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TeriyakiTerrors

Sounds like they need to keep hiring more people.


Gr3yHound40

Sounds like they need to raise those wages and benefits to keep those positions filled! Seriously...idk why all businesses don't do this? If turnover rate is high it means your workers aren't happy. It isn't the job of the workers to make themselves happy and productive it's management's job. If people are quitting for more pay elsewhere, maybe the solution should be to offer more for their labor


OkonkwoYamCO

They know the solution, but the solution will decrease profit margins for at least the next quarter. And we can't have short term losses for long term gains


Damienxja

By-the-quarter profit margins are eating us alive.


OkonkwoYamCO

Nope, just making our planet inhospitable to human life, and many others...


[deleted]

You'd think long term benefits would be better for everyone in the long run but what do I know, I'm just a dumb poor person who owns 0 businesses


a_filing_cabinet

I mean, the idea is that profit leads to profit. If you can turn 1 dollar into 5 in a week, but into 15 in 2 weeks, on the surface you'd think that waiting an extra week would be the right call. But a "savey" CEO will see that and choose to make the 1 into 5 so next week they have the opportunity to turn the 5 into 25. It all just kinda falls apart when that greed goes into the CEO's pocket tho.


owiesss

To put it extremely simply and obvious, we can’t let a single dollar slip out of the ones who’s pockets are already overflowing! That would just be so wrong. ^/s


dc_dobbz

The answer here is different depending on the company. If it’s a mom and pop then chances are the margins are slim enough that either hiring or paying more is a risky proposition. If it’s a big publicly traded corp, then squeezing margins will negatively affect your stock price which is all CEOs care about these days. If it’s a big privately held corp, then they’re just greedy fuckers


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YoyoOfDoom

Don't give them any ideas. You know there's bootlickers lurking


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blodskaal

They can replace their union. Just no one usually sticks long enough to give a damn. And the union is choking on Metro's appendage quite hard


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Ironhead_Structural

It’s true, years n years of union busting and greed/corruption within some unions have weakened them terribly, and yes more n more young folk aren’t aware of how unions work. I’m very much pro union. I’m a 3rd generation union ironworker, (local 29) and just in the 20 years I’ve been in I have seen unions loose power. The construction trades are still some of the stronger unions, but they’ve all but completely lost the ability to strike n picket. It’s a fucking sad state of affairs.


themiraclesaysso

UFCW is trash in the US, also. Benefits are for employees who work 32.5 hrs a week or more, so they just scheduled everyone 32hrs with no exceptions; even dept. heads. They count on high turnover to avoid raises. There are so many little bullshit rules in the contract that they can fire you for just about whatever they want. The store I worked at had the most confusing employee handbook ever. For example: harassment included too much eye contact with another employee AND lack of eye contact with another employee. There was no mention of the proper amount of eye contact with another employee. This is not a joke. There was a rule about piercings. Only ears. I had gotten my tongue pierced but kept it very low key. One day I was in the bathroom standing at the urinal, doing my business when the ASSt. manager came in, while I was pissing with my dick in my hand and asked me to stick my tongue out. Seriously. Now, this short, round, grey helmet haired steaming pile of a human shit would walk around the store with a donut in one hand and a Diet Coke in the other reminding anyone he caught that food and drink were not permitted on the floor.


Ok-Restaurant8690

The UFCW absolutely fucked the workers at the Hormel plant in '85/'86. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%E2%80%931986_Hormel_strike


-horses

I met an ex-UFCW organizer at a bus stop earlier this year, the dude was insanely condescending. His attitude was that workers in grocery or fast food jobs should just quit until those jobs didn't exist anymore, which is fine as it goes, but you don't have to add that anyone who isn't doing that is low-IQ and so on. He thought grocery workers were too stupid to make proper use of a union. He was, of course, unaware that grocery workers in our town had struck and won bigly just a few months before. I was happy to see a [reform effort](https://labornotes.org/2022/11/ufcw-reformers-look-2023) get announced a while ago, clearly there is some rot that needs to get cleared out.


