Originally Posted by
mortari
I thought I already replied to this thread but I don't see it. my apologies if I'm repeating myself.
I've been working for a national garage door company for about 2 1/2 years. I've been the customer service department. When I started working there they had about 20 employees. Last Christmas about 6 people who had been with the company for 10+ years all quit. My supervisor had been with the company 22 years, she passed away about then. For the last year Management has been just expecting me to handle everything that the other people we're doing and just keep going.
My old boss let me read when I was done with everything and just waiting for calls, also they leaned heavy on the causal part of business causal. It wasn't a great job but there were a few perks, my new supervisor yells. they spent $1000's redecorating this empty building and the warehouse. The warehouse went for 6+ people to 3. I asked my new supervisor if they were going invest back into the employees that were left, they said NO and they took away my reading privilege, then during the last sale team employee meeting my supervisor ran out and stopped my car by standing in front of when I was trying to drive away. He started pounding on my passenger side window. He said I was dressed to causal for the meeting and it was unacceptable. He insisted I get new clothes. I told a few of the people what happened the next day (no one thought it didn't sound like him). Finally, they convinced me to let HIS boss know what happened. The next Monday, I had to talk to Building Operations person and he said he'd look into it for me. 3 days later they let me go, with 5 weeks severance. When I mentioned that my contract with the company said that they couldn't just fire me without giving me 60 days notice, they didn't know what I was talking about. I had to get a lawyer, He talked to them. It took 8 weeks but they are paying me for the 60 days and 5 weeks and because they didn't check first to see if had a contract, where they could have just given my 60 notice and cut me free. they are paying me to sit at home read while I look for a new job. And the package with the NDA they had me sign only means I can't talk about the Garage Door tech but I tell me work story to anyone who wants it.
This is why it looks like people aren't working as hard as they used too. Management rarely has your back.