company being unreasonable, us and them

[Wideboy]

bit of a rant

there is a big "us and them" thing going on at work, always has been but the past year it has got ridiculous

this is when it started:

i've been working there 3 years now, there is only 5 of us joiners at our firm, we are the first ones there and unlock everything but we are not allowed to park on company property and have to park on the road , now this wasn't a problem for me as i had a bike and no car so me and one of the other blokes who rode found a piece of waste land around the back of the work shop to stick our bikes, i got a car so stopped taking the bike, our picnic area that we made for lunch was ripped up last year so the two fat cats could park there flashy motors right out front, last summer the 2nd in command big cheese banned us from parking our bikes on company property so we had to park on the road .

1. just got a call from one of my mate i work with asking how i was doing and to tell me some news, the road where we park has has double yellows down it and we are still being refused parking in the car park

2. up until about a year ago i used to work all the hours that where going, working away and when i wasn't working i was knackered and asleep, this resulted partly in loosing my lady friend and basically having no life, so i put a stop to it and only did my flat 40 hours........ have just been told i have to started working 50 hour weeks and start working away again

3. i have a manager that knows absolutely sweet f all about joinery, he actually manages to feck up every job in some way and doesn't take the wrap for it, all the big wheels know this and yet nothing is done about it

4. we are not included in any office goings on (raffles, partys ect), at Christmas i was actually moaned at by one of the office staff who organised it for not entering the Christmas raffle.......... a raffle that i had no idea was happening , i lost my cool and explained to her why i hadn't

5. numerouse times i have been stichted up, last time me and antoher bloke were fitting 3 kitchens we had made in bournemouth and was told to start them them ASAP, we were given the drawings and sent on our way, fitted them, manager came to inspect, suprise suprise the drawings he had were a different revision to the ones we had and there for completly different, when we went to get our drawings to back us up, suprise suprise they had vanished...... now this happens a hell of a lot its got to the point where we actually hide our copies of drawings

6. none of the new rules ect that have been dreamt up apply to office staff, just us 5 joiners

there are loads and loads of little petty things that go on that i cant even be bothered to get into e.g. they even steal our milk

now is it just me, or are they being complete unreasonable ar$e holes?

milk stealing should be punishable by death

"hang the milk stealers"

time to find a new place of employment mate-or go out on your own-people will always pay for quality workmanship

Originally Posted by husky03

time to find a new place of employment mate-or go out on your own-people will always pay for quality workmanship

+1 WB they sound like right bunch of ****s.......wanna price me up a kitchen on the side?

Originally Posted by husky03

time to find a new place of employment mate-or go out on your own-people will always pay for quality workmanship

Agree. We all spend a considerable amount of time at work. Most people would rather not be at work, but if we have to do it let's at least make it bearable.

What's the reasoning behind parking onsite? Seems a little crazy to me. And perhaps the 5 of you should elect a spokesperson, put all this down and approach a reasonable person (HR if poss) and discuss these absurd "rules"....

Or collectively tell 'em where to stick it and set-up a business between the 5 of you.

dude, seriously if you don't like it and it's getting you down QUIT!!!!!!

If they realised how unhappy you are and they tried to rectify things then:

a) It would likely be too little, too late
b) You would still have a lot of ingrained politcal stuff going on that would still be perculating in the background.

Your health & private life is more important.

Work to live not vice versa.

Yeah, there's an ickle recession on, but people are still hiring - either take a chance or make a proper change and find another career!

Guaranteed* it'll be the best move you ever make!!!!












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[Swin]

Doesn't sound like the best work environment to me. Fair enough, no-one really wants to go to work, but you shouldn't expect to be treated this way at all.

As to the milk stealers, hawk up a nice greeny and flob it in the carton - just make sure you mark up the carton you gob into

exactly hat my boss was like mate, loads of petty things, and told me i could park the bike on site, so i told him that he cant park his audi tt on site and then put my bike where i normally did right next to a fence where no one parks. he thought i was a cocky **** but didnt ask me to move it again.

sounds like a fairy small firm i may be wrong, but they are the worst firms litte man sydrome

Originally Posted by Swin

Doesn't sound like the best work environment to me. Fair enough, no-one really wants to go to work, but you shouldn't expect to be treated this way at all.

As to the milk stealers, hawk up a nice greeny and flob it in the carton - just make sure you mark up the carton you gob into

haha thats brilliant i should have done that when i was working