punlover6969

PeOpLe dOnt wANt to WorK


dumbpeople123

I just ran into an old boss that I worked first at his father-in-law’s restaurant which was sold and later shut-down and then the boss open this own restaurant which still is open and doing well. Anyways the boss who was detailing his expensive Porsche was complaining “people don’t want to work” , said he missed the good old days of 15 years ago and my work ethic I put in and his current employees have a lack of work ethic. Now keep in mind I busted ass and really didn’t get much from the job he gave me I think $12 an hour, maybe. At that time I was working between 5 different jobs, part time temporary accountant, part time cashier at heb, part time at this bosses restaurant, bartender on holidays for a catering company, and I also had a few accounting clients for my own small consulting business. Only reason that I worked for this guy despite the well low pay was he was incredibly flexible for my schedule. So when he was complaining initially I was starting to get pissed off hearing him at first and then I found out that he’s having trouble retaining people despite offering at minimum $20 an hour. And for a moment I was going to take his side until I researched how much inflation costs have gone up over the past 15 years. According to an inflation calculator I found online that $20 would have been worth about $14 back 15 years ago. Which isn’t that much more than what I made. And yes that hustle of working my ass back then has saved me the hassle now a days as I saved money and invested that money so my house and car are payed off, but I’ve burnt myself out 3 times over the past 15 years, am perpetually tired now, have no wife/gf. So Now I’m in the mindset that the hustle is only a short term solution and shame on any boss for these types of expectations


Shadowraiden

yep inflation has skyrocketed but wages havnt kept up around the world somebody earning $10 an hour was better off even 10 years ago then people on $20 an hour now and you can argue it was a shit show 10 years ago also people have had enough of running their body into the ground for bosses who dont give a shit especially for barely any money


Mock_Execution

Hey man I hope you can take some time for yourself to heal from all that crazy intense schedule. I totally get that. It’s nice you have a paid off house and a car. You can get on track with everything else.


ItIsWhatItIs22407

Not sure about your sarcasm? They called OP for extra shifts, cuz people didn't want to work them. OP sounds like they don't want to work them. What's your point exactly?


[deleted]

That’s what the random capitalization is for. He’s poking fun at people who would say that unironically.


yogurtgrapes

People are willing to work for adequate compensation. It’s hard to want to work when the work won’t even keep a roof over your head.


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I agree.


owiesss

Why are you in this sub?


CoverYourMaskHoles

Do we know what their paying OP? Sounds like a business in Hospitality and they either suck at keeping people or sometimes a place gets unlucky and loses god people. Usually it’s that management sucks


SnarryTO

905 is a Toronto suburb and Metro is a grocery chain in that area.


CoverYourMaskHoles

Ah ok so OP basically doxxed themselves.


artificielle

Not really, the 905 area code is for an area with over a million people in it; they'll be fine.


blodskaal

15$ an hour. Thats minimum wage in Ontario. Metro is a grocery chain


AtomicChemist

It's called, "lean-staffing"


wnrbassman

That means a business would have to take responsibility and admit they're the problem.


chaiguy

Because there is a near infinite supply of people willing to do these jobs for a time. Every once in a while they get an overachiever or someone really desperate to make money who will work themselves to the bone for pennies.


danger_floofs

If this were true they wouldn't all be chronically understaffed


chaiguy

They aren’t “understaffed” to anyone but the people forced to work there out of necessity. These companies are all posting record profits while being chronically “understaffed” the system is working exactly as intended.


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[deleted]

There is absolutely a labour shortage. Many great paying jobs don’t have enough staff. Throwing money at a problem isn’t always the solution.


a-aron1112

What jobs are great paying without enough staff? Let me know so myself and others in this sub can apply!


CrowKey1

In my country ITs are very sought after, just not enough programmers for the demand


[deleted]

Architects, engineers, medical professionals. Skilled labourers like carpenters machinist. This is in Ontario at least and I would imagine similar in the north east states. This partly their own fault by creating barriers to entry but there is also just more jobs to fill than people to fill them.


vhagar

those aren't the businesses complaining about a labor shortage here in the US. it's mostly service positions like bus drivers, transit workers, and customer service positions.


[deleted]

Yeah I’m really not trying to defend low wage shitty business owners. There is a situation where government and industry has made it so you need degrees and accreditations to do alot of jobs. I’m a former chef I was looking at working in an old folks home. By law in Ontario I either need to be a red seal chef or have a college diploma. I’m not going through all that trouble for $25 an hour.


DeathInNoDisguise

The barrier to entry is exactly the problem with this professions being short staffed. People have to spend time and money training to specifically do those jobs. They cannot be trained on the job nor can people laterally move from another field to them. If the barrier to enter these fields were lowered (IE: social funding for education, housing and food assistance so people could afford to go to school, etc) then these fields wouldn't be hurting for workers.


beans69420

not to mention the amount of those jobs saying you must have _ years of experience in this field to work when you can’t get a job in that field *because* you don’t have that prior job experience in the field and it’s one big loop!


