I love my job... I love my job...

Welcome back,

Don't let the title fool you!

I should warn you that this may sound like a bit of a rant.... well because it is But at least I'm showing a bit of courtesy before the bad mouthing begins.

Where to start..... I suppose the beginning is a good place.
I'd like to start off by saying that my Employer SUCKS big hairy monkey balls!! Now that I've got that out of my system, we can continue.

For some reason my employer likes to screw with my pay, or in my case the lack there of I was working at one store helping to return all of the part back to Chrysler in October... Well half way through the month, Chad ( the one making my life miserable) tells me that I'm being transferred to the Dodge Store (where I worked for 2 years before). That was good news at the time since my other option was being laid off.

At this point, Chad and most of the company it seems, are aware of my intention to make the Big Move to Canada in the future. I let Chad know that I will be out of the country and will be taking Oct 23- Oct 29 off. My 1 week paid vacation time does not roll over until Dec 1,2008 but I still have 1 sick/personal day maybe 2 at most left to use.

So I start over at Dodge on Oct 20th work 3 days and take the time off as granted. I was fully aware that I would not be getting paid while I was not working, so that's not my issue. My manager, Al was understanding about my situation and he was also transferred from the same store I just came from. He was given 3 more sick/personal days even though he had used his during his trip to England in July. His idea was to put me down for my sick days so that I would at least get some sort of paycheck for the time I took off. Which I totally agreed to do since I know my time will roll next month....

Well Al told the Office Manager, she asked Chad about it, Chad said NO! I could not be put in for sick time since I was on an vacation. Al and Chad went round and round about this, so much in fact that Chad finally hung up on Al. Well Al gets the A+ for effort in my book. But still, I had been prepared for not getting any sort of pay for that time, it's just the principle of the matter...

Seems the rules don't work for everyone. Al and one of the tech's that were transferred over from our other store both got extra sick time they didn't deserve. They both had used all of their sick/personal days and bragged to me about how they received 3 more days since they were sent to this location. Do you think I got that same treatment? Hell NO! I even have 2 years seniority over that tech.

But still, that's not all... Along with my regular weekly paycheck and I can't stress weekly enough I also get a commission on what our department makes after expenses. I wasn't sure whether I would see a full month's commission since I was only an employee there for the last 2 weeks of October I received that check last Wednesday and thought it looked a little skimpy. Of course it was just a check and didn't include the slip with all of the figures for our department. That should have raised a flag there. Al was asking me about it, he crunched a few numbers and guessed I should have seen at least $100.00 for the 2 weeks I was there(even though I was on vacation for 1 of those weeks). He was surprised to hear I was given a check for less than 1/2 of that amount

Al called the office manager and then called Chad, and all Chad could say is that my commission check was based on my time in that store, kept insisting that I worked 1 week and that's all I was entitled too. Which is complete BS!!!!! I was always paid for a full month during the months I took a week vacation...Same for everyone else! Why are the rules changing now? I never signed any form that stated these new rules just for me! Al even asked if it were him taking time off, would he be shorted in his commission check? No of course not, was Chad's answer to him! So why am I getting shafted and only getting 1 weeks worth and not 2 since I was/am an employee. All Chad could say was that I was not there.... Unfreakin' believable!!! So the special order parts I ordered for customers before I left mean nothing? The transactions I started and Al finished mean nothing? WTF!!

Supposidly Chad is going to look into that, but he shouldn't have too... it's just a given... besides I don't expect to receive a reimbursement check, since that would be the RIGHT thing to do.
By the way, Chad gets a commission on what all of our stores make, I'm sure he doesn't tell the office manager to short him a weeks worth of his bonus while he's out on vacation... greedy bastard!!

*sigh* Al even asked why I put up with Chad. I keep thinking to myself that this is only temporary, soon I'll be making the big move to Canada. The way things are here economy wise, I'm better off staying here where I have a job. Many Dealerships are closing in my area, now is not the time to jump ship.

I understand that times are tough, we are all feeling it more so these days. Many companies are down sizing, more people out in the unemployment line, many companies are closing their doors. I can understand cutting back a few hours, but not cutting into someones check like that.

In my eyes they broke their contract with me. I will bring that up to Chad next time I see him! And I'm even half tempted to say something about the extra time Al and Chris were given. I better get mine or they better lose theirs.

Alright, I'm done venting and talking like a sailor For those of you who have read this in it's entirety, You too get an A+ and a Gold Star for the day!

Thanks for reading/listening, I hope my potty mouth hasn't scared you off for good