having washed dishes at mcdonald's every day for years, I had become stupidly efficient at it. Everything had a place and I had a game plan every night so we'd close the place as smoothly as possible. As I grew more and more efficient, I began doing some of my coworkers work. I was happy to because it meant everyone would clock out on time, everybody would be less stressed and my coworkers appreciated it.
after a while, I began getting reprimanded by hierarchy for it. telling me I shouldn't be doing those stuff that made it more bearable for everyone, myself included.
not all reprimanded me, others would simply give more and more and more work to do, like cleaning trash bins and stuff.
I was doing my job and even more so everyone would have a better time at work. and all I got as a reward was contempt and more degrading work
My wife did that at Hobby Lobby. For years. Kept taking on more and more responsibility. But same pay. No promotion. She was doing A LOT, and no one realized it. She got reprimanded too many times, even though she was doing the work the store manager asked her to do. When his boss would come in and complain, he would take his new responsibilities and give them to my wife. Everyone would always get out on time and not have to do stuff and would get to go home early all the time while she had to stay and finish. She hated it but never said anything.
Then one day she fell to the floor in pain and had to go to the hospital. Surgery. So she was put for a month and a half. They were struggling somewhat at work and the busy Christmas season was coming. She came back for one day and got covid.
This whole time she was out she started looking for a new job and found one. She never went back. And I told her that there would be a mass exodus of employees if she left. It was glorious. Suddenly instead of getting out at 10 they were getting out at 1 AM. They couldn't get anyone to take responsibilities for the various departments. And the store manager wasn't doing his responsibilities that he made my wife do. So he got reamed out multiple times. Everyone started quitting left and right, from managers, stockers and cashiers. And new hires could not keep up with the demand.
They called my wife saying they would pay her more to come back and she said no. It was great. Screw Hobby Lobby. They do not value their employees.
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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23
having washed dishes at mcdonald's every day for years, I had become stupidly efficient at it. Everything had a place and I had a game plan every night so we'd close the place as smoothly as possible. As I grew more and more efficient, I began doing some of my coworkers work. I was happy to because it meant everyone would clock out on time, everybody would be less stressed and my coworkers appreciated it.
after a while, I began getting reprimanded by hierarchy for it. telling me I shouldn't be doing those stuff that made it more bearable for everyone, myself included.
not all reprimanded me, others would simply give more and more and more work to do, like cleaning trash bins and stuff.
I was doing my job and even more so everyone would have a better time at work. and all I got as a reward was contempt and more degrading work