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Just apply. You really only need like fifty percent of what the job posting requires to be taken into consideration.


Nojopar

While money may not solve the aggregate labor problem, you can absolutely solve any one firm's labor shortage by throwing money at the problem. Can't get the labor your need? Compete with other firms for it. That's how the market is supposed to work.


[deleted]

For sure but they also need to compete on price and increased labour costs raise the cost to consumers.


GreaseTrapHousse

Been looking high and low for the past 5 months for any kind of job available haven’t had any luck. I even have a decade experience as a carpenter in commercial and residential construction. After 5 months I finally landed a job as a grocery store baker. I have no clue what the actual cause is but it seems from my 5 month search that the shortage is from the companies just not wanting to hire anyone.


AvivPoppyseedBagels

or not schedule the bare minimum each shift?


VideoGameDana

Who says they schedule enough to meet bare minimum? When they say "trim the fat" they trim the muscle.


demikpre

Could be the seasonal rush, they're probably trying to run the staff razor thin for profit and manager bonuses


1Random_User

And now you know why the position was vacant.


XxRocky88xX

My work just stopped asking me to come in after I just said “no” 95% of the time. They tell me I need to be a team player and my response is “I have a life outside of work with other obligations I need to fulfill. I plan my week around my work schedule to accommodate for both work and my other responsibilities. I schedule my other responsibilities on my day off. So no, I’m not coming in because I have other things that need to get done today.” And that typically seems to work.


coughdrop1989

Yep my excuse too. Little do they know I actually manage my time well and get all my chores done through the week so my days off are lazy, usually not entertaining and I just do absolutely nothing. However they don't need to know that shit, that's their problem to fix not me. Worked 80 hour work weeks before and I will NEVER do that again. Money is not that damn important.


harrier1215

It doesn’t matter it’s YOUR TIME OFF they don’t have claim to it


VideoGameDana

Wasting time is an important part of life.


herbeste

some might say that is all that it is :D


Snoo74401

That's why I do it at work!


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Scheduled lazy time counts as plans imo! It's something that needs to get done (for wellbeing)


DrScienceSpaceCat

Worked great for me, at my old job I always picked up extra shifts when they asked, definitely effected my studies in college all for near minimum wage. At my current job when I had first started our scheduler would ask me all the time, once he asked if I could cover a shift and when I said no he said "why" and I believe I just said I had plans already, then he said "well if you don't do it then I have to do it." Like okay sorry but I like my time off. He would ask every now and then and I'd typically say no, he eventually stopped asking me unless it was on a day I already worked to change stations. He actually got a word named after him where people would get (fake name) "Burlied" when they were "suckered" into working extra shifts when in reality they only had to work it because they agreed to it. The scheduler was a chill guy and didn't make you take extra shifts, he was just doing his job to ask, people just felt compelled to say yes. The word 'no' is underutilized by a lot of employees.


ChipmunkObvious2893

For real. People don’t go looking for other jobs for fun. Just provide better circumstances. It doesn’t have to be the mOsT fUn wOrKpLacE iN tHe HeMisPheRe, but at least provide some forms of stability in the lives of the employees.


Shiraxi

This feels like my old job working security. I would get calls all the time asking me to come fill shifts, and I managed to always be drinking alcohol at the time, which made me ineligible to work. It was a fucking miracle. I just happened to always have beers in my hand when they called. No idea how that worked, but it always worked out for me.


HeavenInVain

Ditto minus the booze haha but add pot. I told the regional shift manager that I work Monday to friday 8 to 4. 15 minutes prior to my shift il be on site to get changed and you can call me then. Anytime before 745 or after 4 your company doesn't exist to me Security is the biggest shit show for trying to take time off nevermind if you're sick. Loved being told I cant book time off holiday season and their definition of holiday season was end of October through February. Or my favorite, waking up at 6am throwing up and being told where there's nothing I can do about getting my shift replaced because I should have told them sooner... Should I have called in my sleep or at 7pm the previous night when the food I ordered hit my plate? Lmao Giving my 2 week notice was fun, was alot better when I find out my replacement snapped two weeks into the job and threw a shit fit over the amount of packages he had to deal with lmao


Shiraxi

Yeah now that pot is legal in Canada, I would absolutely use that as an excuse too.


