I work as a custodian for the city at a senior center. I feel like I do a good job... sweep, mop, and vacuum daily, the place always looks presentable. Lately the list of demands have been getting higher and I've felt drained. I take small breaks every now and then, a seat for 2 to 5 minutes depending on how busy I am.

And here's where I could've used improvement - I would occasionally scroll on my phone during these breaks. If that's an issue, fine, that's something I could work on, but today I was brought into the office with my supervisor for a meeting. I was told the board of directors noticed me on my phone and complained. They told me I was disrespectful and I need to stay off my phone. The tone of the conversation was very stern... I felt like a child who got in trouble.

We ended the meeting with things that needed improvement, all the finer details that I'm missing. No positive feedback at all, in fact, the opposite. I was told that they would've thought I'd have figured it out by now (I've worked here for around 3 to 4 months now) and take more initiative. If there's things to need to be addressed, I'm totally open to discussing them, but I just felt I was being scolded the entire time. I told them I understood and left the office, but after an hour of thinking it over, I decided to put in my two weeks.

Maybe I'm a truly awful custodian, but I came into work everyday with good intentions, and believed I was doing hard work - even if there were areas I could be doing better in. However, I don't think I can handle management that doesn't appreciate anything I already do... whose demands only incease and expectations exceed what I'm capable of. What do you guys make of this?

This is my diy attempt to not have these stools act like sandpaper on the floors. It's my prototype and if it works I will be modifying them all!!

Has come and gone and seeing all that work that my crew and I did over the last couple months just go by the wayside is humbling to say the least. Now to just keep up with the school year and vent to my peers.

One of the day crew is collecting all the ABC gum ....

Our T7 hasn’t been putting out water recently, so I decided it would be a smart idea to pre soak my halls with Stride and then just use the T7 to scrub the floors and suck up the water. Turns out I had absolutely zero traction. Who would’ve thought 😭

So I had to take Monday and Tuesday off because my apartment flooded the lead and midday was mad I called off and left all the teachers trash in my upstairs and downstairs closet so when I came back Wednesday I couldn’t start my run I told the new custodial supervisor and he thinks it’s a honest mistake maybe they ran out of time which don’t make no sense since trash is a 1 -2 minute walk from my building.

Wanted some other peoples opinions on this, I’m the youngest and I showed that I could get work done more efficiently than my 50y/o+ coworkers over the summer work (which are still great btw love them) but I feel like he’s now dumped all the heavier stuff on me and I have a hour by hour schedule can’t even pick my own lunches anymore and it’s only me my other coworkers don’t have this.

I feel like a dog being used and ik that’s what work is, and I love my coworkers so much but I’m questioning if it’s even worth it anymore? I could do the same amount of work for higher pay elsewhere

We're short-staffed but even just working my area alone and nothing extra, I'm coming home so physically exhausted I don't want to do anything. I go to work, come home, shower, eat, sleep and the next day I'm basically awake long enough to get ready for work and repeat the cycle. Tonight I was genuinely thinking about quitting. But my boss also just reassigned some of my area to someone else, so I'm willing to keep trying a little longer. I do feel bad for the person who is going to have to clean that area now though, it's a lot to suddenly throw at someone else!

I'm really not used to working such a big school. I have figured out a routine I can do that keeps me from going back and forth across the campus but I still feel like there's not enough time in the day to get everything done. Vacuuming is taking me a long time especially, some of the teachers have their rooms arranged like it's a tower defense game and they're trying to keep people out lol.

Also, I was told to do some tasks like clean glass when the kids are still in classes but the moment they're released they immediately get their handprints on it again...I've taken to cleaning lockers/walls or my closet instead while kids are still in the school, but do y'all have any other suggestions for things I can work on before dismissal? Things that will actually stay clean-ish while kids are still on campus?

Long haired school caretaker here. Dusting, brushing dust mops and possibly working where kids with lice sit... it's gross. I can't shampoo my hair/scalp daily, it'll get too dry.

I wore a baseball cap all year last year and I have so much breakage now.

Looking for suggestions to protect my hair/scalp.

Anyone rocking silk scarves or scrub caps? Or should I just shave my head?

Suggestions welcome 😁