Author Topic: [Rant] I think I now have a reason to be worried about my work situation  (Read 1465 times)

Normally I try not to have more than one thread about real life problems on the first page at once, but this takes cake.

I don't know what you guys know, but I've been working two part-time jobs while also being a full-time college student. I'm making a killing in paychecks which is nice, but I just don't have free time anymore aside from late at night (it's 12:23AM as I type this anecdote). Over spring break, I did not change my schedule at all and ended up working 62 hours in that week alone.

[Rant paragraph] Now I've been getting a lot of heat from my original general manager (Hardee's) who is always wanting me to work every waking moment that I'm not in class or working at Walgreens across the street, and I've so far just been putting up with it. For example, between tomorrow afternoon and Sunday night, I'm working 24 hours in a fast food restaurant taking orders on drive thru and I'm making minimum wage with no raises in the 9 months to the date that I've worked there. Clearly I'm not well respected by the GM despite being one of only three team members who can effectively work the drive thru at all. On top of that, the assistant managers are either overbearing and bossy, or else laidback and lazy. At that point, I'm effectively running the whole centerpost of the restaurant by myself (with a cook making the food of course) so my drive thru time is never very good (taking as much as five to seven minutes to push cars from menu board to away from drive window, which is considered very slow). The job is also getting extremely stressful to the point that I'm having hallucinations at night (See: Previous Topic), getting irrationally angry at work to the point that I'm being borderline rude to customers, and feeling more and more antisocial to coworkers that I previously had no issues with.

That last paragraph actually turned out to be a pointless rant that has nothing to do with my new problem. Today, I was closing up the store and Walgreens and the shift leader asked me when my general manager at Hardee's is usually at the restaurant. Mistaking her request for genuine curiosity, I basically outlined my GM's entire usual work schedule. I started to walk away when she then followed up with, "Okay thanks, because I'm going to need to call her."

I reeled back a bit in my mind trying to imagine why she would possibly want to contact my general manager at my other job. I still have no idea. What has me worried is that my GM at Hardee's tends to have a hostility towards my job at Walgreens that I only picked up because I was getting next to no hours at Hardee's. As soon as she heard I got another job, she immediately starts bombarding me with hours that are harming my academic performance and has me rushing around spending gallons and gallons of gas commuting all over the place on short notice (See: Another Thread). I'm kind of worried about what could happen if she gets contacted by Walgreens because of a matter regarding me. I'm very certain that I won't lose my job at Hardee's since we are so horrendously short staffed that it's not even funny, but I'm definitely worried about some sort of confrontation, snide remarks, or further competition between my jobs trying to win me over (e.g. getting new shirts from Hardee's, getting raises at Walgreens, offers for more employment and both locations, etc have all happened).

If something negative arises from this, I'm probably going to cash in my two week's notice at Hardee's to quit my job. I really don't want to do that because there are people there who I really love to hang around who I could almost call my "squad" (definitely more friendly to them than anyone in my entire high school "career") plus I'm going to feel terrible leaving after we are already extremely short staffed due to many other "long-time" employees have split in just the past couple months, but I simply can't take anymore brash behavior at work.

why didn't you just ask your walgreens shift leader why she wanted to talk to your hardees gm?

loving leave that bitch

you don't need any starfish boss in your life

I'd leave Hardees. I personally wouldn't find the extra cash worth the added stress. Plus couldn't you add more hours to your job at Walgreens? You probably won't be making quite as much money, but still.

ik this isn't the main point of your post and all but holy stuff, 62 hours per week?

that's almost as much as a factory worker in china jesus

at least you'll get a better job working if the two jobs try to fight over you and try bribing you

Nothing seems to have went down and I don't know if any sort of call was ever made between my work places. However, my GM at Hardee's and I were small-talking and Walgreens came up, and she asked out of curiosity how much I was making there. When I told her $9/hour, her eyes widened and she said, "Well I think I better give you a raise!" Her saying that didn't improve my mood at all considering that she frequently says things and doesn't do them until months later. Even if she did adjust my pay, a raise in a fast food restaurant is going to be nothing substantial. I'm pretty sure the assistant managers at Hardee's only get paid nine something an hour so I'm clearly not going to make as much as them.

