Thinking about quitting!! (Rated M for swearing)

[Monorail]

I have had enoguh of my bloody job. People all hate each other and talk behind everyones back. People yelling at everyone.. fucktard customers. fuctard employees. fucktard machines... lots of fucktards. They don't know the meaning of days off and the ring at 8 oclock in the bloody morning... on a Saturday. I'm thinking of applying at Hallenstiens to see if they treat me any better, if not at least i got discount on jeans. I am determinined to found a way to makelots of mooney without moving however. Wht do you guys think i should do.

[McJim]

I don't really know how bad you've got it but my experience is that there is a whole generation of kiwis coming through that expect a shitload of cash for f*ck all work. AND they expect promotion after 6 months!

I had to work for 10 years before I got any real promotion and I had to work bloody hard.

Tell us what is special about you that makes you that one in 10,000 that should be treated like a young god in the workplace and we'll reply to your poll.

Are you a member of generation x perchance?

[cowboyz]

sounds like fun. Few issues here. People talking behind your back.. call them on it. In front of other people. Real amusing to see people back pedalling.

Days off? If you have not got a contract which states your days/hours of work then get one. Then work those days

Ringing you up at 8am on a Sat? I assume they are calling you into work when you thought you were going to have the day off. Don't answer the phone.

[Monorail]

I don't really know how bad you've got it but my experience is that there is a whole generation of kiwis coming through that expect a shitload of cash for f*ck all work. AND they expect promotion after 6 months!

I had to work for 10 years before I got any real promotion and I had to work bloody hard.

Tell us what is special about you that makes you that one in 10,000 that should be treated like a young god in the workplace and we'll reply to your poll.

Are you a member of generation x perchance?

i dont want a promotion, or a payrise. just some respect. Some more responsibilty would be nice, but not necessartily a raise, just enough to make me feel semi important. Most of the employees are female save two of us (inc me) and am often excluded while the girls chat in the office leaving me to watch counter by myself.

[cowboyz]

oops. Don't get me wrong but aren't you paid to watch the counter? You are complaining that you want to shirk off?

[Monorail]

Ringing you up at 8am on a Sat? I assume they are calling you into work when you thought you were going to have the day off. Don't answer the phone.

phones in the parent room so not only does it piss them off theres no way to stop them answering, especially as they are both important in the workplaces and it may be for them.

[Monorail]

oops. Don't get me wrong but aren't you paid to watch the counter? You are complaining that you want to shirk off?

its not that. its when theres five or six odd customers and none of the girls come out to help.

[Drum]

I know nothing of your employment conditions, but I have always had a simple personal rule for work.......If you're not enjoying it - do something else.

Life's way too short to waste it doing work you hate.

[cowboyz]

So you do your job and you do it well. If customers are left out because you are too busy and other employees are fucking around then the boss will notice eventually. At least then you can say you were doing all you could. You are only one person. Do what you do and let everyone else worry about the rest.

[Monorail]

So you do your job and you do it well. If customers are left out because you are too busy and other employees are fucking around then the boss will notice eventually. At least then you can say you were doing all you could. You are only one person. Do what you do and let everyone else worry about the rest.

but half the time its the mangers in their with them. and the big bosses mainly concern themselves with the other store.

[cowboyz]

I know nothing of your employment conditions, but I have always had a simple personal rule for work.......If you're not enjoying it - do something else.

Life's way too short to waste it doing work you hate.

while I dont disagree with what you say I would add to look for another job (if thats what you want to do) while working. Dont just quit and try to find another job. It is much easier to get a job if you already have a job.

[Ixion]

its not that. its when theres five or six odd customers and none of the girls come out to help.

Perhaps the girls are nervous of having to attend to the odd customers. What about you make a deal with them? You'll attend to the odd customers, if they'll handle the normal ones? Though 5 or 6 at a time seems a lot of odd customers. Do you work in a sex shop, or a porno magazine place?

