[purelegance]

so i've just completely had it with my job. i've worked for this company for 3 years and am getting no where. the past 4 months i've been busting my tail for a lvl 2 manager. (not store or co-manager, just to "lead the team in sales" which is a $1 raise). well, this is the 5th time in 3 years i've been up for it and have always been overlooked, 3 of the times somebody transferred in from another store and the other time i was pregnant. Last week i found out that the position isn't even open!! they're just going to use a girl who has been acting as a lvl 2 manager even though her keys were supossed to be taken away in february. i have been struggling to keep my mother sober long enough for me to work my shift so she can watch izzy. (i don't make enough to pay a sitter, much less day care.) i wanted to quit right then and there. but we can't really afford it.

fine, i'll go back to my shipment processing job, at least there i get enough hours to bring home a whopping $220 check every two weeks. (i only make $7.50/hr), if i was on the sales floor i barely make $150.

**warning, you may have to put on your thinking cap to follow this paragraph**
With the holiday season coming up, they've doubled our shipment and added another day of shipment. Fine, between me and the other 2 ladies we can keep up. Then, they only schedule us 32 hours (between me and one other girl) to do 50-65 hours of shipment a week, not even scheduling our fastest girl. Today, i get a call. They've hired another girl. So now, 4 girls are fighting for a fair share of 50 hours max. (which is about 12 hours a week per girl, if that since they normally only schedule 40 hours for us which is 10 hours a week).

i've just had it. i've really bent over backwards the past 3 years for this company and i'm not getting anything in return. 2 of us have been there the same amount of time, and we both come in whenever they need us, on top of our scheduled time. Including staying until midnight or 2 am to do what they need us to do at least once a week.

i wish the economy wasn't so bad so that i could actually get a job. It seems places say they are hiring, but they really aren't. Being in the same mall for years, i do have some connections with other stores who need people. My application is on top of the pile, they're all just waiting for the "okay, you can hire somebody else" from their companies. I don't want to go into work tonight, i just don't think i can bite my tongue anymore.

sorry about the long post ladies. thanks for reading.