The only reason that I haven't put in my two weeks is that there is one person there who I've been really attached to at work and been talking with about work problems, and she's always saying that I shouldn't put in my two weeks just yet and to just see how it goes from here. My line is very thin, and if more controversial things continue happening or the one girl leaves Hardee's, I'm putting in my two weeks because I'd have no reason to keep working there. The one girl is looking into getting an accounting job and a guy walked in to interview her for the job and the GM practically skittered out to the front and started telling him off saying that he's trying to steal her employees.

I'd leave Hardees. I personally wouldn't find the extra cash worth the added stress. Plus couldn't you add more hours to your job at Walgreens? You probably won't be making quite as much money, but still.

Right now, I'm only working 15 hours a week at Walgreens which is nowhere near enough for me at the moment. When I was hired, I asked if there was a possibility of increasing hours at all to which there wasn't much opportunity. I'm sure I could throw in another day per week, but that still seems a little cloudy. I'm probably going to bring it up with a manager if the subject comes up.

ik this isn't the main point of your post and all but holy stuff, 62 hours per week?

that's almost as much as a factory worker in china jesus

My mom is pissed off lol. She's telling me a couple times a week that I should put in my two weeks at Hardee's but I'm continuing to hold back due to uncertainty. The 62 hours was the most that I've ever worked in a week, and I did not work more than 40 at any one place so I still don't get full time benefits. This week, I've worked only around 49 hours.

at least you'll get a better job working if the two jobs try to fight over you and try bribing you

This is literally what seems to be happening, but it's still stressful nevertheless. Due to being short staffed at Hardee's on a constant basis, I'm sure that if I tried to put in my two weeks, my GM would start hurling opportunities and benefits at me trying to keep me there, but that her attitude towards me would continue to go sour.

quit both jobs and become a male stripper

it really seems like you need to quit the Hardee's job. cut the problem off at the source, yeah? you just need to rip it off like a Band-Aid.

you're only hurting yourself by staying, really. your GM sounds obsessive

You definitely need to quit Hardee's.
I know that Walgreens doesn't give you enough hours, but you need to stop and prioritise.

What is more important to you.
Your income, or your mental/social health and your academic progress?

Because at the moment you're harming the latter.
That much is evident just by how many times you've had to vent here.
Take a punch to your income, tighten the purse strings a little, focus more on school, and have some fun.

You are far too young to be getting this stressed out over work. Especially work on the bottom rung of a part time job that is not going to be your future.

I really don't want to do that because there are people there who I really love to hang around who I could almost call my "squad" (definitely more friendly to them than anyone in my entire high school "career")

It's not like you're miles away from them; your other job is right there.


I'm going to feel terrible leaving after we are already extremely short staffed due to many other "long-time" employees have split in just the past couple months, but I simply can't take anymore brash behavior at work.

If many other long-time employees have left, it might be a sign that this is a stuffty place to work and you might want to leave before investing more of your livelyhood into a company that has no plans to reciprocate.

I'd have to completely agree with dooble.  He said it exactly the way that I would say it.  :P

Well I will inevitably be leaving hardees and walgreens in the near future assuming I move out of state this coming fall. I either stick it out a couple more months to keep my work experience looking good or I quit now and start making less overall.

It's not like you're miles away from them; your other job is right there.

This is a good point as I go over to hardees almost every time I'm on break at Walgreens just to eat salad and talk to people. I'm not on terrible terms with anyone there, but I'm on less than ideal terms with my GM and one of the assistant managers (she got reported for being standoffish and rude to me in the past). I just need to decide on whether or not a few recurring problems with managers is a good reason to quit a job.

Double post but relevant, one of the main reasons that I'm doing two jobs is so I can replace my problematic car before I leave for university. If I only work at Walgreens on low hours, I won't be saving very much at all.

Act like you're going to quit Hardee's and try to milk as many benefits out of it as you can. That's how I got my last raise.

During my rather unfortunate leave of absence, I've since managed to milk a raise out of Hardee's which I should see on my next paycheck in two weeks. I'm also getting an ever so slight decrease in hours, working only 6 on Friday and 7 on Saturday.