The New Corporate Part-Time Job Deal
This is unbelievable, so much so that I have to write about it. In fact I love this stuff because it's so fucking ridiculous.
Lisa has been searching for another part time job. She already has one at her college but needs another as things are a little tight these days - to say the least. So, amongst other things (book shops etc.), she applies to a half dozen places in the mall. Well she gets a call back from Bath & Body Works to work on the weekends. It's not a cutesy little bookshop or used clothes store but it will do until something better comes along. Lisa breezes through the interview and is told to start the next weekend.
Here's her inaugural first day.
1. She is trained by a dvd. Each episode on the dvd explains how she is to do her job and how to conduct herself during the day. At the end of each episode she must sign some legal jargon saying she fully reviewed the chapter and now understands what to do.
2. She is to be given shifts of no more than 4 hours at a time. This means the company does not have to give her any 15 minute breaks, lunch break or pay any kind of insurance, or allow her any kind of leverage. They say it offers a better work environment. At minimum wage what's the fucking point?
3. These lowly shifts are dealt out by - wait for it - a computer. I kid you not. A computer tells her what shifts she gets based on her sales performance the previous week. Sales in which she gets no commission. I guess the more chance of her picking up extra shifts depends on how well she sells shit. A computer also can tell her she is terminated without any reason whatsoever. They expect in return 2 weeks notice if she wants to quit.
4. They will not give her a reference when she decides to move on.
Thank you o corporate world. Fuck your staff and the people that work for you. Walmart all the way! No unions and don't vote democrat what ever you do!
This is unbelievable, so much so that I have to write about it. In fact I love this stuff because it's so fucking ridiculous.
Lisa has been searching for another part time job. She already has one at her college but needs another as things are a little tight these days - to say the least. So, amongst other things (book shops etc.), she applies to a half dozen places in the mall. Well she gets a call back from Bath & Body Works to work on the weekends. It's not a cutesy little bookshop or used clothes store but it will do until something better comes along. Lisa breezes through the interview and is told to start the next weekend.
Here's her inaugural first day.
1. She is trained by a dvd. Each episode on the dvd explains how she is to do her job and how to conduct herself during the day. At the end of each episode she must sign some legal jargon saying she fully reviewed the chapter and now understands what to do.
2. She is to be given shifts of no more than 4 hours at a time. This means the company does not have to give her any 15 minute breaks, lunch break or pay any kind of insurance, or allow her any kind of leverage. They say it offers a better work environment. At minimum wage what's the fucking point?
3. These lowly shifts are dealt out by - wait for it - a computer. I kid you not. A computer tells her what shifts she gets based on her sales performance the previous week. Sales in which she gets no commission. I guess the more chance of her picking up extra shifts depends on how well she sells shit. A computer also can tell her she is terminated without any reason whatsoever. They expect in return 2 weeks notice if she wants to quit.
4. They will not give her a reference when she decides to move on.
Thank you o corporate world. Fuck your staff and the people that work for you. Walmart all the way! No unions and don't vote democrat what ever you do!
posted by Shano at 4:01 PM
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