Finally, and for the second time** in nearly 3.5 years, I gave notice at the day job.
I'm the only one happy about it.
Seriously, though, I don't see the point in remaining with them, for more than a few reasons.
--I started at $7.25/hour. Five years and 2 days after I was hired, I'm making $8.20/hour. Yeah.
--It's a nearly 40 mile round trip for me to work at my current location. The drive's tedious enough in good weather...I loathe it in winter.
--I mostly stayed this long because my best friend was a {day job} fiend, and I wanted to keep my 50% discount to feed him. Now that he's gone...
--Bare minimum staffing standards. 4 people during lunch every day of a 4 day holiday weekend? Sure!!! *Maybe* 5 people for after a Packers game? Why not? Hey, why are we getting such bad customer feedback??
--The DM maintaining scheduling levels like it was 5-10 years ago, when people would only eat there because they were desperate. Now, they're revamping everything, and the core menu isn't even the first 4 items on the menu board.
--Watching people being promoted above their level of competence. (Yes, I was offered management positions a lot, starting less than 6 months after I was hired. I never accepted. The pay is/was atrocious, the expectations are insane and I hated/actively disliked my first manager several that I had after her and am not completely fond of my DM.)
There are more reasons, most of them petty. I've brought them up to my various managers many times, but nothing was ever done.
Whatever. My last day will be on or before October 31.
**If anyone wants to know about the first time, feel free to ask.
I'm the only one happy about it.
Seriously, though, I don't see the point in remaining with them, for more than a few reasons.
--I started at $7.25/hour. Five years and 2 days after I was hired, I'm making $8.20/hour. Yeah.
--It's a nearly 40 mile round trip for me to work at my current location. The drive's tedious enough in good weather...I loathe it in winter.
--I mostly stayed this long because my best friend was a {day job} fiend, and I wanted to keep my 50% discount to feed him. Now that he's gone...
--Bare minimum staffing standards. 4 people during lunch every day of a 4 day holiday weekend? Sure!!! *Maybe* 5 people for after a Packers game? Why not? Hey, why are we getting such bad customer feedback??
--The DM maintaining scheduling levels like it was 5-10 years ago, when people would only eat there because they were desperate. Now, they're revamping everything, and the core menu isn't even the first 4 items on the menu board.
--Watching people being promoted above their level of competence. (Yes, I was offered management positions a lot, starting less than 6 months after I was hired. I never accepted. The pay is/was atrocious, the expectations are insane and I hated/actively disliked my first manager several that I had after her and am not completely fond of my DM.)
There are more reasons, most of them petty. I've brought them up to my various managers many times, but nothing was ever done.
Whatever. My last day will be on or before October 31.
**If anyone wants to know about the first time, feel free to ask.
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