I have been having a hard time at work this week. After I left Century, I got my friend Layla a job with me at Baskin so that she could leave Century too. She worked really hard at Century, so I didn't think there would be any problem having her work with me at Baskin. However, once she got the job at Baskin, she made friends with everyone, and basically now comes to work to talk.
Problems between me and her started the day that we went to the PCD and BEP concert. She had forgotten which day we were going, and took someone else's shift for that night. I noticed about a week before that she had done that, and told her so, but she didn't try to get it off until that day. Of course no one would work for her, and my boss was out of town so I was basically running my store. She asked me if she could just not go in and I told her that she had to get it covered. She eventually did, or so she made me think. She plotted with another girl to make it seem like she was going to come in and cover for her, and then neither one of them came in. She got into the store before me when we came back and told the people working not to tell me that the other girl hadn't come in. The other girl, her name is Shar, was supposed to have clocked in and everything so that I wouldn't know. They forgot that detail though, so I eventually figured out what she had done. When I tried to confront her about it, she just said that she didn't want to talk to me right now. Then, so that we could still work together, I let it drop. After I told my boss, of course.
So, we haven't been good friends since that week, but things got really bad this week. On the 4th of July, I had to work from 8-2 and then go back and work from 7-11. Layla was the person that came in at 2. Everything was done, all ice cream had been stocked, and everything else, except for dipped Waffle Cones. I asked them to make sure that they got some done for the upcoming holiday night. When I had to go back 5 hours later, they still weren't done, and Layla was sitting down talking to her friends. After about 15 minutes of that, I asked her to dip cones while she was talking. She blew up at me! She said that she got a job here because we used to be friends and that I have changed so much since then. She said that she hated it when I told her that she was doing nothing, and I told her that she had added that part in because I hadn't said that. I told her that I was just doing my job and the cones needed to get done. Later, I went up to her and told her that I didn't want to fight with her, and she said that she didn't want to talk to me right now. Even though I tried to fix things with her, she wouldn't even look at me when I would talk to her. She says that we aren't friends anymore and says other mean things to me that I am trying to not let get to me. Like saying "I am not even worth talking to."
My boss gave me the ability to fire her yesterday, but I didn't do it. Even though she doesn't work well, and she might be stealing money from the store, if I am the one that fires her, she will only think that it was because I was mad at her. But, work has sucked for me this week because of her.
4 comments:
Chelsee, why do you put up with it, Sweetheart? Why do you let what they think of you bother you so much? If she is a bitch to you, is it really worth it to keep her around just so she doesn't "think you were mad at her?" You ARE mad at her! You are definitely the bigger person, and I admire that you are so nice to others even when they are so mean to you. However, there is a time and place to stand up and say, I am worth more than this and I WILL NOT let you talk to me this way. I have a HUGE problem with people that don't give a damn about what they do, or how well they do their job. I have the same issues with people I work with. In my opinion, you need to fire her! Life is not about walking on people to get you through. If you can't pull your own wait and hold your own, you are useless and we are better off without you! FIRE LAYLA!
I agree that she should go, Nae, I just don't want to be the one that has to fire her. I want my boss to do it.
Personally, I think that if you let Layla treat you like this and you don't stand up for yourself, you're showing EVERYONE that works at that store what they can get away with. Are you kidding me?! If I didn't go to work and LIED to my boss, do you think they would keep me around? Absolutely not. At work, you have a choice to make. You can be friends above all with your employees, and put up with their shit so they "don't think you're mad at them," or you can be the boss. I think that your manager trusts you to be the boss, but if you're unwilling to do what being the boss entails, you should tell him and step down. You work too damn hard to have people undermine you.
I know it's hard. When I was a shift manager at Einesteins I didn't want anyone to dislike me, but if you tip-toe around your employees, they probably won't respect you as their boss, either. Layla has proved that she doesn't. I would fire her. She's not a good friend, and she's obviously a shitty worker. Would YOU expect to keep your job if you did the stuff she does?
Wow, my little sister can fire people. Maybe I'll ask her for a job...
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