This is not working out

Yeah, Mike's job with BS is just not working out. And now that I've called it BS - the name really does fit, because it's complete B.S. = BULLSHIT.

Things were going really well during training. I figured things would change a bit once he was actually working the position, as he was doing his training with a GM who's hours may not be what a normal AM (or whatever BS exactly calls his position) would be.

So, he gets transfered to a different store (closer to home, as we were hoping) and has pretty much gotten the shaft ever since.

The past 2 weeks he's been working til close EVERY time he works. It's really getting to be annoying. Even though on days that he doesn't close, he's still not home til 8-8:30pm.

And then for Thanksgiving - the night before he was scheduled to close. Since T-giving is such a busy pie holiday - the restaurant was busy with pie pick ups and several transits or transfers or whatever they call them. Long story short - he didn't get home until after 5 IN THE MORNING the day of Thanksgiving. So, he finally crawls into bed to go to sleep somewhere around 5:45am - and had to be BACK AT WORK AT 11am. Yeah ... nice, huh? So, then he's scheduled to close. The store was closing at 5. He didn't end up to our Thanksgiving festivities until after 6:30.

So, now it's time for Christmas. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. He's scheduled "2-?". Yes, that is a question mark. Apparently they don't know when he'll get off -- but my question is this .... they know what time the restaurant is CLOSING - so why not just get to the nitty gritty and put down 2-CL like they normally would do when someone is scheduled to close. WTF does "?" mean???? Can anyone explain??

I mean -- I know better -- and if he's going in at 2, he's closing. So just put down CLOSE then. Don't give someone the impression that maybe - just *maybe* - they will get out of there sooner.

His hours are down as 2-? for today as well. I talked to him half an hour ago and he still wasn't sure when he'd be out of there - which to me, says he's CLOSING. Especially since looking at his management schedule -- he is the ONLY one out of the management staff that is scheduled later than 6pm. So what does that tell you??? Now in that respect tomorrow is questionable then -- the other 2 management staff is scheduled til 6, which is the time the restaurant closes. So, what does that mean -- they get to run out the door at 6pm, and Mike stays behind to mop floors and that's why they don't know what time he'll be out of there?? Otherwise, when you're on to close, the schedule always reads whatever time to come in to CL (close).

It's all such bullshit. Then, I find 3 pieces of paper folded up on the nightstand (where pocket contents generally get placed when getting undressed). It is a "new manager journal" and has a list of "complaints" and "wrong-doings" and such. Even *I* was getting pissed reading this, and I don't even see him in his workplace and could tell that some of this stuff was untrue (though some of it, I could see being an issue because of the way things are done around the house as well).

So - all in all - when I talked to Mike this evening -- I told him it's time to look for something else. He agrees. Honestly, with it being Christmas, part of me is screaming -- tell them to go piss up a rope and quit your job. But then I realize -- NO ... we can't. We need the health insurance and the money right now. If he quits he won't at least get unemployment to get us through until the next steady paycheck comes in.

So, I guess what we hope for now, is for something better to come along so that Mike can leave this job to start fresh. Or, if it really comes down to it - that he's let go, and can collect unemployment while he focuses on finding a new job.

One thing is for certain, though - I am calling the pediatricians office on Monday and scheduling Braeden's 4 year check up and Kaelynn's 18 month. And I'm going to try to get them in as quickly as possible. Then we will be set for 6 months until Kaelynn needs to go in for a 2 year check up (unless they got really sick - in which case, I'd suck it up and take them in and pay out the ass if need be to keep them well).

I'm just so frustrated and tired of him being walked all over. I know the restaurant business does have shitty hours - and I've come to terms with that - but not when they have only one person -- the SAME person -- closing every single night when the other management doesn't. That is unfair. There is another person that holds the exact same position - so if anything - they should be the ones to switch off on closing, because I know the precious GM normally doesn't work later than 7pm.