sweep because it hurts her back. She doesnt want to cause harm to her baby. WTF??? Two packs a day doesn’t hurt the fetus ???
Today she had a doctor appointment, she went, doctor can not find the heart beat. ( I understand this is cause for concern ) She has an ultrasound done today, finds out everything is normal. She then calls me to tell me that she is not going to come in to work, the worry has worn her out and she just can’t handle the stress of working for three hours today. Somewhere in the conversation she mentions that since I would understand she is going to have me work open to close today.( note-- she did not ask me if I would ) I would not have normally minded, except I did that on Monday, ( she was not feeling well ) and I had plans with my kids. I did stay and work. Thirty minutes before closing she calls me to tell me I need to do some paper work for her that she didn’t do yesterday,no big deal, just a couple minutes worth of work. Then she tells me that I need to call to HER boss to tell him that she wasn’t there today and explain the reason. ( Keep in mind that she knew that she wasn’t going to come to work at NOON-- and this is 8:30 at night ) I told her that we were quiet busy and i could give her the area managers number so she could call and explain to him why she wasn’t working her requiered hours this week, her reply to that was " I dont want him to yell at me, he did when I called him about Monday"-- and I almost flipped. Why should I be the one he projects his anger at? Its not my fault. I didn’t call him, I sent him an email instead.
I open tomorrow, I am fully expecting to get a call asking me to close tomorrow night as well. I will not.
I agree: you are working for an idiot. A selfish, lazy, spineless idiot. And I regret to inform you, there are millions more like her out there, most of them also in management.
I worked in pizza for a long time. Do you want to be the manager? If so, tell the boss (her boss) you need an extra $2.00 and hour to manage the store. Obviously, the manager isn’t doing a good job. They may know this, as you are making more than her already.
If you aren’t a manager, I see no reason that her responsibilities fall upon you.
My two cents. And yes, you are working for an idiot.
So she smokes through her pregnancy? What’s it to you? Its her baby and her pregnancy.
So she doesn’t mop, using her pregnancy as the excuse. She’s the manager. That means she gets to delegate the shit work. I’ll dock her for bothering to use her pregnancy as the excuse - she should just say, “you are here, I’m the manager, you mop.”
Mistee…repeat after me “No.” That’s “No, I won’t call in sick for you.” That’s “No, I have plans and I can’t fill in.” That’s “No, that paperwork is your responsibility.”
She’s taking advantage of you. Doesn’t sound stupid to me. Sounds like she’s figured out a great way to have you do all her work and all your work for eight bucks an hour.
Don’t expect excellent managerial skills at Pizza Hut out of a manager making less than eight bucks an hour.
(Been there, done that. Took me years to grow a backbone and stop behaving like a doormat. I remember opening a retail store with 103 degree fever because the manager had the day off to go shopping and I was scheduled. It was supposed to be my responsibility to find someone to cover and no one would cover.)
Hmm, so when we find a four-year-old child starved to the point of emaciation, we should merely shrug and say, “Eh, it’s their kid and their grocery bill.” When we see a video of a woman slapping the shit out of her child, we should just say, “Oh, well, it’s her kid and her car.”
Pretty much what CRorex said Gobear. Besides, we can take a child away from a woman who is beating or starving it. Would you like to take this woman’s 12 week fetus away because she smokes? My guess is that the baby has a better chance with a 2 pack a day smoker than being ripped from the womb. The other option is to make it illegal to smoke while pregnant and lock up people who smoke to protect their fetus. I’m kind of hoping that doesn’t happen in my lifetime.
First of all, I worked at Pizza Slut for 6 years. 4 and a half of that as management. Regardless of her pregnancy (and by saying that I am in no way trivializing) your manager is not showing any leadership in her actions. This has an effect on everyone in that restaraunt, not just you. This WILL lead to a decrease in employee morale. Which, in turn, will have a VERY negative impact on customer satisfaction. I know this because I worked under several mangagers who “shyed” away from having to confront their superiors. If she has a fear of being yelled at, it is because she has already exhibited poor performance to her area manager. In the end, no matter how much extra you work to make up for her shortcomings, the example she sets will be the example looked at as to how all of the employees of that unit are veiwed by the rest of that market. I only say this because of many years of working under poor performing managers. You need to speak to your area manager and let this be known. He or she will not necessarily see any problem until you notify this person. Trust me, not saying anything will have more negative impact than bringing issues to light. I said nothing in my situations, worked 60 hours a week to make up for my manager, and ended up burning out and hating my job as well as life in general. Before that I had loved my job, but didn’t want to “rock the boat” when things started getting bad. This only led to negative things for me. I hope this helps.
My boss won’t order Mint chocolate chip and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, even though its our best sellers, because she doesn’t like how they taste.
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She is a salaried employee. When our last checks came in she told me that she grosses 760 every two weeks. She is required to work 50 hours per week. 760 divided by the 100 hours is $7.60 per hour. When a store does very well, the managers get a bonus-- she shared with me that she has not ever gotten a bonus check.
So she smokes though her pregnancy? What’s it to you? Its her baby and her pregnancy.
I think it’s sad that she uses being pregnant as an excuse not to do work, but when she should actually be concerned about low birth weight and early delivery. She has never pulled any of the " I can’t sweep. mop, ect because I am pregnant" on me because i would call her on it as BULLSHIT. I have three kids and i worked the entire time i was pregnant. She does it with workers who are younger and don’t actually see this as a way to sit on her ass while they work.
jorel – Her boss knows that she isn’t doing her job. She hasn’t been able to make labor since July. Other people ( myself included ) have been offered the management position both before and after she took it. My reason for declining : I like my family and I don’t want the hours or the responsibilty that a manager should have.
This is what we in the corporate world call “stabbing someone in the back”. Basically, you call the area manager and tell him that this idiot manager hasn’t shown up yet but you are there getting shit done. You look like the big hero because you are doing your job and then some.
The goal here is to make sure the area manager knows you are doing your job and more while the manager is useless and skipping work. Believe me, the area manager has no desire to pay some woman to not manage the store.
Yup, your boss is an idiot. Discussing her paycheques with ANYbody else?!? That is simply not done between any levels of employees, and especially not from manager to employee. In the temping world (and many others), discussing salaries gets you FIRED! This makes her an idiot even without all the other stuff.
Yeah, she’s an idiot for all the other stunts she pulls, too, but as has been mentioned here before, (to paraphrase), take advantage of me once, shame on you, take advantage of me twice, shame on me.
Quit saving her ass. If she asks you to call the manager, though, go ahead. It won’t make her look any better to have her employee call her immediate boss to say she’s out.
(Boy. That was a lot of pronouns.)
You could always “forget” to call because you were so busy.
Let us know what happened. You could also call her boss with a question, and when he asks, “Why doesn’t Pregnant Smoking Manager handle it?” you can say, “Oh, she didn’t come in today.”