Don't hesitate to stand up for yourself.

purple_chick79

This morning, at 6:45AM, I get a phone call from the owner of my part time homecare job asking if I could go to a clients house at 7:30 because the usual caregiver called out sick. I told him, sorry, no I can't, because I'm already working for someone at 9AM and all hell breaks loose. He starts calling me names, yelling at my non compliance, etc. For the record, I do not work "on call" so I'm not obligated to go. I've helped him out many many times before at a moments notice. I explained to him that I work until 11PM and don't get into bed until 1AM. He doesn't care. Well I say, I'll go, but not until 9AM, that isn't good enough. He threatens to fire me, I say for what..."no call no show" he says. WHAT??? OK, fine..then he says "well, just do whatever the FUCK you want" and hangs up. THEN calls back, leaves a voicemail stating that if I apologize for my inflexability I can have my job, if not I'm fired. Oh, fuck him I say to myself.

So, I call the INTERNATIONAL headquarters of the franchise, speak to a woman there, she is NONE to thrilled. Calls the owner at the office. I would have like to been a fly on the wall.

Needless to say, he called and apologized and asked if we could "move past this" I made it very clear if it ever happens again, there would be problems and I'm not staying for him, but my clients.

Man, he is such an asshole! And he is cheap on top of it.

The point you ask? Don't take anyones shit if it's unjustified and don't be afraid to go above heads. I could have just of let him fire me, but he would do it to the next caregiver.

libragirl

I know Im not scared. There is too much injustice in this world.

Well it all depends..sounds like he was being unreasonable but there is certain amount of stuff you do have to take in the work world. Im practical I need my job. Im not sure if this is the case but getting an attitude never helps either. Sometimes you have to yes people to death and then look in the classified ads. Burning bridges is never good..you need references.

MrMerkinball

In a million years, I will never understand how some managers think this is the way to get results.

We (I Manage a hotel) manage people - not robots. People need to feel inspired and that they are appreciated.

This really pisses me off.

mole1985

There are far too many assholes in charge of companies/people ect. No mangerial or people skills. Good for you.

purple_chick79

MrMerkinball wrote:

In a million years, I will never understand how some managers think this is the way to get results.

We (I Manage a hotel) manage people - not robots. People need to feel inspired and that they are appreciated.

This really pisses me off.

I'm a CNA and I'm telling you, everyone thinks we are slaves. I deal with the shit in the nursing home all the time. I get asked to do dumb shit that anyone can do! But, because I have CNA, AKA slave after my name, everyone thinks it's ok to shit on us. I've had enough and today was the last straw. I can't wait to get my degree so at least I won't be totally on the bottom, heheheheee. Our job is hard enough without assholes like this making it harder.

eyedclaar

purple_chick79 wrote:

I'm a CNA and I'm telling you, everyone thinks we are slaves. I deal with the shit in the nursing home all the time. I get asked to do dumb shit that anyone can do! But, because I have CNA, AKA slave after my name, everyone thinks it's ok to shit on us. I've had enough and today was the last straw. I can't wait to get my degree so at least I won't be totally on the bottom, heheheheee. Our job is hard enough without assholes like this making it harder.

Man, the CNA's where I work are really treated like shit and paid even worse. Of course, I work in HR in the Division Office, so I'm sure I'm the bad guy in their minds, but at least I recognize the fact that they are routinely fucked over. Yes, always stand up for yourself and stand up for others if they aren't capable.

purple_chick79

eyedclaar wrote:

Man, the CNA's where I work are really treated like shit and paid even worse. Of course, I work in HR in the Division Office, so I'm sure I'm the bad guy in their minds, but at least I recognize the fact that they are routinely fucked over. Yes, always stand up for yourself and stand up for others if they aren't capable.

Not all HR people are bad! The lady at corporate today was very nice. CNA's are treated like shit all the time where I work and yet they say they "care" about the staff. Bullshit. But, I've never had to endure what I did today and if that ever happened at my full time job, I would do the same thing.

I do have to say though, the quality of CNA's has gone DOWN in the past few years. My job is a circus, I've never seen anything like it. The incompetence is overwhelming and nothing gets done, until yesterday! Of course, I was along in the clown car because I forgot to do some weekly weights because I got busy and forgot all about it. Fuckin A!!!!!

Tone

Absolutely stand up for yourself! As a foreign national, I was treated like crap in my job in Canada. I was on a sponsored work visa and had my permanent residency papers processing and was fired "without cause" (with only 2 week's pay) in June 2007... 2 months after my visa was renewed and before my residency was finalized.

