I have been at my store job almost 6 months now, I actually like my job (shop floor/stock) but over time the bug bears are apparent. I suppose a certain amount of bug bears are to be expected, and maybe I'm a perfectionist (more on that in a moment) but recently I have felt frustrated.

First of all my hours were upped from contract, not something I wanted but was more or less obliged to do because my contract reads 'flexible'. Having said that the extra money was nice, and I did recognise the need in our dept to have extra hours at the job - things ran more smoothly for it, something I appreciated as I like to do a job well.

This week we all were abruptly returned to contract hours, bit of a shock with little warning. I'm okay, others will struggle as they need all the hours they can get. On a personal level I like the shorter hours as it means I have more of a life outside of work, and we're not desperate for money thankfully.

Unfortunately because we are all on short hours it means the job is not getting done as effectively as it was before (there is no down time on this job, something I appreciate as I hate to be bored, but it also means there is no slack to get the essential dept work fitted in).

It's so frustrating and some of the supervisors unprofessional attitudes are adding to my frustration. We have short dated foodstuff going out of date because they haven't heeded warnings from me and my colleague that the dates are coming up - this is all loss for the store. There is a couldn't care less attitude from some, unless the manager is in and suddenly they are model employees.

I have been told by family/friends that I am too conscientious and I need to shrug it off, but I've always been this way - I like to do a job to the best of my ability, and I feel thwarted at this place.

I do like my job, I like my colleague in our dept (we only cross shifts twice a week but we are good team) but this other stuff is frustrating.

Maybe it is just a case of changing my own attitude and being less conscientious, or maybe it's time to move on. I do have a call to follow up regarding another job but maybe that one will also have those frustrations. I would love to work somewhere where I could be as conscientious as I liked and not thwarted by these attitudes - but perhaps that's unrealistic.