I rang in sick today.

I think one of the best things you can do when working in a big organisation like this is get involved with a union so they can support you, my other half is with one for childcare and they have been very helpful over the years.
 
Well I have just got back from the doctors and he says I have the beginning of a virus as my immune system probably isnt working as it should be due to lack of sleep, not eating properly and not having sufficiant breaks at work. Got some inflamation in my ears which is due to having a stuffy head/face. He was pretty appalled when I told him what I told you lot.

He told me to self cert for a week and come back next week if all is not better. So I called work and told them, only thing is, I HAVE to call in sick every morning this week and speak to a senior manager... Great, I can see where that will go. 20 questions...:rolleyes:. 'we need you in' 'whats wrong with you? you was ok Sunday evening when you left'

Went to Derby after seeing the doctor to look at some of the businesses to refresh my mind as to what companys are actually in Derby:p and tomorrow I will look on the websites and see what jobs they could have on offer.

Looking into seeing how much salary I can drop too. I reckon 3k max. The thing with Morrisons is the wages for managers are pretty good. So I will be looking for something that pays 19k plus.. Certainly shortens the list unfortunatly. At least my missus will support me no matter what.
 
Tesco is the same, we are one of the biggest stores in the country and in the day there are 2 non food on shop floor and one electical desk person. No full time grocery people, everyday at 11 an 3 everyone are ment to rumble unless you work on a counter or checkouts. I just dont bother with it now if i have to do it i wont get all breaks or not finish my work, which will carry over to the next day, im the only one on my department. If they start getting on my back they can stick it.
 
I only don't understand why do these massive companies treat employees like that when making tens if not hundred of millions £ profit each year.

I can imagine that no one wants to work at the fish counter, you have to employ someone for this specific job as no one will help you from other departments.

British law seriously suck when it comes to employees rights.
 
I was in the same situation as you. working full weeks instead of 5 days, insane amounts of extra time each day and I had to do a workload that was supposed to be spread between 4 people.

When I quit in December I offered to do some part time in the summer to help out the remaining staff.. 3 days later my old boss called me and asked if I could 'come help out'. I politely told him to **** off :)

Sounds like getting a new job is your best bet. Good luck!
 
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I only don't understand why do these massive companies treat employees like that when making tens if not hundred of millions £ profit each year.
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I honestly believe it's not really the "companies" that are the problem as such, alienating your staff isn't good for the long term health of the company - if they were run properly these sort of things wouldn't happen. What it is good for is a short-term boost for the reputation of a particular manager. It doesn't matter that it costs the company more in the long term, all that matters is that within the accounting time-frame the negative effects are not reported. Once the negative effects start to become apparent, the manager can escalate this, get some extra budget to invest in people and tell the board "look how good I am, I spotted this problem early and took appropriate action to sort it before it became a problem". Then rinse and repeat.

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British law seriously suck when it comes to employees rights.
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Tbh I think the law is pretty good and fair to both employer and employee for the most part, the problem is that there's no real employee rights watchdog - all the power is with the employer and they know it. We can see a good example in this thread, where the OP works seven days consecutively (illegal) because no doubt he was led to believe that was expected of him without explicitly saying so, and then the company turn round and say the seventh day wasn't authorised so he won't get paid for it ensuring that the company have complied with the letter of the law if not the spirit.
 
scorza said:
I honestly believe it's not really the "companies" that are the problem as such, alienating your staff isn't good for the long term health of the company - if they were run properly these sort of things wouldn't happen. What it is good for is a short-term boost for the reputation of a particular manager. It doesn't matter that it costs the company more in the long term, all that matters is that within the accounting time-frame the negative effects are not reported. Once the negative effects start to become apparent, the manager can escalate this, get some extra budget to invest in people and tell the board "look how good I am, I spotted this problem early and took appropriate action to sort it before it became a problem". Then rinse and repeat.