I was in limbo, had no money, wasn't legally allowed to work and my residency application was put in jeopardy. I got onto an employment lawyer immediately, sued for "unfair dismissal" and won... they didn't have a leg to stand on, they've done it so many times to people. In fact, it didn't get to court, they settled as quickly as they could... if it had, I could have got more but I didn't have the money to keep paying my lawyer, it was all on credit card. I got my settlement and thankfully got my residency. I really think they expected me to go quietly.

Heineken Helen

I always feel quite smug when I stand up for what I think is right. Companies know that a lot of people will just take what they're given. If 1 or 2 people stand up, it's still worth it for the company to fuck more people over,

I come from a family of complainers though not one of us will settle for being treated any less than human.

harmless_little_f***

I resigned from my last job because my manager would make me feel like a worthless piece of shit.. It went on for nearly a year. I fought back until I got too depressed to fight back. I called a meeting to discuss my problems, she pretty much just laughed them off, so I quit there and then. I've got a feeling the company is going to go tits up eventually. I have to do everything in my power to not hope that it does.

shaggy15

After being at Albertsons for 12 yrs Im not afraid to speak my mind to customers and managers. Managers usually stay about a year. My store is the getto store. Managers come to my store either when the corp people are trying to fire you or a as a training store. So I usually give the new managers a week then if they say something stupid to me then i ssay something back. Also Customers treat me like crap because I work there, the funny part is that most of the customers are on link and wic but they assume that Im dumb" do not but the bleach with the food!" REally I was ging to put the bleach next to your baby's juice so the chid drinks it

I always say the managers could not get a job anywhere alse so Albertsons hires them

Whizbang

purple_chick79 wrote:

This morning, at 6:45AM, I get a phone call from the owner of my part time homecare job asking if I could go to a clients house at 7:30 because the usual caregiver called out sick. I told him, sorry, no I can't, because I'm already working for someone at 9AM and all hell breaks loose. He starts calling me names, yelling at my non compliance, etc. For the record, I do not work "on call" so I'm not obligated to go. I've helped him out many many times before at a moments notice. I explained to him that I work until 11PM and don't get into bed until 1AM. He doesn't care. Well I say, I'll go, but not until 9AM, that isn't good enough. He threatens to fire me, I say for what..."no call no show" he says. WHAT??? OK, fine..then he says "well, just do whatever the FUCK you want" and hangs up. THEN calls back, leaves a voicemail stating that if I apologize for my inflexability I can have my job, if not I'm fired. Oh, fuck him I say to myself.

So, I call the INTERNATIONAL headquarters of the franchise, speak to a woman there, she is NONE to thrilled. Calls the owner at the office. I would have like to been a fly on the wall.

Needless to say, he called and apologized and asked if we could "move past this" I made it very clear if it ever happens again, there would be problems and I'm not staying for him, but my clients.

Man, he is such an asshole! And he is cheap on top of it.

The point you ask? Don't take anyones shit if it's unjustified and don't be afraid to go above heads. I could have just of let him fire me, but he would do it to the next caregiver.

Believe me, woman....you're the last person in this world that would NOT stand up for herself! good to see you back!

purple_chick79

Ah Whiz, it feels good!

The story only gets better after the first post.


He called me AGAIN at about 2:50pm as I'm getting to my full time job. He would like to know HOW I got corporates number and why I called. First I told him that the internet is a wonderful thing and you can find anything you want. Then I tell him that he threatened my job and he is the owner of the franchise, what else was I to do? He didn't like that answer. Oh well. Then he says, "well, didn't our conversation earlier mean anything?" I say "sure, well, I called the corporate office at 9:30AM and you didn't call me until 11:30 and I was told that someone from the home office already had called before your 11:30AM call, so I was under the impression you had already spoken to them before me". He says he did, then he didn't....he doesn't know what the fuck is going on. THEN he requests that I call corporate again and let them know he said he was sorry. Cuz he has egg all over his face. First I say know, he will NOT let me off the phone, so I say "if I have time", and I leave it at that.

THEN I hear from my office manager that not only did he talk to ME that way, he talked to the corporate woman that way when she called him! WHAT AN ASSHOLE!!! So then the VICE PRESIDENT calls, not to talk to him, but his wife, the prez doesn't even want to deal with him.

