Ethereal Rain

Contrary to popular belief, it was not due to Sherry and bad management.

I wanted to quit because so much stuff is going on in my life that people doing even the slightest thing was overwhelming me and everyone at GameStop constantly has sand in their panties over stupid stuff people do that it was making work complete hell for a little while. Just to organize thoughts (and let ya’ll know what I’m thinking), I’m going to write how I feel here.

1.) Scheduling - I understand that when an employee tells you that he cannot work during a certain period of time it inconveniences the store but that does not mean that it will be like that forever. It is also very exhausting to always (and I do mean always) work 8 hour shifts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for 2 months. Granted it is my fault because I requested the weeks off because of family issues but it gets old really fast. I probably should have said something sooner. But anyway, this leads into my next point.

2.) Lack of Communication - 2 weeks ago I told the store manager that I could start working week days again and she said that was good and she was glad because she needed more people with flexible shifts. Even though I told her that, I’ve still worked ONLY weekends. So its like “Seriously, what was the point?” And then I assumed that managers contact each other so I figured that the two schedule making managers would have talked and I would be given different hours but this week, I got weekend shifts again. So then when next weeks schedule was made, I was given Tuesday and Thursday…which is fine but its not going to be enough hours so I really need to go talk with Sherry and tell her what I can do now. I also need to make sure I mention that I can work every day but I’d rather keep it to Sunday through Thursday working all day Sunday then 4 hour shifts Monday through Thursday because that’s easier and it lets me have my own time on the weekends (which I haven’t had since I started working there…) The whole lack of communication comes into play when I talk about how the managers didn’t tell each other when I can work. While this isn’t a huge thing, it gets worse. Another thing that bothers me about the store is that NO ONE talks about their problems with the other people. I don’t mean personal problems but things like “This person never finishes what they start so I’m not helping them anymore.” or “I feel like when I work with this person they don’t get anything done while I’m busting my rear trying to finish all my assigned tasks.” We have managers for a reason…they can solve problems and if they don’t, then go higher. But I mean its not even that, its just that no one tells the person that they need to that they have a problem. They just complain about it and then make something like an alliance with another person that is irritated by the problem maker. And just to clarify, I’m not saying that I don’t do this either, I’m just getting it off my chest that I don’t like it anymore. Its getting to the point where its making work unenjoyable.

3.) Grudges - This is kind of just extending the final point in reason 2. People form alliances and stuff to try and put the hate on other employees and its just stupid. I mean, we all do it but shouldn’t we stop? We don’t have to be friends with people at work but we do have to tolerate them and we do have to get stuff done so let’s just stop.

Anyway…these are a few reasons that I quit. Not everything, but its a start.