Life has been quite tumultuous and I decided to apply for a job a supermarket in the bordering country. I thought, I need money to have some financial independence for the near future. I applied for the job as the worker who fills the shelves. But the lady decided to put me in the bakery part of the supermarket, because I already had experience in that sort of area. I decided to give it a chance.
It was terrible. Too much work pressure and expectations. Additionally, everyone said something different and expected me to follow through with it. The hygiene standards sucked, my co-workers didn't uphold any sort of conversation with me and none of them told me how long a task needs to take. I was always too slow for them. Once my co-worker made me a schedule in what time something needs to be done, I was working fast. Without knowing what time it is or how long a tasks need to take, it's impossible for me to work fast. I don't have a grasp of time, that's why I also need to get a watch because I am quite dependent on time itself.
I had mentioned that multiple times and it had gotten ignored multiple times. And you could ask to why I didn't make a schedule myself. The problem is that I am trying to satisfy *them* and not me. They wanted stuff done in a specific way and also not properly.
On the 6th of September they fired me from the bakery part for being too slow with my work. It didn't bother me that much. They only paid 6 euros an hour which is insane. They then basically deported me to the other section of the supermarket: The fresh food (cheese, tapas, meat, ...etc). I wasn't really looking forward to that, but they had already decided that for me. I thought I should give it a chance.
Which I regret so deeply, I should have quit on the spot and left that supermarket. I really should have listened to everyone else when they told me that I should quit and look for another job.
In the fresh section it is just as terrible as in the bakery section. Barely anybody is communicating with me and then expecting me to use my telepathic powers to read their minds and bow down to their wits.
The last time I worked there, it was an entire catastrophe. Nobody told me how long that task that I had to should take so I decided to that as quickly as possible to satisfy myself. Then I got scolded for taking too long and my co-worker kept making passive aggressive comments. Then there were some rules that nobody told me about and I got scolded for not knowing them. Which was utterly ridiculous. When the supermarket was introduced, nobody gave me the technical terms of the section. I didn't even know they existed and I got scolded for not knowing them. She then said "If you want to continue working here, you'll need to know" not exactly like that but going into that direction and in a foreign language. Throughout the entire afternoon she reminded me that I could easily lose my job. At the end we both held a conversation and she said that she sees that I am working but that Is need to work faster and stuff. I told her that I will talk with the Boss and that Is an quitting this crap.
All of this could have been avoided if they had just talked with me about it BEFORE I began working there. If they had just taught me everything from the beginning on instead of making little remarks here and there.
I wrote my boss that I wanted to talk with them as soon as possible, because I want to quit this job.
The entire supermarket has ridiculous rules, the co-workers barely communicate with me and the work is not done properly (example: You're supposed to put the earliest Expiry date at the front and the latest one at the back, some of them have been entirely mixed up, which causes me more work)
I get that I need to work faster, but damn can they not communicate with me? I've never had problems with working "too slow" (obviously, if the task is tiresome and dull, I'll take a bit more time)
Worst job experience that I ever had.
That was honestly it. Hope you all have better and more enjoyable jobs.
Cyaaaa (•‿•)
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Oz the Archivist
I feel u man. I work retail n it sucks. Only good part is my co workers, but even then I get in trouble for talking to them. I work slow, so I get the not working fast enough thing constantly. I just can't tho, I'm not built like that. I hope u find a better job.
☆.⋆°★Dizzy☆.⋆°★
This is like my biggest fear, working in a place i hate with people that dont like me, I would probably just do it for the money but still not worth my time. Hope you get a job that you enjoy.
Refrigerator
Dang, srry that happened to you. Some people rlly expect others to be able to read their mind or smthn. Its almost like people dont get born knowing how to do everything. I hope ur next job will be a thousand times better!
Thanks!! I just honestly wished that everything had worked out, because I always had wanted a part-time in a supermarket. Seems like I'll just have to search for something else.
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