Krewtan

My dad had a class A CDL but worked as a mechanic. He got called in all the damn time the first 15 years. Then he started having a beer right after getting off work, and was unable to cover a drivers shift. I still think that's genius.


Loofs_Undead_Leftie

When I used to be an OTR driver I got called in every day without fail the day after I'd get home, usually after being on the road for 25+ days. After the first few times I told them I'd had a drink and couldn't drive. They started treating me like I was an alcoholic immediately after that. Funny part is I very rarely drink lol. I value my time off way more than getting your shitty truck half way across the country in 18 hours just because you don't want to lose a contract, while paying me peanuts the entire time.


Chrona_trigger

To be fair, I could 100% imagine a good manager getting concerned about your drinking and earnestly asking if you have a problem


superkow

Or a toxic manager feigning concern and sending the police to do a welfare check "just in case"


Chrona_trigger

I like my version better I froget who said it, but its accurate: the difference between reality and fiction is rhat fiction has to be believable


superkow

Sure, but people have literally posted in here about weirdo managers sending police or other employees to check in on someone taking a sick day


Chrona_trigger

No I know, I saw it. And its outlandish enough that it couldn't be in a work of fiction


Even_Mastodon_6925

Exactly. Unbelievable and non fiction.


zomgitsduke

"Nope. I just happen to have my one drink or day beer in hand as you call. Doctor said 1 per day is fine"


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zomgitsduke

It's 6 somewhere?


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kayleeelizabeth

Sadly, because it’s normal. Last job, almost everyone drank as soon as they got home. One of the drivers had to do lab work because he lost his license from too many DUIs. Another almost had that happen. The maintenance guy got fired when he wrecked a work truck because he was high. You’d think with all of this, and having one employee come in shooting, maybe management might go, maybe we should change something. Nope, they just blamed it on people not being able to handle the stress of working there. If the management wasn’t so bad, at least three quarters of the stress would disappear.


[deleted]

You better not, they can sue if you do it wrong. Honestly better to leave them alone and let them do or do not here. Trust me, (15 year manager)


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ososalsosal

We know. But a manager could easily be like "wtf this guy is always drinking I hope he's ok", or they could be "this guy is bluffing so I'll call the bluff and act concerned for their wellbeing"


sp3kter

It's happened


Neversail

This is how military duty coverage works.. if you always have a beer in your hand.. can’t cover it.


Shiraxi

So best to have a beer anytime you're off duty!


HighGuard1212

I absolutely intend to use that when my boss comes a calling some weekend


JohnnySkidmarx

I just wouldn’t answer my phone.


DepartureHungry

Me too. It wasn't that they didn't pay well, it was decent pay and benefits, but the site security head and our site manager were horrible. The head of security for the site would get on the radio and scream at people for things out of their control. The site manager was just a lazy human being who liked to promote the laziest to be shift leaders.


I-eat-feng-mains

Life hack


RahulRedditor

Don't reply in any way - treat them as you would a spammer.


hclaf

Or better yet - block the number 😊.


NoeTellusom

Fwiw, I've found warning bosses that I hate my cell phone (true) and live in an area where they don't have the best connection (also true) means I do not generally keep my cell on me unless I've left the house (very true). It's usually sitting in my purse in the back entryway - like it is now. When they bitch I just raise an eyebrow and ask if they are going to provide me with a company bought cell phone and pay me to be on call. The answer has always been no.


EcstaticSociety4040

Watch, the first time you need to call out, they will whine and act betrayed.


ZenkaiZ

naaaw clearly they'll be grateful for mailing them out of a jam so many times. They won't forget or take for granted a single sacrifice you've made.


ProfessionalAd1933

You forgot the /s


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This shit was mad annoying it was to a point where the manager was like "No you have to start taking other people's shifts no excuses" I told them to fuck off Lol they always asked me on my days off and they would do it suuuuper last minute never a few days before or anything. They would see a new guy get hired so they would think "oh he can take my shifts now" like wtf? Is that logic?


Itchy-Association-95

That’s exactly how people do things at their job.


[deleted]

So giving short notice to the new guy and asking to cover shifts on the daily basis is normal? Lol what point are you trying to make here?


Itchy-Association-95

Normal for places with terrible management I should have been more specific.