Tbh I think the law is pretty good and fair to both employer and employee for the most part, the problem is that there's no real employee rights watchdog - all the power is with the employer and they know it. We can see a good example in this thread, where the OP works seven days consecutively (illegal) because no doubt he was led to believe that was expected of him without explicitly saying so, and then the company turn round and say the seventh day wasn't authorised so he won't get paid for it ensuring that the company have complied with the letter of the law if not the spirit.
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It is the company, they have policys(probably not official or written down) to employ the minimal amount of staff that are required to do the job. Tescos probably Morrisans as well, for the stores size employs less staff than any other company would.

They know how much is feasible for a certain amount of staff to manage a certain area store size and then they drop that number by about 30 percent. They have the store run by just enough staff so that its able run, so that its just above collapse. The remaining staff have to take up the slack, but they are unable to run the store well so you have all kinds of errors or mess's and sub par customer service.

There arent really any negative effects for this. The stores burn out staff, they go through a large through put of staff, who cares. The customers dont care about what a ****hole the place is and is run(they moan but do nothing or they arent listened to). There isnt really any competition with the supermarkets.
 
CV feedback:

o Running the department in absence of the manager to a high standard.
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Guess this is left over from your CV when you were assistant manager. Change it as it implies that either a) you are not the department manager, or b) you lack attention to detail

Possessing a wealth of sales, management experience and customer service.
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Customer service isn't something you can 'possess' in my book, I'd shift experience to the end of the sentence. Also a slightly strange opening to the CV, normally I'd be expecting a comma rather than a fullstop and then something about yourself. E.g. "Possessing a wealth of sales, management and customer service experience, I am/have......"

Maybe add something about hiring new staff into the team, liaising with other department managers to share human resources, stuff like that.

In general I've seen much worse CVs. I'd recommend upping the font size (and maybe changing the font, Times New Roman is a bit 1990s). You've got plenty of real estate to play with so you should be able to do this and keep it on 2 pages. The formatting in the Education section looks a bit messed up, line breaks where there shouldn't be, as if it's been copy&pasted in from another app or something.
 
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I work for morrisons too and I have to say it seems like whatever morrisons you work for in any part of the country, it's the same. I'm working 6 days this week, well over our 39hour full-time hours (I won't be paid any overtime over 39hours!) and i'm not even a Supervisor or Manager!

It's primarily the supervisors I feel sorry for. Although I have a lot of sympathy for the overworked Managers, at least they are salaried. Supervisors are paid hourly (just at a tiny increased rate) and so when they are expected to work well over 39hours, they won't get paid any overtime!

Completely understand where you're coming from!

(Ps..This was written by my girlfriend!)
 
You need to leave that place. These company's cant be allowed to get away with this bs for much longer. I hardly ever hear a good story about work, everyone seems to be down and getting screwed over, the only people who seem to be happy are the bosses.

This country's work standards are a complete joke, the workers have no rights what so ever and on the most part its seems to be if you dont like it, find another job. They know its hard to find work so take complete advantage.
 
You have my sympathies mate, as I know your pain. After being on JSA since the start of Feb I had to take the first offer on the table. 6 weeks on I'm stressed out and on the verge of walking out at times. This job isn't what it seemed at interview, and isn't even the one I applied for, it was offered to me as an alternative to that role, which had been filled internally. Being on JSA at the time I had no choice but to take it, they'd have stopped my payments if I'd turned it down. I feel like I've been trapped :(

Enough moaning about my own plight however, I do genuinely feel for you and hope you find yourself better something soon
 
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I work for morrisons too and I have to say it seems like whatever morrisons you work for in any part of the country, it's the same. I'm working 6 days this week, well over our 39hour full-time hours (I won't be paid any overtime over 39hours!) and i'm not even a Supervisor or Manager!
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Then why are you being such a push over and doing it? Who cares what they want, if you contract says x amount of hours, then only work those x hours.
 
Mate, ride out this week with a self-cerf sick certificate, don't shave etc - go back to the doctor and don't shower before etc, make yourself look very unwell and I guarantee that your doctor will sign you off for at least a few more weeks.

My doctor was great when I was over worked and extremely stressed by former employer - they gave me no support but my doctor ended up signing me off for four months, sent me for counselling etc, then after the four months I left for a new job :D
 
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