[cowboyz]

but half the time its the mangers in their with them. and the big bosses mainly concern themselves with the other store.

so what? Not your problem. You haven't got shares in the store have you?

[Monorail]

Do you work in a sex shop, or a porno magazine place?

nope... MAccas

[cowboyz]

You have even less of a problem then. Nobody expects good service from McDonalds anyway........

[Chisanga]

nope... MAccas

If it is annoying/stressing you this much then you should weigh up that stress against your pay/career opportunity etc. and if the stress outweighs everything else then leave.

Don't forget there is no reason to be loyal to an employer these days as they sure as hell don't show much loyalty to their employees anymore (in my experience anyhow)

[Ixion]

Ah, well, that certainly is a hangout for oddballs.

[McJim]

Get a 9-5 admin job in an office and turn that into an office manager job within 6 years.

Maccas is somewhere you work coz yer brain broke. Has your brain broken?

All you needed to say at the begining is 'I work in McDonalds should I leave?" Fark yes! I thought you worked in a reputable establishment.

You need to give people way more info before asking people questions like this dude.

[Monorail]

If it is annoying/stressing you this much then you should weigh up that stress against your pay/career opportunity etc. and if the stress outweighs everything else then leave.

Don't forget their is no reason to be loyal to an employer these days as they sure as hell don't show much loyalty to their employees anymore (in my experience anyhow)

great words of advide, i only earn like 6.80 after tax which is most definately not worth what i have to put up with.

[Chisanga]

great words of advide, i only earn like 6.80 after tax which is most definately not worth what i have to put up with.

Thanks. Don't forget though that in general, no matter how much you earn there will always be shit to put up with at work. Even if you're the boss (maybe ESPECIALLY if you're the boss :))

[MotoGirl]

You can only bitch and moan so much about a job, but it doesn't help you or make you feel any happier in your workplace. If no one fixes the problem for you, you have two options: fix the problem yourself or leave.

[doc]

I have had enoguh of my bloody job. People all hate each other and talk behind everyones back. People yelling at everyone.. fucktard customers. fuctard employees. fucktard machines... lots of fucktards. They don't know the meaning of days off and the ring at 8 oclock in the bloody morning... on a Saturday. I'm thinking of applying at Hallenstiens to see if they treat me any better, if not at least i got discount on jeans. I am determinined to found a way to makelots of mooney without moving however. Wht do you guys think i should do.
You must be a Christian or something sounds like normal life to me.Wait till you get a job up the food chain a bit. You can cause all this misery and get a bit xtra for it until they get rid of you so they make their bonus.This is all about the shareholder.

[doc]

P.S. The shareholder usually likes in a different country

[terbang]

Get a job that you want and will like..Simple, do what you have to do to get it (apart from giving head and murder). Why spend a big portion of your life in a job that you dislike? If yer boss is a prick then tell him to shove his job and get another. I went out and found what I wanted and it was a tough road for a guy who had left school at 15 doing night school and so on. But now I can easily say that most people have to work for a living, the rest of us just fly around in jets. My passion became my job and has been that way for nearly 30 years. I wouldn't want you to tell my employers this but its been such a hoot, I'd a done it for nothing..!

[roadracingoldfart]

If you are havin a hassle at ya work i would try to talk to Jane P as she is an understanding person and WILL listen to you if you have a good reason to bitch .
Aint it funny where you find folks that know folks you work for aye ???? hehehehe lol.

Lifes too short to waste it on things that piss you off . Change ya job if you have to but dont leave this one till you have another one sorted out first.
Cheers Paul.

[deathstar]

well sounds a bit weird but either strive to overcome it or just act like everyone else ... if you are earning 6.80 do 6.80 worth of work, its the problem of being in retail ... you don't give a crap about the customer but you sympathise that if you went into a shop and got no service how would you feel .... go do a job you like and can do well and piss in the work coffee pot and laugh

[Chisanga]

if you are earning 6.80 do 6.80 worth of work, its the problem of being in retail ..