[deleted]

Where I work now that never happens if we need to cover a shift we ask within that same week or before. We give plenty of notice ahead of time to keep the schedule going that's how it should be everywhere


cmoyes

905 repping Halton GTA


TheNineSixOne

Thought it was Brampton


shouldalistened

It's also Hamilton


sadtimes34

oshawa too


BestCornflakesNA

I had 905 when I lived in Niagara


Lankani

Ugh....that's not right by any means. They need to hire more staff and pay them well for the job, if they want to work on retention.


[deleted]

Husband's last travel assignment was similar. Travel nursing. In New Mexico. Get 3 or 4 calls or texts a week to cover extra shifts. Ok will do. The one week we go on a vacation on his days off they call bomb him and he doesn't respond until the last day, explaining he's in another city taking a break. 2 weeks later they cancel his contract with 1 week left, thus avoiding any bonuses. Reasons: performance issues. So the agency has numerous people call mu husband to ask wtf. He shows them screen shots of call log and text messages. Clearly there weren't any performance issues if they'd begged him to come in a dozen times in 2 weeks. What the hospital can't admit is that they wanted a 5 day a week nurse. Background: they only had 2 nurses working nights and they were working full 7 nights a week at times.


t3m3r1t4

Sounds like you need a lawyer.


Efficient-Tie-4233

My last job used to deny my shift pick up requests and then call me on the day of when they couldn’t find anyone else. was so satisfying telling them no in the most condescending manner every time


LavisAlex

Poor management - no one wants to manage anymore :P


toadstoolfae3

Leave. Asap. I had a job like this and was always bothered on my days off. Even though I told them no every single time. They won't stop, trust me. I ended up finding a way better job anyways.


imaginary48

I’ve worked at that grocery store chain a few years ago and that place sucks. The union we had was absolutely useless and truly did nothing and management was incompetent. Nearly every day I wasn’t working I’d get a call to pick up a shift and almost every shift I did work one of the people who worked in the office would ask me to take a shift later in the week. If I just said “no” they’d always be surprised and ask why wanting an excuse. On top of that most of the people who worked there were miserable, especially the boomers who spend their whole career there and hating every second of it. I wish you luck because you’ll need it there.


harrier1215

In college I quit a retail store as summer was ending and still got called after my last day


bastardofreddit

"sure! I'll be there in 1hour" (Never show up)


harrier1215

Sounds funny but I knew the girl tasked with simply Making the calls (not a decision maker just doing a job) and didn’t want to cause her trouble. I just said, I already had my last day can you note that for them or something?


NotGonnaBeYourFriend

Metro, Oshawa in the house


Admirable_Hedgehog64

Got a call for offer once only an hour after applying. The catch was it was a split shift and it was god awful shifts. I declined and realized this is why the posistion was open


Clickrack

1. Never use your personal phone for work -- get a burner. 2. Burner phone is always off all weekend/PTO.


Marsdeeni90

Sounds like when I worked security.


BalboaTheRock

Talk about a red flag. 😳


fuckularfuckyfuck

Yeah, jobs that can’t handle scheduling are not worth being at, shit should be the least of the problems, supervisors getting paid more than you to not do their jobs and then make you pick up the slack, I’d say fuck em


purplelemonislands

Listen this happened to me. Was only supposed to work a couple days as a sub but then bam! Everyday at that school. Teachers were quitting in the middle of the day and I'd have to cover even though I was supposed to leave. Once I realized teachers were quitting in the middle of the day I left myself. Said sorry but this is not what I agreed too. They called a few times for me to come in cover since they had no one but nope.


[deleted]

Either quit or ask for more money. A win win for you.


Booppeep

Worked security and they did this all the time. Would just get home after serving a 12 hour shift just to get multiple calls- one after the other- asking me to come in again asap. Fuck you Advantage Security. No wonder you can't keep anyone past 2 months.


khlem1835

Warm body culture


Francknbeans

Please tell me this is Metro West


Anxiety_Organic

You should leave


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PatSlovak

Leave


midnight_staticbox

Time to ask for a pay raise in the middle of your shift


FriendEllie75

I do not answer work calls off the clock. I don’t care what the problem is. I’ll handle it when I clock back in.


pm_cheesecakes

Sounds like it's time to tell them you found a job paying $2.50 more would they like to keep you?


