That's among the other stuff I do, like use slangs and even talk in text. My prev jobs had been minimum wage and one was at a fast food joint. This one pays $10/hr and is semi-professional, although we are allowed to have fun. Don't get me wrong, my coworkers occasionally swear (but only mild expletives and only in the back room.) Even though I don't, I still feel iffy about asking everybody to join me at a club after work (jokingly.) Also, I meant to say "be right back" but went "BRB" instead, to my supervisor, no less.

I nvr do any of that in front of customers, where I spend most of my time anyhow. Also, I don't have any other issues with soft skills or hard skills for that matter. My performance is really good. I almost got called in yesterday on my day off and stuff. But how do I stop acting like a teenager when I'm 23? btw, they seemed ok with it and even think it's funny, but I just wanna stop period.

Now about my schedule: Good news is after I got off work Saturday the 24th, I woke up the next morning to find that I got hours added to my schedule for the 4/14. The 7th was already there, btw. I also got called in that same day. Bad news is this coming Saturday, I was scheduled a while back but then got taken off today. It's my only day this week. Help me make sense of this. btw, everyone's been taken off before, so...

Nobody's schedule is stable so everyone had their hours removed b4 in a short notice. Just wondering.

[shezbut]

Well, Ruby, I may be considered to be uptight, but I really don't think that it's ever appropriate to swear, use a lot of slang, or talk in text at work. It doesn't matter if you're 16 or 46 ~ it just isn't appropriate.

The customer is #1 ~ first and foremost. Customers do like to see people enjoying their jobs, that's for sure! But, the employees still need to behave professionally. Or, they'll go somewhere else. Somewhere that appreciates their business. (I'm a big stickler on this point, as so many places seem to have lost this concept somewhere along the way.) I would recommend basing your worth on the job with customer satisfaction. Not on how often the management calls you into work. Along the line, management will usually pick up on customer happiness associated with whatever employees ~ and then comes the reward. Let that be your guide.

The partying issue ~ I don't have an opinion.
Best wishes to you!

Well, I'm always professional in front of customers. I only talk about partying and stuff in the back room. And i nvr swear, just slang and text, and I'm planning on getting rid of that as well. But yeah, everyone been taken off and/or added on before. It's more to do with the system than the person. Nobody's schedule is stable. It's just to do with the job.

[Scotty204]

Whatever you do in the back room out of sight is no biggie in my opinion. I'm a supervisor in my profession and all conversations between staff such as personal issues, partying etc...are fine as long as it's hidden. We do have lives outside of work afterall

[Perna]

When I got out of college, my first job, at 22 was working for Sears Roebuck and because I had been to college, they put me through the store management training. One of the things I had to learn was to schedule people and I loved that exercise. You see, the people are all sorts with all sorts of schedules of their own: there are full-timers, students, young mothers who want to get home before their kids get home from school and then there are the problems; people needing a time or period off or who can't drive or work at night, and illness, etc.

We'd be given problems, "You have 10 employees and are open 11-9 Monday to Friday, 9-9 on Saturday, and 11-6 on Sunday. Three of your employees are college students; one can work Tuesdays and Thursdays only, one can work after Noon on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and on weekends, and one can work weekends only. Two of your employees are full-time but one can only work 30 hours a week and the other, not more than 50 hours. One is a high school student and can only work up to three nights during the week, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and either Saturday or Sunday but not both. . ." and like that; a huge algebra word problem :-)

They'd give you scheduling sheets, kind of like you use to make out for your class periods at school? and you'd spend a couple hours trying to try different people in different slots. Didn't help when you'd get it all set up and someone would come to you with an additional problem/need for next week (which would impact this week as they'd need you, Ruby, to work more some other time and thus less this time, etc.). It's wild. You should ask your boss how s/he does it? But I definitely wouldn't take it personally, that they like you more/less. You are just a valuable "employee" piece to move around the scheduling board. Being "flexible" with a good attitude is a great trait to have.

Originally Posted by Perna

When I got out of college, my first job, at 22 was working for Sears Roebuck and because I had been to college, they put me through the store management training. One of the things I had to learn was to schedule people and I loved that exercise. You see, the people are all sorts with all sorts of schedules of their own: there are full-timers, students, young mothers who want to get home before their kids get home from school and then there are the problems; people needing a time or period off or who can't drive or work at night, and illness, etc.

We'd be given problems, "You have 10 employees and are open 11-9 Monday to Friday, 9-9 on Saturday, and 11-6 on Sunday. Three of your employees are college students; one can work Tuesdays and Thursdays only, one can work after Noon on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and on weekends, and one can work weekends only. Two of your employees are full-time but one can only work 30 hours a week and the other, not more than 50 hours. One is a high school student and can only work up to three nights during the week, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and either Saturday or Sunday but not both. . ." and like that; a huge algebra word problem :-)

They'd give you scheduling sheets, kind of like you use to make out for your class periods at school? and you'd spend a couple hours trying to try different people in different slots. Didn't help when you'd get it all set up and someone would come to you with an additional problem/need for next week (which would impact this week as they'd need you, Ruby, to work more some other time and thus less this time, etc.). It's wild. You should ask your boss how s/he does it? But I definitely wouldn't take it personally, that they like you more/less. You are just a valuable "employee" piece to move around the scheduling board. Being "flexible" with a good attitude is a great trait to have.

Thx. So ur saying it has more to do with the system than the fact that I joked about partying? I was just concerned bc the day she took off was the only day I had this week lol.

So help me make sense of THIS! lol. I just called my supervisor and what I gleaned from the talk:
1) I'm doing well in general
2) The better I perform, the more days I'll get.
3) Keep checking my schedule (online) bc she's getting ready to make changes.

So it looks like it had nothing to do with partying, right?

[Perna]

Probably nothing at all to do with what you talk about in the back at all! If you spoke to customers inappropriately, they would "counsel" you, explain to you that you should not discuss those subjects, talk that "freely" with customers, etc. You have not gotten anyone actually saying things (bosses aren't "shy" about telling us when we do something wrong! :-) so I do not think you should worry about that.

You may/may not get more days by performing well; that is not a one-to-one correlation as the number of people available (presumably most doing okay or they would not be working there) is also a factor and, how long you have been there (seniority) and how much you make (if you have 5 people making $12 an hour and 5 making $8, you might use 3-4 "beginners"/less experienced staff with only one or two senior ones to save some money) and how much you ask for are all in there too.

Good news from a couple hours ago: I just got added on for April 6 and 15 on top of April 7 and 14 already there. Now I plan on keep doing good.

[lido78]

I always err on the side of caution and act as professionally as possible at all times. I try to separate work friends from social friends and this has never steered me in the wrong direction. I e-mail every day for work and NEVER use abbreviations when writing to clients...In fact, my e-mails are pretty much written like formal letters.