[Koko2]

I'm like that red stapler guy in Office Space. In my last job, I wasn't authorized to do basic functions such as signing on the computer to print a check. In fact, I had clearance for most functions during my first year when I was a newbie with hardly a clue what I was doing and gradually lost clearance over time without explanation as I gained more experience. After a few years, I definitely knew more about the job than new managers that they'd hire and bring in who didn't have any experience in the job field. I reviewed their work, and they were missing items that could cause legal problems for the clients. In my present job, I went out of the way to get my permit by the specified date, then it was filed away without being processed until over a week later when I couldn't sign in for the employee time clock. After the manager processed it, I could sign in but only for that day. Every subsequent day, I'm the only employee that can't sign on without getting a manager to clear it even though they keep saying it's fixed, but even the newest employee can sign in without a hitch. And the weekend manager is skimming off my money, saying I have a shortage every night he works. Oh, and I always get treated like I'm stupid even though my SAT qualifies for Mensa. So where is my red stapler?

[Perna]

I'd talk to my manager and get these things cleared up or decide I'd rather take my experience where there wasn't so much hassle. Are there other stores/locations you could transfer to? Get a better/different batch of people?

[Nicks_Nose]

It sounds ot me like a process I have seen other retailers use to get employees to quit. Not because of anything the employee has done, just to get rid of the higher income earners to keep their labour costs down. If they can continue to cycle out the higher income earners and continue to keep lower income earners on most of the payrool, it keeps labour costs down. If they have no valid reason to lay off or dismiss an employee, they begin to make it miserable so the employee will leave on their own. This is simply a possibility.

[Koko2]

Excellent point. I'd tend to agree with you, but my pay was the same as the rookies at the last job where the employer would hire rookies to be my manager. It's been this way starting with my first company job in high school. The store manager said I was so good at my job, an entry-level grunt job that no one wanted, that he kept me there while hiring my friends to do the easy work.