Wondering if you all would be praying for a work related situation... bottom line is that we really need more staff and fast.
When I was taken off nights, they thought they had the nights covered. Within a week of me being off nights, the one replacing me wasn't showing up for scheduled shifts and hasn't been completing the assigned work. They pulled another full time girl from days to do the night shift... she agreed to it. She worked one night shift and hasn't been back for any of her scheduled shifts - hasn't called in or shown up.
At 11:00 pm the evening staff wants go home - who can blame them. Last Thursday, they left our baker to work by herself (which is illegal - for one person to be in the building with the doors still open but she couldn't even lock the doors) to do all the counter work (and there's a lot) and her bake (again a lot of work to do). Friday night... same thing, the girl didn't show up but one of the evening students volunteered to stay and do a double (so he wouldn't have to work Saturday).
Last night (after I had taken a muscle relaxer for my back) a co-worker called me at 11:30 begging me to go to work... same thing different day. I couldn't go because I was a zombie (I got off the phone and cried like a baby because I felt so bad for him - he too was doing a double because he didn't go in the night before and because of the staff shifting had to do a double because they needed the supervisor). He had no one to call. He called the store owner (who later flipped out) and they eventually found someone to go in.
I do not want to go back to working nights BUT I did go to the assistant manager and told her that as much as I don't want to do anymore nights, I will do them until they find someone else who is reliable. Praise the Lord, she just hired someone who wants to work nights but we still need more staff for the day shift (we're down at least three people for days - probably more if I stopped to count it right).
We really need to hire reliable people who want to work - and back ups for all shifts. I really do like my job (although there are some days...) but when we work with bare basics (right now we have no coverage if and when there is a sick call) the stress is unreal, emotions run high (dare I say on extreme) and it becomes a miserable environment to work in.
While this seems like a petty or even stupid request, we really need more people to work with.
When I was taken off nights, they thought they had the nights covered. Within a week of me being off nights, the one replacing me wasn't showing up for scheduled shifts and hasn't been completing the assigned work. They pulled another full time girl from days to do the night shift... she agreed to it. She worked one night shift and hasn't been back for any of her scheduled shifts - hasn't called in or shown up.
At 11:00 pm the evening staff wants go home - who can blame them. Last Thursday, they left our baker to work by herself (which is illegal - for one person to be in the building with the doors still open but she couldn't even lock the doors) to do all the counter work (and there's a lot) and her bake (again a lot of work to do). Friday night... same thing, the girl didn't show up but one of the evening students volunteered to stay and do a double (so he wouldn't have to work Saturday).
Last night (after I had taken a muscle relaxer for my back) a co-worker called me at 11:30 begging me to go to work... same thing different day. I couldn't go because I was a zombie (I got off the phone and cried like a baby because I felt so bad for him - he too was doing a double because he didn't go in the night before and because of the staff shifting had to do a double because they needed the supervisor). He had no one to call. He called the store owner (who later flipped out) and they eventually found someone to go in.
I do not want to go back to working nights BUT I did go to the assistant manager and told her that as much as I don't want to do anymore nights, I will do them until they find someone else who is reliable. Praise the Lord, she just hired someone who wants to work nights but we still need more staff for the day shift (we're down at least three people for days - probably more if I stopped to count it right).
We really need to hire reliable people who want to work - and back ups for all shifts. I really do like my job (although there are some days...) but when we work with bare basics (right now we have no coverage if and when there is a sick call) the stress is unreal, emotions run high (dare I say on extreme) and it becomes a miserable environment to work in.
While this seems like a petty or even stupid request, we really need more people to work with.