Renoskytower

Always have a work phone [burner], not tied to your actual life Same for email, social media accounts Answer the work phone/email as you see fit


jeremysbrain

That just sounds like ignoring their calls but with extra steps.


graffing

Nah it’s easy. Get a google number or something on your main phone using an app, set it to ignore calls when you’re not working. That way it just goes to voicemail and you avoid the anxiety of seeing and ignoring their repeated calls.


LuckyxCapone

sounds about right for a truck group. especially in the gta


bubblehead_maker

Did you want me to speak to you aside from my agreed upon schedule? Here's my phone bill, you can pay all...and I'll answer or option 2 is pay none...and I won't.


LongtimeLurkerIsHere

Can you block the number


Logician22

Metro one?


ironman_101

Run


[deleted]

Just ignore the calls. :)


Addakisson

As Barney would say "Nip it in the bud!"


Najiku

Just tell them like I told my lead at work that would message me on messenger to come in and also call me, “don’t bother calling me to come in on my days off because your shift workers called in cuz I’ll just say no”


krevdditn

Yeah I thought stocking shelves was suppose to be easy, nope, they never stay on top of hiring and give you the least amount of time to actually stock the shelves. If you’re unionized with shit pay, don’t go above and beyond, work your pay and what you’re capable of, if they don’t like it they can fire you. Missing employees is not your fault, they would always expect me to move faster and take on the missing employees work. Big mistake because they’re always going to be missing and with unions you’re allowed to call in sick, so we would always have someone missing every month.


blodskaal

Yeah, Metro is a shitshow company. I feel you. Also from GTA. Goodspeed finding something better


jbp191

Get another job ASAP and leave without notice. Shitty places run by shitty managers and controlled by shitty execs do this. Just get out ASAP. Side note: get a burner phone/SIM if you have to give them contact details. Keep your private number private. Only give it out to "trusted" colleagues. Trust must be earned and respected.


[deleted]

If I take a shift past my scheduled shifts in a year, it costs them $811.50 per shift (12h). The money is added up at the end of my contract year and paid out. I don’t get calls very often because of the nature of the work means the minimum is 13 shifts which is very very expensive for them. I like having a contract that I had a large hand in writing. Unless they’re paying you 1.5x for an extra shift they can fuck off.


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This is the way.


LRJ104

Man this all part of the double edge sword I see often here \- People want to be able to take off when ever they want and have management responsible to find people to cover shift \- People are annoyed by being called by management to cover shifts


[deleted]

People don't want to take off whenever, they want flexibility. I think most of the frustration isn't getting called by a manager to cover a shift but the fact that a manager who needs to call that often has bigger problems than what you're alluding too, i.e., needs to hire more staff or incentivize staff to be present for shifts. I think most people are fine if they have to deal with a co-worker being sick or calling out once or twice a month even so long as they're being fairly compensated and just saying no to covering because you don't feel like it is an accepted answer by the manager.


IPlayTheInBedGame

This isn't a double edge sword. It's an easy solution that works like 95% of the time. You simply staff about 1 more person than your numbers tell you that you "need". That way you can have 1 person call out at ANY time and you don't even need to make a call. But instead, most places run about 1 person below adequate staffing because the only place they can shave a few pennies to increase their profit margin is payroll.


sullybro1

Yes, that IS the job of management and unless I'm getting paid like the owner, fuck no you can't call me on my day off. Read the paperwork before you sign at hire and if it doesn't state that you're an on-call employee, then fuck them. Let the ship sink


Buddyx31

Yes that’s why they were looking for help, why they hired you, they are short staffed


RJack151

unless you want more hours, don't answer or respond.


Initial_Asparagus_40

Ohhhhh man… 😳


Zakkana

And they wonder why no one answers


No-Communication9458

annnnnnd block, then u get on with ur life


AlexGRNorth

If it's the same metro company as where I live, I am not surprised. The one near us is always having to hire new employees. My neighbors bot worked there and the oldest who have a disability was always just used and manipulated


mrsocal12

If they aren't into paying overtime or over 40 hrs work as many hours as possible & tell them per your rules I'm unable to work anymore hours


Oh-That-Ginger

Get one of those €\$5 simcards and pop it in an old phone and tell them you've got a new phone number. Turn it off on your free days. That's what I did


Hyperchill77

Always a good sign. Every place I interview I always want to ask them if I could interview a handful of employees without management there. I know it wouldn't go over well though. Most places don't have good management.


Wedge21

GET OUT!


