gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Work - Truck)
[personal profile] gridlore
My day starts at 0530. Normally, a manager opens the building at around 0500 and gets things ready. The drivers come in between 0520 and 0530, and the first warehouse and Flash shop guys trickle in until around 0600. Every so often the manager runs late and we're stuck outside for twenty minutes or so.

This morning there was no manager when we showed up. so the usual driver bull session developed as we waited. And waited. More employees showed up, and still no one to open the building. We were seriously wondering if we closed over the weekend and no one told us. Marvin, the Will-Call guy, was trying to reach anyone in charge. He was unable to reach anyone with a key to the building. Finally, after waiting for an hour and fifteen minutes, the drivers decided to bail. When I left Marvin was trying to call the CEO. I'll sit here in my uniform with my lunch pail ready to go until about 0900. At that point, doing my route today would be pointless.

This is bloody unacceptable. I fully expect to be paid for today and not out of my PTO time.

EDIT: They just called. I'm going in.

Date: 3 May 2010 14:30 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jarlsberg71.livejournal.com
As a consultant working with a lot of groups in Asia/Pacific region. Sometimes I'm scheduled for conference calls anywhere from 8pm to 3am. If the person(s) who scheduled the call, don't show up, or cancel the meeting 1 hour (usually less) before it's supposed to start. I still bill them for my prep time, and the full time of the meeting, even if I am sleeping 10 minutes later. I still work from 7am-5pm M-F, so any additional time is their nickel... Fortunately it's not that common of an occurence. (3x in as many months)

Date: 3 May 2010 14:31 (UTC)
claidheamhmor: (Default)
From: [personal profile] claidheamhmor
Bloody right. How can there not be some form of contingency if someone's not there?

Date: 3 May 2010 22:42 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com
There is now. Marvin, who has missed maybe three days in 7+ years, now has a key and the alarm code. Given to him by the owner, who was not at all amused by what happened.

Date: 4 May 2010 00:57 (UTC)
kengr: (Default)
From: [personal profile] kengr
Hopefully the owner's lack of amusement will translate into some of the idiots in "middle management" getting sacked.

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