I am slowly but surely losing love for this company. I manage the supply closet. And the employees get all of their supplies for free, they even get free tissue. But with their attitudes you would think they were owed everything they get. This is the only company I have ever worked for who treats their employees that well,
ley alone just gave things away to their employees, and yet these people have no grip on reality and don't realise how good they have it here. They steal from other employees if I don't have what they need, and they always take waaay more than what they need. They steal supplies for their kid's for school, some even steal supplies for their own side businesses.
Me: your friendly hormonal 6 week, 5 days (as of this post) preggo switchboard opperator/supply monkey
HL: headphone lady
NB: nice boss (or so I thought)
BCW: blonde CW
AL: agency lady
IB: Invisible boss, a woman I have never met who is apparently over my whole dept. She's a bitch
CC: Crazy caller
RS: red shirt, an employee for "big company"
BL: box lady, employee who is mailing stuff
Headphone Lady and the Email of Doom
I am working away when the HL, comes to my desk, obviously in a bad mood, I get major attitude from the moment she walks up to me.
HL: I need 40 headphones for a class
Me: explains how she has to order them, and the only ones I have in my posession are broken
HL: that takes too long, I want them now
Me: lather, rinse repeat
HL: (getting irate and talking over me) BLARG BLARG I WANT HEADPHONES
Me: Ma'am I am not arguing with you, I have told you twice how to get headphones. This is company policy.
Hl smug look) are you having a bad day (phrase that preceeds something awful, cause you know if you arent, they are about to make you have one)
Me: No
HL (sneer) Thank you, I will go do what I have to do (I should have known right then what she was "going to do")
Later that day....
NB amd BCW, who is supposed to releive me for my lunch break, make me wait almost half an hour late for my break, then come up and stand on either side of my chair, almost like I am being surrounded.
NB: Accountingslave, did you get a headphone request from HL today?
Me: yes, why
NB: shows me an email this female decided to be cute and send to every single member of management in the building because she could not find out who my boss was...that's about 200 to 300 people. It's full of lies that makes her look like an innocent victim and me like an evil bitch....OVER FREAKING HEADPHONES.
NB and BCW proceed to rip me a new butthole about how bad I am as an employee and how these freeloaders are "our customers" (um...no. They are not customers until they give me money for the supplies they take. If you get something for free then whine like a little bitch, then you are just a little bitch). Ydda yadda, they are always right and I must kiss their asses even if they treat me like a pile of dog poo they just stepped in, if we do not have something I must produce it from thin air. Then, to add insult to injury, they make me write down everything they just said word for word, and pin it to my corkboard to show that I was "trained inthe proper procedure".
The next day I go to work, and IB has forwarded the incident to my agency that I am under contract with (I am a contractor for "big company"). And THEY rip me a third butthole. I won't have any problems pooping or pushing this baby out now! After this, I am at the point where I am so stressed out that I am cramping (not good for pregnant women in their 1st trimester). I feel betrayed and shat upon. I almost quit right then. But I am not going to give them the satisfaction. If they want to fire me, they will just have to fire me. Then I will go be a WAHM (I am working towards getting my insurance liscense and being an independent agent. I am also a freelance writer).
Mail Envelopes are not in Infinite sizes (Or, I am not a mind reader, lady!)
Yesterday, RS walks up to my little area to get her free supplies and gets mad at me because we don't have binders. Binders are something we only recycle. We never buy them. If we have them, the employees are welcome to them, but if not they are encouraged to go buy their own (as it is with all the other supplies....that goes over real well with them...not!). While she is sulking BL comes up and just stares at me. She doesn't say a word, just stares at me.I am not sure if she is just looking around (cause some people do that) or if she wants something. Most people who want something are not shy about asking for it. At that moment I get a call. I have to answer it, as being on the switchboard is my most important task and I get clocked for my call times. RS looks at me, give a big sigh and tells the lady "I don't work here but I guess I will help you since she is too busy."
I get off the phone and BL finally says "I need a mailing envelope for this package". She shows me a package that I know will be dang near impossible to fit into an envelope. I tell her this, suggest a box and she and RS procees to berate me about not having an envelope. I go into the back (where I hear them making more snide comments) and come out with the biggest Tyvek envelope we have and she says that's not good enough. RS says "Let's just leave, I will help you find something since she is useless." and they go, making nasty comments as they walk away. I am surprised NB and BCW have not ganged up on me about that yet, but I am waiting for the blow to come.
Crazy Caller Woman won't stop calling
Yesterday I also got multiple calls from this one woman. The person she is trying to reach is obviously not available or possibly avoiding the call (don't blame her).
CC: (calling for the umpteenth time) I need *extension* and I don't care if you get mad
ME: excuse me?( transfers call)
CC: (calls back) Go ahead and say what you gotta say to me bitch
Me: Ma'am, all I said was "excuse me", now who were you trying to reach
CC: I want *extension* and you can get an attitude all you want cracker, I'm gonna keep calling until they answer!!
Me: *click* ( I am authorized to hang up on abusive callers, and she was yelling at me from the first call)
She called again later in the day but was much more polite and professional.
I don't know where they pick up some of our employees. Our town has really bad areas called "wards" and sometimes I think they go down there and just point at people on the bus stop and say "Can you read? Good, you're hired!"
If they don't fire me first, I am giving my notice in december so I can be home with the baby when it is born, plus I don't feel like hauling my big preggo butt in and out of the office all day every day.
