Despite getting up early today I still had a good work day. That was until I looked at the schedule two weeks ahead and saw that they want to train me to do yet another thing. To work a cash register. This is where I draw the line.
For the last couple years we have been getting deliberately understaffed in almost every single department. Instead of keeping or hiring more cashiers they have been grabbing people from all over the store to come down and check for them. Which makes it real fun trying to get ANY work done whatsoever. Now they’re making it mandatory for every single person in the entire store. What’s funny is that a friend of ours that moved to another store in Oregon told us that they don’t follow the same rules. This is all taking place at the local level. Doesn’t seem so mandatory after all, does it?
So now I’ve once again been thrust into something that I don’t want to do, and I only know because I read the schedule. As usual my employers are failures at communicating information like this to me or anyone else. You would think after working there for almost five years I would get a little more respect than that. But then again they have made it clear that the only way I’ll be getting a raise of any kind would be if state minimum wages go up… It’s time to move on. As it is I’ve been looking at the new store opening up, plus jobs are opening up elsewhere in town. I think I can do far better elsewhere.
They have trained me to order and work bread without even consulting me, they have trained me to work bakery without consulting me, they have trained me to work the nutrition center (that one they did give me a heads up about though, and I really didn’t mind), and other odd things. I would rather push fucking carts and clean toilets than use a cash register. I’m sorry… It’s not that I don’t trust myself around money, it’s that I trust no one else. Not to mention that lately it seems like I haven’t been able to get any work done between being called away from what I’m doing constantly and not getting any coverage from other people because they’re either off doing what I’m doing or out filling in for a cashier. It’s pretty bad when one of our guys spends 5 hours of his 9 hour shift cashiering and not doing his job with the rest of us. If I get trained to cashier I already know even less work will get done. You can stretch a rubberband only so far until it snaps, which I’m about to.
And again, they don’t pay me enough to give a damn. Real cashiers get paid more than me, and they want me to get trained so they can call me out there at any given moment for minimum wage? Fuck that noise… If this is the new standard then I’ll put in my two weeks notice and go elsewhere. I’m fine on money right now, I’ve tucked enough away to keep myself safe while job hunting.
I have a good rep and a great track record. I’ll have no problem finding a new job. Plus I’ve stated before that if prompted to cashier train I would give my notice. They told me they thought I was bluffing, it’s time to prove them wrong.
