I started a new job at a whole new grocery store a couple months ago. Got hired as a cashier a little while before the grand opening, but my first weeks consisted entirely of stocking all the empty shelves. Then when we opened, it was a nightmare suddenly dealing with customers for the first time but I thought I adapted fairly quickly.

Next two weeks my hours dropped from 30 per week to just 15, but my boss went out of their way to let me know I'd be getting more hours next week, so I wasn't worried and considered it a fluke.

Of course the next schedule came out, and surprise: 0 hours for the entire week. Then my manager and boss both blatantly ignored all my attempts to talk about this on the stupid ass app we use for communication.

This happened to about 10 other coworkers too, and it clicked for me. It was just a fucking bait and switch to get some extra manual labor to get the store open sooner. Lure us in with promise of a long term job, and then throw us out like trash two months later when they're done with us.

Please, we need some more excuses for the lack of terror.

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[–] Wolfman86@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the U.K. you can be let go for any reason in your first two years, although you can prove you were let go for discriminatory reasons. It used to be one year, but the Tory knobs upped it to two.

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i've also heard about zero-hours contracts over there ukkk

[–] Wolfman86@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they were brought in by the previous so called Labour (Democrat) government.

Obviously they’re easily open to abuse, and that government were more Conservative (Republican).

[–] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao two years? I don't know anyone who's been in a job for longer than two years

[–] Wolfman86@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

I don’t know many. Think that that is the point.