Originally Posted by
Hox
Man. I just feel like I've been screwed over. So, I work at this little small town gas station, right? It's the only gas station ten for then miles in every direction, so it gets insanely busy. I'm the full time overnight guy, and despite it being the overnight, it's pretty hard work. You have to do all the chores on that shift, plus the chores day shift was too busy to get to. For example, if day shift doesn't stock the cooler, I'm stuck in there for three to four hours easy. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I worked really hard to get full time hours. I did my job, plus extra. I busted ass, and kissed a lot of ass, and sucked a lot of dick to get it. You get the picture. So, after working there for about four months, our manager got fired for not changing the old policies from when the gas station was owned by a different company. She kept everything the old way. However, the company decided to fire our manager in the middle of the store getting remodeled, while our full time overnight person just quit and I took her place. I'm the only full time overnight person at this point. Because of how hectic the store is, I'm literally working non stop on the overnight. Two smoke breaks, that's it. I would do seriously, ten times as much as anyone that would work with me. Partly because they took advantage of the fact I worked hard. And I know management must have knew, because we have shift sheets that list all the chores. You write your name down next to what you did and what time you did it. My name would be all the way down the front page and back page.
Then, we get a new guy hired on the overnights. His name's Mark. I start to like him immediately because he did more than any of the other lazy wastes of oxygen I worked with. However, that's not saying too much. He was still really slow and I still picked up after his slack. Like really dude? If I'm spending four hours in the cooler doing non stop bending and lifting, you can't empty the inside garbages or clean the bathroom? So, after one week of working, he gets offered full time. Okay, I'm slightly annoyed, but hey I understand. We're understaffed, you gotta do what you gotta do. To make matters worse, my assistant manager who comes in the morning toward the end of my shift, would be an absolute bitch on wheels. Since we're shorthanded, she's been forced to work 14 hour days and she has to balance all the bookwork in the morning. Which, everyone is hundreds of dollars short or long because corporate has taught literally six different ways to run each register. There's two. So, she makes it her mission to make my day miserable.
It got so bad, to where sometimes, there wasn't even enough time on the overnights to get everything done. I'm there from 11:00 PM to 6:00 AM, my other person is there from 8:00 PM to 3:00 AM. So, if I spend 4 hours in the cooler, and then come back to let the other person go home, that gives me just one hour to finish all the rest of the chores plus everything my co worker didn't do (or worse, said they did but didn't) because customers start coming in at 4:00 AM. So, since I'm the last person there and I'm full time, I'm always the person getting yelled at for why something isn't done. Which seriously pissed me off because I felt that they should know by now that all I've ever done since I've walked through the door is work hard for them.
So I had had it. I put my two weeks notice in, but because I felt bad, I offered to stay until they found a replacement. My head manager expressed her feelings that I was "irreplaceable" and that I go above and beyond everything she ever wanted. I felt so bad and guilty actually, that I talked to the head manager again saying that I'd be willing to explore some options with her if I were to stay. Like, if I could just be part time and come in, do the cooler, and leave. You know, just come in and do some bitch work and get out. I also expressed interest in an overnight managers position, or manager's second assistant in kitchen. She dismissed all three, for valid reasoning, to her credit. However, what sent me into a fury, is that she offered Mark a raise. if he stayed.
I'm sorry, what? What? So, I work to the point where I'm drenched in sweat, I do everything plus the things that I don't even need to, and you're going to give the guy who freely admits he's lazy and teases me for being an overachiever, a raise?? No seriously, he'll even joke with "Hahaha, you've done more work in 15 minutes than I have in two hours. Overachiever." So she gives him a raise, and when I come in to specifically talk to her about options I could explore in order to stay/make the job worthwhile you don't even bring up a raise?
Someone tell me if I'm in the wrong here, because frankly I'm jealous as hell. I'm pissed and I just feel...wronged. Am I thinking clearly? I have been up for awhile and maybe my logic is a bit backwards or something, but do I have a right to be mad here? Honestly I was so angry at first I was almost shaking.
There it is.
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