Yelling, "I'll get to you when I get to you," is never an appropriate action at work. This is my mantra for today.
Monday, April 29, 2019
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Rude
I had three separate people tell me they were going to be in the 6 a.m. fire safety training. Not a single person was there.
I was here before 6 this morning. I am not a morning person. I am not pleased.
We have three more hours of safety training. I sat through all 5 one hour sessions last week. I'm going to be a very effective arsonist.
Last week, I was in before 6 a.m. every day but Monday. This week, I think it's just today, which is good. If I get too tired, I quickly lose the will to live. Not really, but I don't get pleasant.
Monday, April 15, 2019
Take cover
This week y'all. Whew. I am aware it's Monday.
We were to a new timekeeping system today. Today's also the day that the shifts have rotated, we've moved to a new schedule for half the plant, we're sending several people to a sister plant to help out, layoffs take effect, and payroll is due. So not much. However, I talked to the lady at corporate in charge of payroll on Friday, and she agreed to let us push it back a week, both so we could get some training in, and so I can get a good test week in.
Like I've mentioned before, our new timeclocks are biometric. I got everyone registered Friday, but haven't had a chance to do a real trial, because over half the people thought they didn't need to test it more than once. So I don't have clocks for them. And when they come to me and have an issue, I will not tell them it sucks to be them, but I will be thinking it, at least a little.
There are still a bunch of bugs to be worked out, and I'm not looking forward to next Thursday and Friday when paystubs and checks come out. People will not be pleased. They haven't handled the transition well to the new system. We just started meeting about it a month ago, and though it's been in the works for a while, I don't think it's ready. Our lunches aren't being calculated properly, and who knows what else. They also mentioned several times that they would set up training for us to take, and then to have one for supervisors and managers. Shockingly, that hasn't occurred. I have a pdf that's like four pages long with instructions. That's all. I'm apparently supposed to train everyone. I don't have the faintest clue what I'm doing, so it will be fun. I'm so excited.
It's a shame circuses are becoming a thing of the past. I could run away and join one. I make some mean cotton candy.
We were to a new timekeeping system today. Today's also the day that the shifts have rotated, we've moved to a new schedule for half the plant, we're sending several people to a sister plant to help out, layoffs take effect, and payroll is due. So not much. However, I talked to the lady at corporate in charge of payroll on Friday, and she agreed to let us push it back a week, both so we could get some training in, and so I can get a good test week in.
Like I've mentioned before, our new timeclocks are biometric. I got everyone registered Friday, but haven't had a chance to do a real trial, because over half the people thought they didn't need to test it more than once. So I don't have clocks for them. And when they come to me and have an issue, I will not tell them it sucks to be them, but I will be thinking it, at least a little.
There are still a bunch of bugs to be worked out, and I'm not looking forward to next Thursday and Friday when paystubs and checks come out. People will not be pleased. They haven't handled the transition well to the new system. We just started meeting about it a month ago, and though it's been in the works for a while, I don't think it's ready. Our lunches aren't being calculated properly, and who knows what else. They also mentioned several times that they would set up training for us to take, and then to have one for supervisors and managers. Shockingly, that hasn't occurred. I have a pdf that's like four pages long with instructions. That's all. I'm apparently supposed to train everyone. I don't have the faintest clue what I'm doing, so it will be fun. I'm so excited.
It's a shame circuses are becoming a thing of the past. I could run away and join one. I make some mean cotton candy.
Friday, April 12, 2019
I think they're trying to kill me
Y'all. Except for Monday and today, I have been at work before 5:30 every day this week. I can in at 8 on Monday, and a little after 6 today. I cannot take it. If it wasn't Friday, I might lose my mind. I am not a morning person. If you need me to stay up till 2 or 3 in the morning, fine, whatever. But get up just before 4? No thank you.
We're switching to a new timekeeping system soon, and I'm trying to get everyone's fingerprints registered. There's about 15 I still have to do. Five of them are issues with the account registration, and the other 10 have been hiding from me. Rude.
To get third shift, it's late to bed and early to rise for me this week. We've also been dealing with another layoff, so that's been so fun to deal with on top of everything else. I'm so tired. I almost fell asleep at my desk yesterday. I keep trying to think of the sweet sweet overtime money, but I would pay someone to let me go to sleep right now, so it's not really working.
We also had our fire safety training this week. We had five sessions, and I was in all of them. I worked on emails and stuff most of the time, but whew. In one session, one employee proudly informed everyone that he's put out two fires while working here. And he only started one of them.