I respectfully disagree; If you only do 6.80 worth of work you will probably never earn much more than that, you need to perform at a higher level in order to be recognised as being deseving of being rewarded at a higher level.

I have had several jobs that I hated with a passion, but I would never let my standards down and even though unappreciated at times I always kept my work standards and habits to the highest level. I guess that's what it means to be proffessional.

Perhaps the above attitude may not help in your current job, but if you take that approach always eventually it will pay off and you will be justly rewarded.

[BUNGY]

great words of advide, i only earn like 6.80 after tax which is most definately not worth what i have to put up with.

If I were you id look for another job. Thats less than I get as a "Grocery assistant" at countdown.

You could try applying for a duty managers job at a supermarket as the last few we hired had no previous experience or qualifications, it was all on the job training and I think they get like $15 an hour

[Chisanga]

Posties get $15/hr plus benefits and it's a not bad lifestyle and keeps you fit. From my experience they will pretty much accept anyone as long as you have no criminal record.

I have done it as a summer job and one day a week since I returned to Uni and have enjoyed it :) Not too much requirement to use my brain though :( I guess that's for after I graduate :p

[Titanium]

nope... MAccas

Fark that says it all ..... get out while you can ...

Food is $hite, service is $hite, atmosphere is toxic ....... pay is Shite ......

[Chisanga]

Food is $hite

I reckon the food is much better since they stopped shoving all their burgers in the production bin for ages until they went stale.

Not the best fast food but at least you know what you are gonna get when you go there.

[kneescraper]

I agree with most of the comments before me. I think you should better your self by aiming your sights higher. MacD's is more or less for the people that have given up on moving ahead or just can't for unknown reasons. Maybe do some night classes to further your education...or just get a low end job at a well known big company...that way the way from the bottom is up and at least its in a company that has a future.

I would consider your current job as a time killer or something to give you a little spare cash while you study. There are plenty of people, like myself that have no School C or any school certs and have a good paying job with a great future. Just gotta do what you wanna do and dont settle for anything less.

[avgas]

cos those bloody pagers suck!

[kickingzebra]

It is really easy to give up your work ethic, and really quite hard to win it back again.
I recommend not losing it in the first place.

People that are hard workers are recognised as such. I am not saying they are necessarily rewarded as such, but they are recognised.

The ultimate satisfaction in this life has to be working well, and enjoying the fruits of said labours.

Talking with employers about said problems is probably the best place to start, and will teach valuable communication lessons, and perhaps even what it is like to be unpopular.
Valuable life lessons.

[kneescraper]

cos those bloody pagers suck!

Who is this aimed at dude?

[Sparky Bills]

Is it the type of job your sick of, or the people you work with?

If its the job, the get out. If you dont like your job, you cant help your customers to your full potential. If its the workers, talk to managment.
Its not worth losing your job over people not doing theirs right.

Trust me, ive been through it a few times.

Have a think about it.

[Spuds1234]

If you like the job, but not the people, ask for a transfer (mafu1, you mentioned that the higher management spend their time looking after the other bigger store so Im guessing that there is another store). Explain to them that (assuming you like your job and not the people there) that you would like a transfer, explain why, and how you perceive things to be at the store. Be reasonable, and be fair in your demands.

Dont expect things to happen straight away, but do follow up on what you ask for.

If they say you cant have a transfer, then start to quickly find another job or make it very clear, that they are NOT to ring you on a Saturday morning, if its your day off (regardless of whether its a scheduled day off, or you requested that day off under your contract like me). Unfortunately no matter which you decided to do, your kinda fucked because they know you don't want to be there, and since your classed as "permanent part time" labor, they can cut your hours if they decide that your not pulling your weight, or the store manager/manager in charge of rostering doesn't like you (Ive seen it happen more than once, and unfortunately there is almost nothing you can do about it)

Ive worked in McDs for 3 years, because I don't know what I want to do with my life, and I work around great people. The customers are mostly a bunch of cunts, especially the Asians that don't know a word of english and still try to order a big mac combo, anyway, if you need to know anything else, just ask. I work in low level management of my store, and know a lot about the inner working of the store.