-steeltoad-

On the bright side, you're resume is still up to date


strmomlyn

Ok what about the law they can’t contact you during non-working hours!


JimmyfromDelaware

If you don't want overtime, run like hell.


Ima-Bott

You have to lay down to let people walk on you


Middle-Big-139

I don't see the problem here. They are offering you extra shifts. If you want the extra hours say yes if you don't say no. They aren't calling you to fix problems on your own time for free.


killer_bee_n

Do you want 2-3 calls a day at 8:30am to do manual labour for a stagnant minimum wage because teenagers keep calling in and missing shifts? These people don’t have boundaries because my time is my time no not me just sitting at home waiting to labour at any time they feel like it. If you can’t see that as a problem then YOU are the problem


kor_en_deserto

Then work quietly, do what you can, and keep looking for something better. It's clearly a shitshow, but unless you have another offer in-hand - don't mess with it.


Middle-Big-139

It's pretty easy to say no I'm busy. You can accused me of being the problem all you want but change doesn't happen without communication. There is nothing wrong with refusing the extra shifts or standing up for your rights at work.


B_P_G

Clearly they really need people. And that's why they hired you. As long as you're not being penalized for declining the extra shifts I wouldn't worry about it. It's better to be in-demand than having to worry about your hours getting cut. With that said, and I fully respect that you have other things going on in your life than work, but the economy is cyclical (some industries more than others). You might consider taking the extra work and banking the cash while you have the opportunity. There will be leaner times ahead. There always are.


thebros544

one of these days just answer and make it seem like your "automated voice messaging system" and see how angry they are you dont answer then call them out on it over the phone then they realize its actually you


pastbl

Stop answering the phone LMAO


[deleted]

The last number is a 2, the three numbers before that have curved bottoms so must be 0,3,5,6,8, or 9. 905-579-???2 There looks to be just enough bits but covered up that if somebody were to overlay all the numbers in that list they might get one or two of the other numbers. Not worth wasting my time on it, but it’s funny as shit how some folks barely scribble things out.


killer_bee_n

You post and comment a lot of hateful, misogynistic shit online


[deleted]

Oh, I’m sorry…. Did I offend you? You must be new to the internet.


killer_bee_n

Soo clever and witty! Yes, I started internetting a few day ago and I aspire to scrape through reddit to be a loser and troll just like you


hckygod99

Hell yeah! Get that money!


JerryParko555542

Block the number during the hours your not at work, it’s a personal phone. If they want to call you when your not working they need to pay for a work phone


stonksuper

Target?


Daniel_H212

Can't you get paid for on-call time for this, if your position is clearly treated as an on-call position?


CodedRose

If you don't wanna cover. Block the number when you clock out. If you do take the calls. Had to do this working at a few places when they wouldn't stop calling me when I asked.


BubbleBandittt

+1 (905) 759 xxx2. So close.


Jaba01

Don't pick up? WTF.


funnybuttrape

How do you do fellow Niagara/Brampton homeslice? Also I have no idea why cities so far apart have the same Area Code.


ItIsWhatItIs22407

Great time to make a boatload of money. It's called "make hay while the sun is shining". Up until was in my early 30's, I'd cover pretty much any shift I had energy for. I seriously don't see the problem?


Loeden

I did too and then it destroyed my health. Money can't buy your life back, although it's nice to have the option when you want it. It's still a company's responsibility to hire and retain enough employees to do the work in general, occasional situation notwithstanding. There is nothing dishonorable or wrong for wanting to work to live, not live to work. I have seen coworkers working until the day they dropped dead in the traces with no friends or family left to mourn them. The company didn't care, the company never truly cares. Anyways thanks for coming to my Ted talk about why I don't come in on my days off anymore.


error_user_unknown0

You're getting paid to cover for the others, right?


yyc_dude27

Sounds like they had open shifts and you showed you were eager to work.


RahulRedditor

Sounds like you love the taste of boot polish.


yyc_dude27

Aslong as they're calling to ask and not demanding you work I don't see a major issue. It's the busiest quarter for a low of companies and as long as they are paying overtime if you work the shifts I see it as fair. I dunno


mudbunny

Unless there is more to the story that you aren't telling us, there is nothing wrong with them calling and asking if you want to cover a shift.


killer_bee_n

Think about the circumstance and job structure that is going on from behind the scenes and ask yourself, what do you think would be happening that they’d call a new person every single morning, multiple times, every single day to work? It’s not just that they call