And it's back to work for me. I keep feeling like I've been here forever, and it must be almost lunchtime. It's usually around 10 when I feel that way, so. Five hours in usually is time for lunch, but not this week. Frankly, I'm just glad I've had a chance to eat, because that is not always the case.
Finally, I will leave you with this jem from one of the maintenance managers. It should be noted that this is a man built like a bear.
"Well, the line is running, and it hasn't wham, bam, jammed, and caused me to cry."
We're switching to a new timekeeping system soon, and I'm trying to get everyone's fingerprints registered. There's about 15 I still have to do. Five of them are issues with the account registration, and the other 10 have been hiding from me. Rude.
To get third shift, it's late to bed and early to rise for me this week. We've also been dealing with another layoff, so that's been so fun to deal with on top of everything else. I'm so tired. I almost fell asleep at my desk yesterday. I keep trying to think of the sweet sweet overtime money, but I would pay someone to let me go to sleep right now, so it's not really working.
We also had our fire safety training this week. We had five sessions, and I was in all of them. I worked on emails and stuff most of the time, but whew. In one session, one employee proudly informed everyone that he's put out two fires while working here. And he only started one of them.
And it's back to work for me. I keep feeling like I've been here forever, and it must be almost lunchtime. It's usually around 10 when I feel that way, so. Five hours in usually is time for lunch, but not this week. Frankly, I'm just glad I've had a chance to eat, because that is not always the case.
Finally, I will leave you with this jem from one of the maintenance managers. It should be noted that this is a man built like a bear.
"Well, the line is running, and it hasn't wham, bam, jammed, and caused me to cry."
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
I got suspended
Yes, internet friends. This is not a clickbait title. Last week, I got suspended from my job. See, one day last week was my birthday. I love my birthday. I do not love being the center of attention. So I just didn't bother to mention it to anyone. Well, one of my coworkers that I know outside of work saw it on facebook, and outed me. My boss was not pleased.
Apparently, I was not supposed to work on my birthday. No one told me this. I knew if I wanted the day off, I could get it, but I did not want the day off. I had things to do, and people to see, and didn't want to take off a random day and then go right back to work. No thank you. Well, that was a big no-no, which culminated with my boss standing in my doorway saying that I'd been bad bad bad. And then he suspended me. I was not allowed at work on Friday. Now, I didn't exactly mind the long weekend, but it was presented as 'you will do this because you have brought shame upon yourself for keeping your birthday a secret.' So it didn't exactly feel like a yay, free day off kind of thing. More like what I imagine getting sent to the principal's office feels like. I don't know for sure. I never got sent to the principal's office.
Thankfully, I didn't miss too much work while I was gone. I did have forty something emails to contend with Monday morning, but that's sadly not outside the reasonable number. A little high, but I've had worse and more urgent things pop up on Monday mornings.
I still can't believe I got suspended. Honestly, I'm a little offended by it. More the fact that I'm one of the stubbornest people alive, and it was an ordered day off, not an offered one. I'm not trying to sound ungrateful, I know lots of people who don't have such a forgiving schedule, and have worked places *cough* the paper *cough* that didn't care what was going on, you were there or you were in trouble, and the leave/vacation/holiday schedule was a joke. I am grateful that this job is not like that.
I guess we'll see what happens next year!
Apparently, I was not supposed to work on my birthday. No one told me this. I knew if I wanted the day off, I could get it, but I did not want the day off. I had things to do, and people to see, and didn't want to take off a random day and then go right back to work. No thank you. Well, that was a big no-no, which culminated with my boss standing in my doorway saying that I'd been bad bad bad. And then he suspended me. I was not allowed at work on Friday. Now, I didn't exactly mind the long weekend, but it was presented as 'you will do this because you have brought shame upon yourself for keeping your birthday a secret.' So it didn't exactly feel like a yay, free day off kind of thing. More like what I imagine getting sent to the principal's office feels like. I don't know for sure. I never got sent to the principal's office.
Thankfully, I didn't miss too much work while I was gone. I did have forty something emails to contend with Monday morning, but that's sadly not outside the reasonable number. A little high, but I've had worse and more urgent things pop up on Monday mornings.
I still can't believe I got suspended. Honestly, I'm a little offended by it. More the fact that I'm one of the stubbornest people alive, and it was an ordered day off, not an offered one. I'm not trying to sound ungrateful, I know lots of people who don't have such a forgiving schedule, and have worked places *cough* the paper *cough* that didn't care what was going on, you were there or you were in trouble, and the leave/vacation/holiday schedule was a joke. I am grateful that this job is not like that.
I guess we'll see what happens next year!
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