Another thing you can always do, is approach another store (not one owned by the same people as your current store) and ask for a job. Most stores will be more than willing to hire someone that is already trained so long as you have good references.

Also, if you do ask for a transfer, type out the request (or atleast write it out) and hand it to the higher up management. If you just ask, you will more than likely be forgotten about.

And one more thing. Dont ask for help when your on counter and it gets busy. If you hate the store, and are only crew, and it gets busy dont ask for help (this only helps the store make money). Just keep on working at a steady pace. Never going fast, but never going slow either. Watch the sales of the store go down (customers will walk away if you dont serve them quick enough), and if you do this well enough, and for long enough, watch the upper management in the store get arseholes from the owner.

[scracha]

Are you a member of generation x perchance?

I am....by 43 days.

[sinned]

Mafu1. Terbang seems to have his act together, why not PM him and ask if he will give you some one-on-one advice.


Get a job that you want and will like..Simple, do what you have to do to get it (apart from giving head and murder). Why spend a big portion of your life in a job that you dislike? If yer boss is a prick then tell him to shove his job and get another. I went out and found what I wanted and it was a tough road for a guy who had left school at 15 doing night school and so on. But now I can easily say that most people have to work for a living, the rest of us just fly around in jets. My passion became my job and has been that way for nearly 30 years. I wouldn't want you to tell my employers this but its been such a hoot, I'd a done it for nothing..!

There is also a lot of good advice in other posts for you. Having done the worker - manager thing, I now provide advice and sort out problems for other people, businesses or departments. My advice is get your act together. You don't want to be noticed as part of the problem where you work - you might need a reference for your next job. Could you describe how you have made a difference where you currently work? A recruiter, employer or manager may ask you that question.

Your first step is to prepare a plan for how to improve your lot and make sure the plan has dates for action. Until you have that plan don't do anything silly. Don't stuff around either; do it before the end of the week.

[LilSel]

Fark that says it all ..... get out while you can ...

Food is $hite, service is $hite, atmosphere is toxic ....... pay is Shite ......

and you come home smelling like burgers/fries :sick:
(not me... ex worked there... whoah...!!!!) soon as we'd get home...
"go have a shower n get changed....you stink!"

Try Countdown/Foodtown... I worked as a checkout supervisor for 5 n a half years... wasnt that bad...

[Drunken Monkey]

Are you a member of generation x perchance?


Hey you old fart, get your generations right. Gen-x's are older than this guy, we're generally depressed and/or ambivalent about everything. This guy is Gen-y. They're the ones that expect everything for nothing...

:P

[LilSel]

I am....by 43 days.

Whats the dates for this 'x generation' thing?
Or generation X... ??! hmmm *tries google n wiki*

EDIT:- *from Wikipedia*
"Generation X is a term used to describe the generation of Americans born following the post-Second World War baby boom. The exact demographic boundaries of Generation X are not well defined: people born between 1963 and 1978 are generally considered "Generation X," while others use the term to describe anyone who was in their twenties some time during the 1990s. [1] According to Neil Howe and William Strauss, Generation X includes anyone born from 1961 to 1981. The term is used in demography, the social sciences, and marketing, though it is most often used in popular culture. The generation's influence over pop culture began in the 1980s and may have peaked in the 1990s."

Well... I dont fit in there lol... bugger

[Drunken Monkey]

....... pay is Shite ......

There are worse jobs than Maccas. You think the pay is shite there? When we were kids, it was considered an upwards move to go from shelf stacking at a supermarket to working at Maccas, the pay was at least 33% better. I got the same pay, but had to work harder working at a cafe.



