GalleyGirl
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Basically when I asked my boss a few weeks ago regarding Thanksgiving vacation, she responded that we only get Thanksgiving day off, because we're going to be open to the public on Black Friday and Saturday. Fine. But last week our administrative assistant/secretary asked for time off, and not only Got Black Friday off, but this Wednesday, thanksgiving, Friday, Saturday and next Monday off. Not because he had to travel to visit family, but so he could go party it up in Las Vegas. When I brought up to my boss that A) I didn't think this was fair to the rest of us and B) it was very discourteous of this employee to take the majority of Thanksgiving off and have the rest of us pick up his slack during this busy time. Her response? She knows its not fair, but rather than make everything fair for the employees she'd do something unfair for each employee at one time or another, and eventually it will all even out in the end. My response was that this was bad for employee morale, as it creates resentment amongst us - believe me, the next time Mr Administrative Assistant needs a favor, I am going to remember how he left us holding the bag for him on Thanksgiving, and I will not be the better person and help him out.
So fine, this dude gets an entire week off. However, our company doesn't hire temps, which is making me extra upset. They are just too cheap. Which means I and this other girl have to do his job AND our own jobs - so I have to be answering the phones, greeting customers, ringing up sales, fielding general problems while trying to do my own work and my own projects, which are under their own pressing deadlines. Not only that, but we're not trained to do what he does, so it takes us extra long, and we're prone to making mistakes because of it. Our gallery is always busy with people, which is why there was a full-time person handled to deal with sales and customer service.
Now I'm not doing much here buy whining, cause I guess that is all I can do. Anything I can bring up to the management that I already haven't that can get them to see how disruptive this is too us employees left holding the bag? Thanks for listening, I needed to vent, I seriously almost want to find another employer because of this. I just think it is so unprofessional the way it was handled.
So fine, this dude gets an entire week off. However, our company doesn't hire temps, which is making me extra upset. They are just too cheap. Which means I and this other girl have to do his job AND our own jobs - so I have to be answering the phones, greeting customers, ringing up sales, fielding general problems while trying to do my own work and my own projects, which are under their own pressing deadlines. Not only that, but we're not trained to do what he does, so it takes us extra long, and we're prone to making mistakes because of it. Our gallery is always busy with people, which is why there was a full-time person handled to deal with sales and customer service.
Now I'm not doing much here buy whining, cause I guess that is all I can do. Anything I can bring up to the management that I already haven't that can get them to see how disruptive this is too us employees left holding the bag? Thanks for listening, I needed to vent, I seriously almost want to find another employer because of this. I just think it is so unprofessional the way it was handled.
