/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Sotry Tiem?

I was working as a technician on a freelance basis for a certain institution. The supervisor (and most of the regular staff) were terrible at communication and had zero regard or respeck for the us techs - even though we did 90% of the work.

I was one of their best techs, they disliked me less than most of the others so they always offered me max hours on a weekly basis. I worked there for a year as their star tech, did most of the training for them, etc. I was still being paid poorly, they were totally taking advantage of me having me do as much of their jobs as they could get away with. The communication and social skills of my supervisor were terrible - techs would come-in at 8am to work and she would stop them in their tracks "you don't have any hours today - if you DIDN'T get an email from me finalizing your shift YOU DON'T have a shift". She was always fucking around with everyone and being totally poor at communication and everyone would get thrown under the bus - including me at times.

Whelp, after kicking ass for them for the year they offered me a full-time position. They said I wouldn't get a raise just yet, for the new year, because when my full-time position starts I'll be getting a sizeable raise. Just after the Christmas break I get an email from her saying "hi Anon, the situation has changed and we can no longer offer you that full-time position but you can still work your normal tech shifts with us if you like - let me know if you're available".

Without any explanation I got pulled off the promotion AND they got away with not giving me the normal raise I otherwise had earned. I wrote back saying "Yes I can still do my normal shifts. See you then!".

Whelp, she never sent an email finalizing/confirming my shift. :^) So I said fuck it, I'm not showing up. The week came and I get a call from her at 8am wondering where the fuck I am. The whole department fell on its ass and 3 people ened-up getting fired :^)