PS = "The exact demographic boundaries of Generation X are not well defined: people born between 1963 and 1978 are generally considered "Generation X," " (wikipedia)

[Cibby]

I worked for Macca's for a total of 4 years, during that time i went from your general crew person, to crew trainer adn then on to shift manager and i completed the various management papers available to me,

At 17 years of age i was responsible for running a restuarant with up to 35 staff during the summer, in any position that is a good look on a CV, and it has lead to management positions that i may not have had the experience or necessary qualifications at such an early age.

It is a shit job sometimes but there are also huge benefits in that you can advance at an early age, Perhaps you should make this most of it and study, or baring that, transfer to a larger store where there is more opportunity to shine.. You diffently learn how to work hard, and clean, cook and basic food prep etc, plus i met some great friends there.

I also looked totally cute in the blue hat shirt combo and me and another manager used to get invited to parties all the time. haha :)

Good luck :)

[mstriumph]

Ah, well, that certainly is a hangout for oddballs.

i thought it was meatballs? :dodge:

[Atomic]

Get a job that you want and will like..Simple, do what you have to do to get it (apart from giving head and murder). Why spend a big portion of your life in a job that you dislike? If yer boss is a prick then tell him to shove his job and get another. I went out and found what I wanted and it was a tough road for a guy who had left school at 15 doing night school and so on. But now I can easily say that most people have to work for a living, the rest of us just fly around in jets. My passion became my job and has been that way for nearly 30 years. I wouldn't want you to tell my employers this but its been such a hoot, I'd a done it for nothing..!

Mate, can you please give me an idea of how much money I will need to learn, how much time I will need to devote while learning and how long before I can start earning a good living if I chose to learn to fly and become a pilot? I have no flying experience, have thought about flying in the past but it hasnt happened, flew back from the Barrier today and I was seriously envious of the pilot, his job looks like a blast! Im about to leave a good job and start a small business but would very much like to move onto flying in the next few years, is it feasable that I could learn to fly while working 9-5 mon-fri???

Appreciate any advice!
Cheers

[Smorg]

Most of the employees are female.

and you wanna quit because? Is it glassons you work at then?

[kro]

Fact 1
There will be at least one fucktard in any job you have in your life
Fact 2
There will always be fuckwit customers in any job you have
Fact 3
The grass is apparently greener on the other side......

Which brings me to fact 4
You will never grow your skills unless you jump outside your comfort zone, and experience new vocations, but never, ever, ever quit a job because of fuckwits, learn to work around them, confront them if necessary, but never let them dictate the enjoyment you take from your job, or it will haunt you wherever you go.

I'd suggest finding something new first, the politely hand in your notice.... don't go out in a blaze of fury, it's just not worth it, you will need references, and you won't get em if you mouth off at the boss when you leave.

Fuck, I sound like my Dad 20 years ago.....

[sinned]

Fact 1

Fuck, I sound like my Dad 20 years ago.....

Did you agree with him 20 years ago?

[Deano]

i dont want a promotion, or a payrise. just some respect. Some more responsibilty would be nice, but not necessartily a raise, just enough to make me feel semi important. Most of the employees are female save two of us (inc me) and am often excluded while the girls chat in the office leaving me to watch counter by myself.

P'ram girls ?

Shag em all is my advice........on the fucking counter......

[Korea]

Hey dude,

What about option 5?
5) Study up hard and get some qualifications

(I don't know what sort of educational background you have, but if you're at McD's and getting pissed off about it then I suspect you may have untapped potential)

There are loads of Polytech courses - a lot going for free (or at least heavily subsidised by the govt.)
You only study about 20 hours a week leaving you loads of time for part-time work and riding :ride:
6 months = certificate
2 years = diploma
3 years = degree
If you can commit to 3 years and a student loan - get to University.

(Oh yeah, once you have a degree (in anything), you can teach English in South Korea earning about 50-60k and they'll fly you there and back for the privilege)

Release that potential you have there young man!