So....I have been at my "new" job for about a week now...and guess what?? I HATE IT. The job is NOT what I was led to believe, and I am being underpaid to do it. 50+ hr weeks are the norm. Go in 6 am 'ish.. leave 5:30-6 pm.... They are chronically understaffed, there is no formal training program, the computer system they use is extremely confusing and all this for $10,000 less per year than I made at XYZ Asshole Company. My new company, which will from here on shall be called U.S. Jackass Company, is stupid in a whole OTHER dimension that I never though possible. I found out that almost everyone in the dept is there 5 months to 2 years...you know why??? HIGH TURNOVER...no one wants to deal with their BS for a job that pays peanuts. Lord help me...I need it!!!!I need to hit the lotto...that is the ONLY way out of this mess I am now stuck in. Jobs are so hard to come by..and now I am stuck in a really crappy one. DAMN!
FINALLY.. 3 weeks after the desk was purchased, it arrived at my house last nite. Of course it didn't just arrive without any aggravation. It just so happens that I called Office Max yesterday to inquire about my desk, as no one from there had even bothered to follow up with me to let me know when it would be available....and when I called, to my amazement they informed me that it was to be delivered that day....between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm. Of course they had no specific time of delivery. As it happens, the same freight company was to deliver it, so I called them to find out when the driver was going to be in my area. She told me between 1pm and 3pm. At 4 pm, there was still no desk. I called the freight carrier and got an answering machine..so I thought I was S.O.L. My husband called the Office Max customer service line and got the usual song and dance about them needing 24 to 48 hrs to get a trace done on the package. At 6:30 pm I get a call from the driver, asking if it's still ok for him to deliver the desk that late...I was more than thrilled to get it, so I told him yes. He got to my house at 7 pm.I am still curious to know if any of the idiots at Office Max will even follow up with us to make sure that we indeed received the desk... however, I believe it's more likely that they still have their heads up their asses and don't know what the hell happened. As for the complaint letter I sent to corporate, I am not holding my breath about anyone ever contacting me about the poor customer service. My thought is that they are well aware of how terrible it is, and have absolutely no intention of correcting it. I am putting on the record that I will NEVER buy ONE ITEM...not even a pen - from Office Max ever again. They do not deserve my business and patronage.That's it and that's all....
So it's 4 days before Christmas, and I am officially on my "vacation" from work. Work has been pretty bad lately...so I am very glad to not be there for the next 11 days. I am compelled to write about how much I hate that miserable place. It's a place that I have worked for 12 years. Every year I tell myself, it's bound to be better...it can't possibly get worse can it? Yet, somehow, it gets worse. I can't even begin to chronicle all of the injustices I have suffered at the hand of XYZ Asshole Company. They are the evil incarnate. Let's just put it this way...at the end of the year when MOST companies reward their employees with a Christmas or End of Year Bonus, a Christmas Party and gifts, XYZ Asshole Company does none of those things. We get a song and dance about how WELL the company did this year- oh yes, it is a BILLION dollar company- and their gift to us is a mini jar of M&M's with the company's logo on it- incidentally, it is the SAME gift they mailed out to the customers anyway. So, it's not REALLY a gift now is it? It's a WRITE off. They host a "luncheon" on site for the "holiday" during the work day, which ensures both that it is going to be only an hour, and also that no one leaves for lunch, thus ensuring that more work can be accomplished. There are no Christmas parties, no bonuses, no gifts. We get ZIPPO and yet they continue to BRAG about how WELL the company did this year, and how "lucky" we are to work there. Yesterday I had my year end review (a joke of a process I assure you) and I am given the typical "you are a great part of our team, you do an exemplary job, etc." Yet, they won't give me a raise. It's been 3 years with no raise...they decided to cap my pay and not allow for cost of living increases. Now anyone living in the USA today KNOWS that the past 2-3 years have been BRUTAL for cost of living, and if the pay isn't keeping up with it, then you are actually falling behind in your bills by working there. Basically they don't care..because bottom line, they WANT to keep downsizing, keeping the profits for the multi-millionaire owner so he can buy another $20 million dollar penthouse in a major city. The owner of this company is a RAT. He's a rat, plain and simple... I had this experience with him just yesterday....I was coming into my building where I work, laden down with the usual junk I carry with me everyday: Purse, tote bag, lunch tote, keys, and coffee, carrying my access card in my teeth b/c I have no more hands to hold it. As I struggle to get the door open with my foot and my butt... I hear.. "Hold the door please." And it's CEO Asshole! I paste on a fake grin and hold the door. He runs up to me and says "You just saved my life, thanks." and I said "Oh you know someone would have come along and let you in the door." He tells me, "Oh, I have my card... My hands are so FULL." I look down at his hands...he is holding a bottle of water in one hand, and wallet and keys in the other. I have all of the aforementioned things, PLUS I am holding the door open with my ass....This ASSHOLE proceeds to walk past me and doesn't offer to hold the door open for me...just walks past and goes "Have a nice day!" This guy deserves the Asshole of the year award in my book. I mean REALLY... How can anyone have so few manners???? Just because I don't have his money doesn't automatically make me his SERVANT. That is the DISTINCT feeling that I got when he brushed past me. Gee, I should have held out my hand for a tip....I know this is a rant...I can't help myself! I am so furiously ANGRY at the way I have been treated at the hands of XYZ Asshole Company. I have been searching for a job for a LONG time and so far nothing that is suitable has come along. I can't afford to work somewhere for LESS money...but the way things are now, I can't afford to stay there either!!!I PRAY every day that something good can happen to me...I totally feel beat up by life lately and I need a sign that good things are in store for me. I need to get away from XYZ Asshole Company...the stress of being there sucks the life out of me and it's probably keeping me from getting pregnant...So I am putting this out there to the entire Cosmos... HELP ME!! Inspire me! Give me the winning lotto numbers! Something!!!That's it and that's all.......
