chink

Im sat here at work realy pissed off and its two days before crimbo, it started few weeks ago certain people not mucking in talking too you like your nothing, then comes pay day and your 350 quid short of your wage, then they say you might not get it till januarys pay well thats 6weeks away as a long month with been paid early
then come too lock up last night shutters broke on showroom so they was me, rkid (mr broadside), and manager stood in showroom. Anyway all of us had plans crimbo shopping etc, anyway I got told i had too stay im not a key holder oh a manager so why did i have too stay should be down too dick of a boss but because he had plans like we all did i had too stay!

Come in this morning not a thankyou kiss my arse oh anythingn CUNTS im just sick of them walking all over people im close too walking out but have nothing to go to so have too ride the wave.

sorry rant over anybody got any stories like mine

truthordare

Yep. My company decided this year to have a whole new shop grading system which means that all managers get red ringed for a year and then lose a few grand from their salary after the years up (I was lucky my shop does ok so I only lose 1600.00 One manager will lose 5k , they keep us open till 9.30pm when there is no racing so we sit there with no customers for four hours a day and this year they decided to open Christmas eve, even though there is no racing at all (there is an exciting virtual race card though apparently) they make us run promotions on the gaming machines on Saturdays (our busiest day of the week) and then kick our arses if we don't hit targets. They don't provide enough staff to cover the hours that we open so managers end up lone working for at least two hours a day. I am going on maternity leave in April and will be getting another job while I am off, not going back if I can avoid it.

Debs

Eagle

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would not have stayed .. simple as mate .. no matter what your boss or manager says ..
i have a good job but still get treated like crap somedays.
i dont want to be working 14 hour days but it happens ...
you wont get a thank you as they take it for granted ...


last company i worked for i was doing approx 120 hrs a month overtime ...every month

chink

thats harsh, well i was sat here till 8 last night not getting paid and my night ruined. a thankyou would'nt go hurt.
The company is run by a set of monkeys i think, he just said you can go at 12 tmr when i finish at 1 anyway he must be on drugs, well i must be for putting up with it

Elvis

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iirc, if your pay is short, legaly you can demand it in petty cash from cash office/accounts dept. and they have to do it.

RichieST

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All the old farts at my work always moan about their jobs, my boss once said 'so i'll be having your resignation tomorrow then will i?' Deathly silence

Just go down the benifits office, tell them your a 1 legged polish lesbian. They'll give you all the money you could ever want!

chink

where a PLC mate head office in Darlington, and petty cash does'nt come till start of next month

Oranoco

I worked in retail for Lidl and Iceland. Never never again, I now have a career and earn good money. If you want to be treated like a cunt work in retail.

A certain company stiffed me Ł400 when I left. Superglue is a fucker to get out of shutter locks.

MrBroadside

It is a shit place to work, but weve nowt else r kid....

chink

i work in sales fella so its quite anyway, and please dont talk too me about shutters thats why i was here till 8 last night

But i like the idea keep that in mind

chink

shit come back agreed GET OFF MY PHONE

fuzzy

no it hasnt happened to me but i have the balls to tell them no instead of letting them walk all over me.

chink

i called him a cock end if that helps, does'nt help as i live 2min drive from work and he lives 40 mins away

fuzzy

thats much better.
the 2 minutes 40 minutes thing probably makes the difference to be fair although being asked to stay back and being told would get 2 different responces.

collierm

Still with the same company, but on a different customer account. Previous one in the UK was utter shite. People bored as we were remote support, only had to do anything if shit broke. No project work as the Team Leader decided to do it all himself (wanker). So fucking boring it was unreal, treated like a monkey. Upped sticks in June, moved to a new country, new account (same service provider), much better pay, weather and job interaction.

If you hate something enough, there is always a way out, why work for cunts, life is too short.

chink

your right there fuzzy been asked would have been nice but been told well your staying i have things to do is different and a thankyou this morning would have been great

xrsi

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put a nicely worded letter as a greevance into the head of the H/R dept at head office.... put your point forward etc being concise and also to the point without waffle.

but yeah worked for a really shit company and fucked them off, they tried making me re apply for my job when i had been certified as being off sick by GP, so got a new job and quoted the HR bosses words to him in my exit interview after he tried to say i had let the company down after they had been "so good to me keeping me on" he tried saying that wasnt true so told him polietly and firmly i think you will find that you said that on such and such a day and it is verytry, so he had to try and make him self not look wrong by backing down and saying well it may be 90% try... my boss was backing me and was chucckling behind a bit of paper in the interview! was quality! the hr bloke expected me to be sheepish and meek... wrong person matey bloke!

Psycho Warren

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chink is your company going under???? Seems a bit suspicious to get your pay that wrong these days with computerised pay systems and then not have the ability to sort it within a few days.

chink

no mate i work for northgate there a big PLC. have 65,000 vehicles in the uk and 84 hire sites in the uk plus some in spain companys got plenty of money

Psycho Warren

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whack in a complaint/grievance. A big company like that has no excuse these days to get pay that wrong. Paid by BACS??? dont take them long to rearrange BACS payments.

Nash_mr2

your paid to work set hours - once youve done those hours your are NOT LEGALLY OBLIGED to stay any longer unless 1) you agree to it, 2) your are Paid an agreed overtime rate and 3) it does not conflict with the WOrking time regulations.

you should have said to your boss, fine, i'll stay behind if your gonna pay me overtime, if not, see you in the morning sir.

I walked out on a job once cos i couldnt be arsed with the shit. I was on the grogery department at Morrisons (my first ever job) and i was stacking mushrooms and the boss was pissing me off, so i said to him right i'm off on my break, see you in a bit. and then i fucked off home never to return, it was payday too lol - best decission i ever made.

chink

im not on a hourly rate as i get a basic then commision on what i sell

tabetha

I left a job because of this sort of thing.
I used to leave East anglia at 5pm on a sunday, get ferry from dover-calais, drive around france/germany/belgium/holland then back to east anglia, did 1850 miles between 5pm sunday and 10am tuesday morning, had wednesday off then again same thing on thursday to sat morning 10 am after another 1850 miles.
This all in a diesel turbo transit, 6 weeks in a row, as he had not employed another driver, man I was shagged out, started halucinating, and the dick of a boss said you are only doing around 5 hours a day, so youre getting well paid, wtf, he did the next trip on his own and crashed the van after falling asleep, serves him right!!
tabetha

studabear

i often thought our firm was bad, but in reality its reasonable

Charlie Chalk

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Yes I have, the Royal Air Force

JamesH

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fuzzy

put it this way, ive not worked for a decent company that actually looked after their guys since 1998. many talk lots but deliver nothing.

chink

yeh mate this company talked the talk, and been a plc you think they would, anyway after crimbo my rs should be back on road they can have company car back im off

fuzzy

big companies are worse in my experience, small family business types tend to look after employees more as theyre on a more personal friendly level.

kellyalfie

you are right there mate big companys big bollocks they dont give a fuck

jjr2k8

company i work for is decent, ive only got crimbo day and boxing day off and booked new years day off (girlfriends birthday dec 31st) but theres only about 12 of us here and everyone is in the same boat, plus its a 24 hour emercency callout we do so the hours are to be expected really