Being in management means that I am guaranteed a minimum of 35 hours per week. I'd prefer 40, but such is life. Especially as we're waiting for life to return to some semblance of normalcy.
But I've been beating my head against a bit of a wall when it comes to allowable hours. Myself and another person have moved up to management positions at the hotel. I run the front desk and he handles events as well as works the front desk with me. At one point he was a front desk supervisor but with COVID things have been shooken up quite a bit and there wasn't an official front desk manager until this week when I was given the position. So there is approximately 140-160 hours per pay period that is alloted to the two of us. And then we got a guy who was hired for marketing, which only requires 15 hours a week tops, who was promised full-time hours...which goes against the rest of the allowable hours that is then split between four housekeepers, and a p/t time front desk agent.
And we've got a p/t security/maintenance guy who works Thursday, Friday, and Saturday overnights who was hired with the idea that he would help maintain a sense of security for our hotel and B&B guests, as well as perform basic maintenance and cleaning. But he's been bitching since his first shift that he thought it was just a security job where he basically sat and watched cameras all night. Ugh. Considering that he was told during his interview what the position entailed and agreed to it, why is he bitching to anyone who will listen about how he thought it was 'just' a security job. Hell, I even told him that when I was a site manager that my guards rarely ever just sat on their asses and watched cameras all shift, with rounds every couple of hours. They had other things to do besides that, duties that helped to explain why we were all paid so much to babysit the buildings we were assigned to. Hell, I'd even plunge toilets if I had to, and my main role during my shift was acting as a receptionist - I handled all incoming and outgoing mail, interoffice correspondence, shipping and receiving, and keeping the mail and desk area clean and organized. As well as keeping an eye on the cameras, writing various reports, doing rounds in the parking lot and ticketing cars.
I told the new guy that if he were assigned to one of my sites during my time as site manager he would not last long because I do not tolerate moaning and bitching about something that you knew was part of your job right from the interview! Like, seriously, I am not impressed.
Today I was talking to his direct manager about my impression of the guy, as well as the conversation I had with him on his first night where he complained about how much he was expected to do. Honestly, he isn't expected to even do that much, but I suppose he was expecting to have a cushy desk job here. Yeah, it doesn't work that way.
He has called already tonight to say he's going to be late because he was late getting out of his other job. His shift here starts at 11pm. He called at 9:45. I have a gut feeling that he is either not going to show up, or if he does and sees the list of cleaning he is supposed to do this weekend he may walk out. In a way, I hope he does because he's a bit of a condescending dick. And that would free up hours that my boss is bitching about needing to justify having in the first place. Ugh.
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