The Rant Thread

[mooby]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

I'm pissed.

I go to school full-time and work part time and I depend on my 16 hours a week to pay my bills (I live with my parents, so I don't have many bills). Well after the labor day holiday, they cut my hours down to 12 a week. Okay... Not great but I can live off of that. Now as of next week I'm down to 6 hours a week. 6. Wtf? I might as well live off the government, at least I can bleed them for more money than some measly $50 a week after taxes.

Fuck you Petsmart.

My first question was gonna be I assume you work in retail, until you said f you Petsmart. I worked at a couple retail stores for a bit and it was maddening working with uncertainty towards my hours. I mean I was getting mad hours during the holiday season, (at Toys R Us I was getting 2-4 hours of overtime depending on how late I stayed, for a couple weeks I was averaging 50 hours (right after Thanksgiving, naturally) and then as soon as January came they told me they were going to keep me but hours would go down slightly.

Well I quit that job about a month later after I realized my 6 hours a week weren't going to get any better (for the entire month they only made me work 4 am to 10 am on a Sat., and all my coworkers hours were exactly the same). I started planning to quit after they told me hours usually pick up around April-June, f if I was gonna wait a few months on my meager salary to stay at the joint after busting ass during the holiday season.

Basically I'd say your better off getting a part time job at some place where hours don't vary based on what their sales are. I'm in the restaurant equipment biz right now and even though my job ain't the safest, it's easier knowing regardless of how busy we get I'll still be working 7:30 to 4 Mon-Fri, and still have the opportunity for overtime if my boss lets me come in early.