By nattlecakes - 07/04/2015 07:23 - United States - Sacramento

Today, after over six weeks of not getting a single shift at my part time job, I finally went in to meet my new manager. He didn't even know I existed. Apparently my old manager lied and said I quit so they hired someone else. FML
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nattlecakes 19

Alright. OP here. My workplace switched managers due to our store getting a bad rating from corporate and sales basically tanking. He was demoted to a different store and instead decided to quit. I wasn't getting hours before my old manager left either. I had talked to him and he said the ratio with sales versus hours employees are working was out of whack or something along those lines, and since I hadn't been fully trained yet I couldn't run the shop on my own or even with one to two others there since they would have been either doing all the work or they wouldn't have needed me there. Also pretty much very other co worker had been whittled down to only one to three shifts a week other than the supervisors so that was out of my control but things are supposed to change when the new manager comes in. My new manager comes in a few weeks ago and I was still coming in every week to check the schedule. At this point nobody knew that's what my old manager had said. I kept seeing coworkers and talking to them, but never my new manager so I checked to see when he would be in. Inconveniently, just after this new manager transferred to our store he went on a two and a half week vacation (three weeks of work). The day he comes back in I come in and introduce myself and say I would like to discuss hours, and he has the most confused look on his face ever. I punch in my employee number and it says I am no longer employed. That's when we called the owner and figure out what had happened. They said they would call me. That was on Saturday and it's now Tuesday, so i have no idea whether or not I will be getting my job back. Either way I am looking for employment elsewhere since I obviously don't have much stability at my current workplace and the business is suffering badly anyway.

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netflixislove 32

I'm surprised it took you six weeks to go in and ask what was going on.

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_kyleG_ 34

Sounds like your old manager was a shift-y character

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TecheyTim 14

If it takes six weeks for you to ask why you aren't getting any shifts, then you deserve to get replaced.

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zarrganaut 17

Not understanding why you waited so long, but I'd definitely be looking for a new job.

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dark_angel4121 12

That's ground for suing your old manager.

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Hiimhaileypotter 52

No... It's not... It's shitty, yes, but you can't sue someone for being a dick.

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miss_amphetamine 24

It sucks that your old manager lied. However, I have to say YDI for this one, simply because you waited 6 weeks. At my old part time jobs, if I didn't have a shift for even a few days, I would go in and check the schedule to make sure. If the schedules weren't posted, why didn't you go in sooner and ask or at least call?

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SammiixSue 13

Why did it take you that long to do something about it? It sucks your old boss did that, but YDI for being a lazy ****.

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foxmatrix15 8

Your the new version of Milton

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RawrItsJulie 7

You could have went in an introduced yourself to the new manager like a professional.

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CandyApple88 13

his old boss sounds as good as one I had when I was in school. I asked when my next shift would be, and she said "call back when the weather warms up". I'm thinking OP's boss had stuffed OP up before.

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nattlecakes 19

Alright. OP here. My workplace switched managers due to our store getting a bad rating from corporate and sales basically tanking. He was demoted to a different store and instead decided to quit. I wasn't getting hours before my old manager left either. I had talked to him and he said the ratio with sales versus hours employees are working was out of whack or something along those lines, and since I hadn't been fully trained yet I couldn't run the shop on my own or even with one to two others there since they would have been either doing all the work or they wouldn't have needed me there. Also pretty much very other co worker had been whittled down to only one to three shifts a week other than the supervisors so that was out of my control but things are supposed to change when the new manager comes in. My new manager comes in a few weeks ago and I was still coming in every week to check the schedule. At this point nobody knew that's what my old manager had said. I kept seeing coworkers and talking to them, but never my new manager so I checked to see when he would be in. Inconveniently, just after this new manager transferred to our store he went on a two and a half week vacation (three weeks of work). The day he comes back in I come in and introduce myself and say I would like to discuss hours, and he has the most confused look on his face ever. I punch in my employee number and it says I am no longer employed. That's when we called the owner and figure out what had happened. They said they would call me. That was on Saturday and it's now Tuesday, so i have no idea whether or not I will be getting my job back. Either way I am looking for employment elsewhere since I obviously don't have much stability at my current workplace and the business is suffering badly anyway.

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nattlecakes 19

And as to why they would hire someone else when they were already obviously overstaffed bewilders me....

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MDoremis 38

I don't usually use foul language, but that's really ****** up. Hope you find a new job soon!

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JocelynKaulitz 28

Sounds like you work at Target. I may be wrong, but stuff like this sounds like it would happen at Target, based on my experience working there.

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mip_92 29

McDonald's is similar. During the winter, everything slows down and most people-except managers- lose hours. Although, I don't think losing hours completely like that happened where I work. I'm glad you're looking for employment elsewhere. Its always good to have a backup plan

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Colon_Man 17

If you can get a CDL, come work for us. We're always hiring drivers and can pretty much guarantee you 50 hours a week. Full health. Salary. Partial dental. Monthly profit shares. Home every night. Guaranteed Sunday off. Holland, Michigan.

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Zebediabolical 39

Why didn't you talk to the person doing the scheduling while the new manager was out of town. Y'know, the assistant manager or whatever? There is no excuse for it taking six weeks to talk to the manager. You can do things like set up an appointment, y'know. Just showing up once a week just isn't enough.

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nattlecakes 19

88, I did attempt to talk to the manager filling in but the new manager had already created the schedules for the weeks he was gone. Everyone seems to be blaming me, but I assure you I did everything in my power to try to get things sorted. It was just a really unfortunate situation

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laureri 26

Automatic unemployment. You were technically laid off.

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