RANT ON
Well, it seems the security company i worked for since June is now no longer going to be getting my services, after yet another dicking over..
First one came back in August, where just as i was getting back from Gencon last year, i started noticing that the following week, listed me with Nothing pending for assignments. When i inquired as to why, i got the runaround for a few hours, then finally someone mentioned to me that i had a 'complaint' from a worker at the store i was doing my job at. They had pulled me from that shift and was trying to figure where else to stick me.
Apparently cause it's contract work, if a customer complains to the agency who contracts out to us, we don't get to challenge the complaint, let alone find out who/what/where of that complaint.
So they moved me to a different store, and i had some overnights elsewhere.. :blueangry: :blueangry:
2nd dicking over came when i had a week with lots of hours, but as it was 'under 2 different contracts', it was NOT computed as overtime pay for the almost 35 hrs i had over the 40 hrs regular week. Instead it was split into those 2 contracts (even though i work For the security company, They are not the ones managing the hours, its the agency(s) we contract too)... That meant the pay was split into one check of 35 hrs for 'company 1' and 40.5 hrs for 'contracted company 2'.. Now after checking in with the local labor laws that still smarted, but seemed in accordance with how contract work is...
BUT then the check from that company seemed to get lost in the mail for almost 2 weeks. Eventually they cancelled THAT check and issued me a 2nd one. BUT i got hit for the $30 buck cancellation fee...??!?! 8O 8O
Third one was very recent, as on Xmas, i was still slated by the contract to be at the 'fabric store' where i work even though they are closed on Xmas.. BY the contract and as per one of my boss ladies, i just show up, call in, and get 'paid' for a contracted min of 4 hrs at time and a half since it was a holiday.. Well i still have not seen THAT portion of the paycheck, as somehow the payroll lady screwed up and issued THAT day's check to someone else even though the office DID confirm with me that i was there, and I was the one who sent in the payroll required Time sheet via my email..
Now comes the last one.. Today i showed up at work, only to find another guard already there. He was called in supposedly at the last minute, and i was supposed to have been called yesterday by the office (NO call, no voice mail, no email no and) to be told i am no longer working that post.. All cause yet again, someone (No info on who or what), complained to corporate, and like the first issue above, i have NO capacity to challenge it etc..
After talking to the main office, i felt i was getting a massive screw job, and even though THEY tried to make sure i understood i was not fired, i just need to be patient to get reassigned to another location, i would need at least a day to think this over to see if i still wish to even work FOR them, after all the dick overs i have had..
Now i have had almost 3 hrs to somewhat calm down, i am still going with my gut and i will be sending in an email to the main office, tendering my resignation. Pity even at only $9.50 an hr it was still a somewhat cushy job, just standing around (much like walmart greeters) and walking the post. BUT i can't stand the level of asshattery they seem to show employees..
Luckily when i was in our local library, i got to chatting with Their security guard, who did seem to indicate that the library system is looking to hire... So if i wish to stay with security work, i have a good out to go to..
Rant over...
Well, it seems the security company i worked for since June is now no longer going to be getting my services, after yet another dicking over..
First one came back in August, where just as i was getting back from Gencon last year, i started noticing that the following week, listed me with Nothing pending for assignments. When i inquired as to why, i got the runaround for a few hours, then finally someone mentioned to me that i had a 'complaint' from a worker at the store i was doing my job at. They had pulled me from that shift and was trying to figure where else to stick me.
Apparently cause it's contract work, if a customer complains to the agency who contracts out to us, we don't get to challenge the complaint, let alone find out who/what/where of that complaint.
So they moved me to a different store, and i had some overnights elsewhere.. :blueangry: :blueangry:
2nd dicking over came when i had a week with lots of hours, but as it was 'under 2 different contracts', it was NOT computed as overtime pay for the almost 35 hrs i had over the 40 hrs regular week. Instead it was split into those 2 contracts (even though i work For the security company, They are not the ones managing the hours, its the agency(s) we contract too)... That meant the pay was split into one check of 35 hrs for 'company 1' and 40.5 hrs for 'contracted company 2'.. Now after checking in with the local labor laws that still smarted, but seemed in accordance with how contract work is...
BUT then the check from that company seemed to get lost in the mail for almost 2 weeks. Eventually they cancelled THAT check and issued me a 2nd one. BUT i got hit for the $30 buck cancellation fee...??!?! 8O 8O
Third one was very recent, as on Xmas, i was still slated by the contract to be at the 'fabric store' where i work even though they are closed on Xmas.. BY the contract and as per one of my boss ladies, i just show up, call in, and get 'paid' for a contracted min of 4 hrs at time and a half since it was a holiday.. Well i still have not seen THAT portion of the paycheck, as somehow the payroll lady screwed up and issued THAT day's check to someone else even though the office DID confirm with me that i was there, and I was the one who sent in the payroll required Time sheet via my email..
Now comes the last one.. Today i showed up at work, only to find another guard already there. He was called in supposedly at the last minute, and i was supposed to have been called yesterday by the office (NO call, no voice mail, no email no and) to be told i am no longer working that post.. All cause yet again, someone (No info on who or what), complained to corporate, and like the first issue above, i have NO capacity to challenge it etc..
After talking to the main office, i felt i was getting a massive screw job, and even though THEY tried to make sure i understood i was not fired, i just need to be patient to get reassigned to another location, i would need at least a day to think this over to see if i still wish to even work FOR them, after all the dick overs i have had..
Now i have had almost 3 hrs to somewhat calm down, i am still going with my gut and i will be sending in an email to the main office, tendering my resignation. Pity even at only $9.50 an hr it was still a somewhat cushy job, just standing around (much like walmart greeters) and walking the post. BUT i can't stand the level of asshattery they seem to show employees..
Luckily when i was in our local library, i got to chatting with Their security guard, who did seem to indicate that the library system is looking to hire... So if i wish to stay with security work, i have a good out to go to..
Rant over...
Too old to get a job instantly when there are hundreds (in that local area) of younger people vying for that job/position, as well. Plus, persona has had numerous health issues ---- heart bypass surgeries; diabetes; high blood pressure; and sleep apnea on the major list; kidney stones on the manageable minor list.. 
why complain about work? the employers obviously had a good reason to do what they did (only a Communist™ would think otherwise)
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