I just think it is interesting that they had no issue with me until it became common knowledge around the office that I am pregnant. Before that I got glowing reviews from everyone.
ley alone just gave things away to their employees, and yet these people have no grip on reality and don't realise how good they have it here. They steal from other employees if I don't have what they need, and they always take waaay more than what they need. They steal supplies for their kid's for school, some even steal supplies for their own side businesses.
Me: your friendly hormonal 6 week, 5 days (as of this post) preggo switchboard opperator/supply monkey
HL: headphone lady
NB: nice boss (or so I thought)
BCW: blonde CW
AL: agency lady
IB: Invisible boss, a woman I have never met who is apparently over my whole dept. She's a bitch
CC: Crazy caller
RS: red shirt, an employee for "big company"
BL: box lady, employee who is mailing stuff
Headphone Lady and the Email of Doom
I am working away when the HL, comes to my desk, obviously in a bad mood, I get major attitude from the moment she walks up to me.
HL: I need 40 headphones for a class
Me: explains how she has to order them, and the only ones I have in my posession are broken
HL: that takes too long, I want them now
Me: lather, rinse repeat
HL: (getting irate and talking over me) BLARG BLARG I WANT HEADPHONES
Me: Ma'am I am not arguing with you, I have told you twice how to get headphones. This is company policy.
Hl smug look) are you having a bad day (phrase that preceeds something awful, cause you know if you arent, they are about to make you have one)
Me: No
HL (sneer) Thank you, I will go do what I have to do (I should have known right then what she was "going to do")
Later that day....
NB amd BCW, who is supposed to releive me for my lunch break, make me wait almost half an hour late for my break, then come up and stand on either side of my chair, almost like I am being surrounded.
NB: Accountingslave, did you get a headphone request from HL today?
Me: yes, why
NB: shows me an email this female decided to be cute and send to every single member of management in the building because she could not find out who my boss was...that's about 200 to 300 people. It's full of lies that makes her look like an innocent victim and me like an evil bitch....OVER FREAKING HEADPHONES.
NB and BCW proceed to rip me a new butthole about how bad I am as an employee and how these freeloaders are "our customers" (um...no. They are not customers until they give me money for the supplies they take. If you get something for free then whine like a little bitch, then you are just a little bitch). Ydda yadda, they are always right and I must kiss their asses even if they treat me like a pile of dog poo they just stepped in, if we do not have something I must produce it from thin air. Then, to add insult to injury, they make me write down everything they just said word for word, and pin it to my corkboard to show that I was "trained inthe proper procedure".
The next day I go to work, and IB has forwarded the incident to my agency that I am under contract with (I am a contractor for "big company"). And THEY rip me a third butthole. I won't have any problems pooping or pushing this baby out now! After this, I am at the point where I am so stressed out that I am cramping (not good for pregnant women in their 1st trimester). I feel betrayed and shat upon. I almost quit right then. But I am not going to give them the satisfaction. If they want to fire me, they will just have to fire me. Then I will go be a WAHM (I am working towards getting my insurance liscense and being an independent agent. I am also a freelance writer).
Mail Envelopes are not in Infinite sizes (Or, I am not a mind reader, lady!)
Yesterday, RS walks up to my little area to get her free supplies and gets mad at me because we don't have binders. Binders are something we only recycle. We never buy them. If we have them, the employees are welcome to them, but if not they are encouraged to go buy their own (as it is with all the other supplies....that goes over real well with them...not!). While she is sulking BL comes up and just stares at me. She doesn't say a word, just stares at me.I am not sure if she is just looking around (cause some people do that) or if she wants something. Most people who want something are not shy about asking for it. At that moment I get a call. I have to answer it, as being on the switchboard is my most important task and I get clocked for my call times. RS looks at me, give a big sigh and tells the lady "I don't work here but I guess I will help you since she is too busy."
I get off the phone and BL finally says "I need a mailing envelope for this package". She shows me a package that I know will be dang near impossible to fit into an envelope. I tell her this, suggest a box and she and RS procees to berate me about not having an envelope. I go into the back (where I hear them making more snide comments) and come out with the biggest Tyvek envelope we have and she says that's not good enough. RS says "Let's just leave, I will help you find something since she is useless." and they go, making nasty comments as they walk away. I am surprised NB and BCW have not ganged up on me about that yet, but I am waiting for the blow to come.
Crazy Caller Woman won't stop calling
Yesterday I also got multiple calls from this one woman. The person she is trying to reach is obviously not available or possibly avoiding the call (don't blame her).
CC: (calling for the umpteenth time) I need *extension* and I don't care if you get mad
ME: excuse me?( transfers call)
CC: (calls back) Go ahead and say what you gotta say to me bitch
Me: Ma'am, all I said was "excuse me", now who were you trying to reach
CC: I want *extension* and you can get an attitude all you want cracker, I'm gonna keep calling until they answer!!
Me: *click* ( I am authorized to hang up on abusive callers, and she was yelling at me from the first call)
She called again later in the day but was much more polite and professional.
I don't know where they pick up some of our employees. Our town has really bad areas called "wards" and sometimes I think they go down there and just point at people on the bus stop and say "Can you read? Good, you're hired!"
If they don't fire me first, I am giving my notice in december so I can be home with the baby when it is born, plus I don't feel like hauling my big preggo butt in and out of the office all day every day.
I just think it is interesting that they had no issue with me until it became common knowledge around the office that I am pregnant. Before that I got glowing reviews from everyone.
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