I've gotten no phone calls as of yet, but I got a feeling it isn't over.

justam

No matter how this turns out, it's still better that you held your position on this. It's good to form the habit of standing up for yourself.

g under p

His actions show he's a pussy of a manager by trying to bully you this way. Like Bob Marley once sang * Get Up Stand Up Stand Up For Your Rights*....and Dont Give Up The Fight.

Peace

stickboy

Whizbang wrote:

Believe me, woman....you're the last person in this world that would NOT stand up for herself! good to see you back!

yea right?? Imagine THAT one...purple not fighting back :rolleyes:

you make me proud and to make you proud one of my younger managers at my side job at Applebees mouthed off to me recently so i took off the apron and gave it to him and walked on out never even thought twice about it. The look on their faces when you pull shit like that is priceless! Done it b4 too..its the only way I know how to quit a restaurant job...bounce during peak hour or a rush and lt mgmt handle it :d

libragirl

eyedclaar wrote:

Man, the CNA's where I work are really treated like shit and paid even worse. Of course, I work in HR in the Division Office, so I'm sure I'm the bad guy in their minds, but at least I recognize the fact that they are routinely fucked over. Yes, always stand up for yourself and stand up for others if they aren't capable.

pfft....Im an admin. assistant and I don't think their is anyone lower on the rung...Im a maid and I have people taking credit for the work I do. But that's the work I chose to do..it's not all bad.

IAmMyself

purple_chick79 wrote:

This morning, at 6:45AM, I get a phone call from the owner of my part time homecare job asking if I could go to a clients house at 7:30 because the usual caregiver called out sick. I told him, sorry, no I can't, because I'm already working for someone at 9AM and all hell breaks loose. He starts calling me names, yelling at my non compliance, etc. For the record, I do not work "on call" so I'm not obligated to go. I've helped him out many many times before at a moments notice. I explained to him that I work until 11PM and don't get into bed until 1AM. He doesn't care. Well I say, I'll go, but not until 9AM, that isn't good enough. He threatens to fire me, I say for what..."no call no show" he says. WHAT??? OK, fine..then he says "well, just do whatever the FUCK you want" and hangs up. THEN calls back, leaves a voicemail stating that if I apologize for my inflexability I can have my job, if not I'm fired. Oh, fuck him I say to myself.

So, I call the INTERNATIONAL headquarters of the franchise, speak to a woman there, she is NONE to thrilled. Calls the owner at the office. I would have like to been a fly on the wall.

Needless to say, he called and apologized and asked if we could "move past this" I made it very clear if it ever happens again, there would be problems and I'm not staying for him, but my clients.

Man, he is such an asshole! And he is cheap on top of it.

The point you ask? Don't take anyones shit if it's unjustified and don't be afraid to go above heads. I could have just of let him fire me, but he would do it to the next caregiver.

It's Bobby Knight, retired and bought a homecare agency.

That really sucks that you went through that, it sounds like you took care of him, perfectly!

chadwick

purple_chick79 wrote:

This morning, at 6:45AM, I get a phone call from the owner of my part time homecare job asking if I could go to a clients house at 7:30 because the usual caregiver called out sick. I told him, sorry, no I can't, because I'm already working for someone at 9AM and all hell breaks loose. He starts calling me names, yelling at my non compliance, etc. For the record, I do not work "on call" so I'm not obligated to go. I've helped him out many many times before at a moments notice. I explained to him that I work until 11PM and don't get into bed until 1AM. He doesn't care. Well I say, I'll go, but not until 9AM, that isn't good enough. He threatens to fire me, I say for what..."no call no show" he says. WHAT??? OK, fine..then he says "well, just do whatever the FUCK you want" and hangs up. THEN calls back, leaves a voicemail stating that if I apologize for my inflexability I can have my job, if not I'm fired. Oh, fuck him I say to myself.

So, I call the INTERNATIONAL headquarters of the franchise, speak to a woman there, she is NONE to thrilled. Calls the owner at the office. I would have like to been a fly on the wall.

Needless to say, he called and apologized and asked if we could "move past this" I made it very clear if it ever happens again, there would be problems and I'm not staying for him, but my clients.

Man, he is such an asshole! And he is cheap on top of it.

The point you ask? Don't take anyones shit if it's unjustified and don't be afraid to go above heads. I could have just of let him fire me, but he would do it to the next caregiver.

screw that noise.
good for you.
the dude sounds like a prick.


whenever my x bosses used to demand unreal tasks
or raise their voices at me i used to raise my voice in return
and stand my ground.
it always felt good to me.
i was never really scared of being fired, i do awesome work.

i've left ppl in my wake, full steam ahead, fuck em...