Is this job worth it?
By soccermom
@soccermom (3198)
United States
February 5, 2007 4:22pm CST
Okay, first a little background. Two years ago I got a great opportunity at American Family Insurance, and I took it, but it's only part time. Since my hubby and I like extra money I decided to keep waiting tables, which I have done for 17 years and always enjoyed. In September the restaurant I was working at shut down and I was forced to go elsewhere. I filled out an app at Famous Daves (it's a BBQ joint and very hard to get into..no one quits) and low and behold I got hired!! I was so excited. I've been there since October and all the staff is still treating me like the "newbie" when I've been doing this since most of them were in grade school. Okay, I can deal with that. But now I've noticed a lot of backstabbing and we have one manager who feeds into it. I confronted her, told her I didn't think her behavior was professional at all and the divide in the staff is getting deeper every week, maybe she should start setting the example instead of being part of the problem. I also talked to the GM and let him know her and I had this talk. I got my schedule for the week and she cut me from 5 shifts down to 1. And not even a good one. Do I take it to another level by confronting her again? Unfortunately we have history as she worked under me 6 years ago when I was GM of a restaurant and I had the same problem with her mouth then. I see no point in keeping a job where I deal with hostility from her and she cuts my shifts like that. I don't want to look for another serving job either. I'm actually getting kind of tired of serving, I'm getting older and my back, feet, etc.. are starting to bother me. I just don't know if we can survive without the extra income. I'd love to find a part time job I can do from home, but have no idea what. I love to write, but don't know what I can do with that. Has anyone been in this position before? How did you handle it? I am being silly even giving her the satisfaction of knowing she's making my life there miserable? I'm not the only one she does it to, I'm just the only one that speaks up.
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4 responses
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
18 Mar 07
Well personally I would have left there no Job is worth that Grief and was it worth it staying there after she cut your Shifts. I would not have stayed, I am a Fighter but when it comes to something like that it is not worth the Grief
@soccermom (3198)
• United States
19 Mar 07
The kicker wa when I wwent to pick up my last check she apologized profusely and wanted me to come back and garunteed me 40 hours a week! LOL Too little, too late..
@meholl (510)
• United States
6 Mar 07
I think in the food industry you will always find a manager or a server of higher rank that is part of the problem when they should be resolving the problem instead. Sometimes that is the way of the food industry. I would work your one shift and see what the next few weeks bring. If the hours don't improve, I would just request more hours. If it still doesn't happen, ask why. Someone needs to be the bigger person in the situation and that should be you, since it seems that no one else wants that responsibility. As for a part time job that you can stay at home, they are all over the internet. Maybe you have quite a collection of stuff you don't need, you can start selling it on ebay. You could also invest a few dollars in bulk items and sell them on ebay to.
If you don't feel like waitressing anymore, you can always find something else worth while doing. Also if you have a craft that you are good at and have a small inventory of items, you could sell them on ebay, at a flea market. There are so many options besides an at-home job, that only take a few hours a week instead of 30-40 hours a week.
I think you would be at home, and start missing the extra time out of the house and the variety of people you meet.
Good luck
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@soccermom (3198)
• United States
6 Mar 07
I quit that job shortly after trying to start the discussion. I'm working 24 hours a week at the Insurance Agency and I'm not missing the restaurant at all. I still meet alot of different people. Unfortunately the problem I described is rampant among food service, and honestly I don't know how some of the people I see that are in their 40's and 50's deal with it and not lose their mind. Thanks for your response.
@kerbausama (1335)
• Malaysia
6 Mar 07
man..i was in dilemma.i am a student but in medical profession.i dunno what to say but i love this carrier but my life style seems like not match with this.i do not like social or meet with patience and also hates about strict rules.i like to traveling and adventure works rather than this.but i think this is a fate for me and i try to continue..
@michelledarcy (5220)
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6 Feb 07
If I was in your situation I would start looking for another job.
Life is too short to put up with people behaving like that and getting you stressed.
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@soccermom (3198)
• United States
6 Feb 07
Thanks for the input! I need to sit down and talk to my hubby about the situation. I was going to last night but then we got busy doing taxes and I never got to it. Plus, he works 60-72 hours a week at his job and sometimes I feel selfish bothering him with this stuff, I know he'd be supportive whatever I decide to do, I just don't want him to feel like there's more pressure on him. We need to sit down and rework our budget to see how we can work this out. I'm really fed up, and honestly if I could stop working weekends and nights it may make his life easier because he could spend his day off relaxing instead of doing laundry, grocery shopping and chasing the kids around. And that, as far as I'm concerned, is priceless.
