I work at Sam's Club & been there almost 3 years. I basically like the job I do as a maintenance associate but I'm fed up with them not helping me to alter my schedule in such a way that I can take the bus to & from work.
I got a verbal coaching the other day cause they said that in the rolling 6 month period I was late too many times. Over & over I've said that many times I have to take a taxi when I start work at 6 in the morning cause the bus system doesn't run that early where I live. So that's when I have to call a taxi. around here, they can be notoriously late. They can get here to where I'm at in as little as 15 minutes & many times I've stood outside for well over an hour!! Once I call a taxi, it';s beyond my control how soon they arrive. & the managers at Sam's don't want to hear that.
I had been starting at 7 in the morning but Sam's Club managers were getting upset that I wasn't getting there EXACTLY at 7. See, when I take the bus when I start at 7, I take the bus at 6 where I live. Then it gets to the transfer center around 6:30 in the moirning. Then there are two buses I can take. I can either take the 6:35 bus & it goes near to Sam's Club but not all the way there. I can be dropped off near a bridge which is about 2 miles away from Sam's & I can walk the rest of the way there OR I can take the 6:45 bus & it DOES go all the way to Sam's but because of traffic, weather, delays, breakdowns or what have you, it doesn't get there exactly at 7.
So I suggested that they move my schedule instead of 7 to 3:30 to either 7:30 to 4:00 OR 8 to 4:30. I wouldn't have any problems with either of those time frames BUT they said they can't do it!
Originally I had my my availability starting at 7 in the morning but they told me that beginning in April they were going to computer scheduling & that IF I didn't open up my availability then I wouldn't get too many hours of work. So I felt I had to change it 6 which has now beome a problem for me. They told me they didn't force me to change it! BULLSHIT!!
& when I take a taxi it costs me about $15 ONE WAY! That adds up & I can't afford to keep doing that everyday. I'd rather take the bus to work. I buy a monthly pass for $49 & I'm good to go with that.
They won't work with me to fit my schedule so I can take the bus to & from work & yet the one girl who I work with REFUSES to work any other shift EXCEPT closing!! So if she can get what she wants then why can't I? & IF I can't then neither can she!
I was told that if I'm late again that I'll get a D-Day. Told me that it's not their problem that I have difficulty getting to work & if they make an exception for me then they have to do it for everybody else!! I take the bus-what's so hard about understanding that??
So I've started applying for jobs much closer to where I live. I've had it with Sam's Club management.
I got a verbal coaching the other day cause they said that in the rolling 6 month period I was late too many times. Over & over I've said that many times I have to take a taxi when I start work at 6 in the morning cause the bus system doesn't run that early where I live. So that's when I have to call a taxi. around here, they can be notoriously late. They can get here to where I'm at in as little as 15 minutes & many times I've stood outside for well over an hour!! Once I call a taxi, it';s beyond my control how soon they arrive. & the managers at Sam's don't want to hear that.
I had been starting at 7 in the morning but Sam's Club managers were getting upset that I wasn't getting there EXACTLY at 7. See, when I take the bus when I start at 7, I take the bus at 6 where I live. Then it gets to the transfer center around 6:30 in the moirning. Then there are two buses I can take. I can either take the 6:35 bus & it goes near to Sam's Club but not all the way there. I can be dropped off near a bridge which is about 2 miles away from Sam's & I can walk the rest of the way there OR I can take the 6:45 bus & it DOES go all the way to Sam's but because of traffic, weather, delays, breakdowns or what have you, it doesn't get there exactly at 7.
So I suggested that they move my schedule instead of 7 to 3:30 to either 7:30 to 4:00 OR 8 to 4:30. I wouldn't have any problems with either of those time frames BUT they said they can't do it!
Originally I had my my availability starting at 7 in the morning but they told me that beginning in April they were going to computer scheduling & that IF I didn't open up my availability then I wouldn't get too many hours of work. So I felt I had to change it 6 which has now beome a problem for me. They told me they didn't force me to change it! BULLSHIT!!
& when I take a taxi it costs me about $15 ONE WAY! That adds up & I can't afford to keep doing that everyday. I'd rather take the bus to work. I buy a monthly pass for $49 & I'm good to go with that.
They won't work with me to fit my schedule so I can take the bus to & from work & yet the one girl who I work with REFUSES to work any other shift EXCEPT closing!! So if she can get what she wants then why can't I? & IF I can't then neither can she!
I was told that if I'm late again that I'll get a D-Day. Told me that it's not their problem that I have difficulty getting to work & if they make an exception for me then they have to do it for everybody else!! I take the bus-what's so hard about understanding that??
So I've started applying for jobs much closer to where I live. I've had it with Sam's Club management.
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