Should I harass her?

[White_Knight1989]

So I left my fast-food hell hole of a job and responded to an Internet article seeking front desk receptionists at a local gym. I don't care so much about the pay so long as I have my benefits and free gym membership . But anywho I applied online and after two days of not hearing anything, I went to the gym in person and spoke to the club manager, who told me to return the next day so she could fetch my application . This occurred in the beginning of last week.

Next day rolls around and she gets me started on the employee paperwork, tells me about the benefits, general employee information, etc. etc. She even goes to get me an employee shirt to take home that same day. After I finish all my paperwork, she tells me she'll send it all to corporate, and corporate will create my employee number and all that. She took my cell phone number and said she would call me when corporate puts me through the process and makes my employee identity so we can get me on the schedule and in training.

She told me this in the beginning of last week (it was Tuesday I think) and told me it would take until the end of the week. It's now Monday night of the following week and I haven't heard anything back. I don't think she's blowing me off since she did have me fill out all the paperwork, and I did get an employee shirt before I left.

I don't know what I should do...wait it out, show up in person again, call her myself?

She told me that there's a biweekly training class that goes on for all the new hires. The next class is this upcoming Friday, so I figure that's the very latest she could wait until.

What do you all think?

[Andara Bledin]

I'd call in.

You've given them till "then end of the week" like she said, and then an extra day for corporate to get everything pushed through.

Calling tomorrow wouldn't be pushy and would indicate that you haven't lost interest.

^-.-^

[myswtghst]

Definitely call, and gently prod. Don't harrass, but just say that you were excited about the job and wanted to be sure to follow up.

Good luck, and congrats on the new job!

[Sliceanddice]

I would call. Its always good to check in. You never know, she could have reversed two number in your number, or has messy hand writing and has no idea what she wrote, or lost your number. And at the very least she knows your dedicated and are a person who likes to touch base with their boss.
Also if she says it should come in in a day or two make plans to go down their to check up. It might give you chance to fix any problems if there are any.

[White_Knight1989]

Thanks guys. I called just now and she's not in so I left a message. Hopefully she will call me back soon..either later today or tomorrow sometime.

[Becks]

Good luck with it!!!!

[Chanlin]

Very much good luck and from somone who works on phones all day remember the magic 48 hour waiting period IE its generally professionaly courtesy to wait 2 days before calling again. After that there really is NOTHING in the world that should keep you from calling back short of Vacation or Major emergency.

[Broomjockey]

Good luck, and yeah, I think calling once was a good idea, as it shows you're both paying attention, and at least somewhat eager for the job.

Plus, if it's been busy, and the person you were calling not been out, it might have been a bit of a time saver for you to do the calling, though I guess not as they were out.

But yeah, keep us posted.

[Reyneth]

Good luck!

The waiting is the worst, isn't it? When I was waiting to hear my friend reminded me that because it is so important to me and one of the top things on my mind all of the time, of course it is going to feel longer. But the hiring manager has 20-50 other things likely going on at the same time, so sometimes they don't realize it's been 4 days when they said they'd call back in 2. One call (which you did) to gently "remind" them can be a good thing - it shows you are interested and motivated. And as someone else said, if you don't hear from that, call again after 48 hours.

I hope you hear soon!

[White_Knight1989]

Called again today. Apparently today she was there but was too busy to talk...so I left another message. This was around 5:00PM and I haven't been called back yet.

I wanna make sure I can get into that orientation class on Friday.

Methinks I should pay a personal visit tomorrow. Yay or nay folks?

[Andara Bledin]

Since you've got a deadline with the orientation class being on Friday, I think a personal visit might be in order.

However, I don't know the woman or the place, so it's hard to tell if that would work or be too pushy.

^-.-^

[Sliceanddice]

... its a tough one... but i think a personal visit is the best action. You wanna make sure you aren't delayed to much.

[White_Knight1989]

BLEH!

Well I made the visit Thursday...she was there and told me that the meeting was indeed today at 1:00PM and that I should attend.

So I show up at 12:50 (I see the main manager in the office, though she doesn't notice me) and ask an employee where the meeting is to be held. They lead me to the back room, where I sit by myself for a good 20 minutes. Eventually I got up from my seat and asked a different employee about the meeting. This time, the club manager had left to do some business in a different city. So he calls her and asks what's up. Turns out, the meeting was CANCELLED and nobody bothered to tell me. My cell phone hasn't been turned off since last year when I was aboard an airplane. Is it so hard to ring me and let me know what's going on?

So by now I'm ticked and go to the manager of a different gym (same company) to ask what to do and inquire about possibly transferring. That manager calls the boss lady of the gym I'm supposed to work at, and she tells him that she is now back at the club, and that I should come in so we can discuss my hours for next week.

I get there, she's semi-apologetic ("Sorry you didn't get the memo" is a direct quote), and we get everything settled.

I'm supposed to attend a meeting on Sunday evening that SHE's running, before I begin my scheduled shifts the following week. I was thinking of calling ahead on Sunday afternoon and asking if the meeting is real or a hoax.

[Andara Bledin]

Wow, what a lot of runaround.

Hopefully, once you've got yourself settled in, things will be less hectic.

^-.-^

[Broomjockey]

Yeesh. I hate when people can't be bothered to make a 30 second phone call. At least it SEEMS to be straightened out now.

I've got my fingers crossed for ya!