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Jun. 4th, 2007 11:13 pmI'm not afraid of losing my job. I don't see it as being in jeopardy; I'm bloody good at what I do, quick, logical and efficient and my displays look GOOD. And I'm not being conceited, I'm just pointing out that when you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. And not many people take pride in their jobs like I do, like my mum and Jan do, like Rachel does. That's like a quarter of our staff.
It just is really hard to be working in a job where every week the figures come up -£3000 compared to the same week last year. Or -£4000, or -£2500, but that's a huge chunk considering we take at the moment about £25,000 a week.
Last Friday one of the owners came over and told us we had to cut down the wage bill even further because the takings aren't good enough. As it is we can't cover anyone's holidays, we have to suffer on minus a person. So Natalie and Julie both went from full time hours to working just three days a week each.
I pointed out VERY quietly to mum and Jan that on assisstant manager wage right now I currently make a lot more. If I were to go back to my regular wage (take into account that I'm not even on minimum wage yet because I'm not 21), I'd stand to lose about £60 per week. Which would be great for their wage bill, but not so great for me.
They both told me to keep my mouth firmly shut in that respect. And I know I'd still end up doing the job anyway so it'd be pointless. Not that I'd expect them to tell me to give it up. The store has always had two managers and an assisstant manager because it's a large shop, and now it's one manager and two assisstant managers.
And we all know we're doing nothing wrong. We're ordering the stock we need, we're getting it all out, the shop looks nice and tidy and displayed well. Steve and Colin say it everytime they come over. It's nothing any of us are doing wrong, people just aren't spending the money this year.
But then, I said that at Christmas. It started way back then. The interest rate is ballooning, which is great for my savings accounts and my ISA and blahblahblah, but crap for my job.
Like I said, I won't lose my job. It's just frustrating to be working there right now, and gives you an icky feeling knowing if things get worse that someone you work with will be out of a job.
I think our economy is about due a complete falling apart. I'd hardly be surprised. Every other advert on TV is for a loan. Nobody has any money, nobody can control their spending habits, and nobody can afford all the crap they just have to have, like SatNav and Plasma-screen TVs and I don't know, SWIMMING POOLS.
Even with this week off I know it's there to go back to. It's horrible to feel like you're doing wrong somewhere, somehow. I bet Colin and Steve are about ready to off themselves considering it's their chain of shops and across the board they're losing money every week. It's not us, or them, it's just this country. It's fucked up.
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Luckily my kittens are adorable and make everything better. I must pull so many squishy 'aw' faces watching them. I wonder if this is what it's like to have children and be all proud of them ;)
It just is really hard to be working in a job where every week the figures come up -£3000 compared to the same week last year. Or -£4000, or -£2500, but that's a huge chunk considering we take at the moment about £25,000 a week.
Last Friday one of the owners came over and told us we had to cut down the wage bill even further because the takings aren't good enough. As it is we can't cover anyone's holidays, we have to suffer on minus a person. So Natalie and Julie both went from full time hours to working just three days a week each.
I pointed out VERY quietly to mum and Jan that on assisstant manager wage right now I currently make a lot more. If I were to go back to my regular wage (take into account that I'm not even on minimum wage yet because I'm not 21), I'd stand to lose about £60 per week. Which would be great for their wage bill, but not so great for me.
They both told me to keep my mouth firmly shut in that respect. And I know I'd still end up doing the job anyway so it'd be pointless. Not that I'd expect them to tell me to give it up. The store has always had two managers and an assisstant manager because it's a large shop, and now it's one manager and two assisstant managers.
And we all know we're doing nothing wrong. We're ordering the stock we need, we're getting it all out, the shop looks nice and tidy and displayed well. Steve and Colin say it everytime they come over. It's nothing any of us are doing wrong, people just aren't spending the money this year.
But then, I said that at Christmas. It started way back then. The interest rate is ballooning, which is great for my savings accounts and my ISA and blahblahblah, but crap for my job.
Like I said, I won't lose my job. It's just frustrating to be working there right now, and gives you an icky feeling knowing if things get worse that someone you work with will be out of a job.
I think our economy is about due a complete falling apart. I'd hardly be surprised. Every other advert on TV is for a loan. Nobody has any money, nobody can control their spending habits, and nobody can afford all the crap they just have to have, like SatNav and Plasma-screen TVs and I don't know, SWIMMING POOLS.
Even with this week off I know it's there to go back to. It's horrible to feel like you're doing wrong somewhere, somehow. I bet Colin and Steve are about ready to off themselves considering it's their chain of shops and across the board they're losing money every week. It's not us, or them, it's just this country. It's fucked up.
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Luckily my kittens are adorable and make everything better. I must pull so many squishy 'aw' faces watching them. I wonder if this is what it's like to have children and be all proud of them ;)