Please advise!

Anonymous

September 22,2021 at 1:45AM UTC

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Please advise! I am angry, feel used and I promised I would not allow this happen to me but it did. I was brought back from furlough I was hit with you need to learn the different applications that the managers had training on for 10 months and wanted me to learn it within 3 weeks. I learned the systems, hired the associates, onboard them, put them through the training for upcoming audits by the company, I was sent to another hotel and did the same thing and was pulled in the office and I quote "we might have to cut your hours because we need it for the assistant general manager coming in". So I asked how is that when you just terminated the previous AGM and I was working simultaneously and it didn't affect the hours? Guess what her answer was...that was just the way the business goes. Can you believe this. I am so pissed I don't know what to do. This is wrong on every level but my emotions are high and I just need advice on what to do.

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AnonymousSeptember 22,2021 at 2:12AM UTC
Take a breath and see if you keep your benefits for now and use this time practically. You need to keep some income and your benfits while you find another ft position.
AnonymousSeptember 22,2021 at 2:19PM UTC
This is definitely frustrating! I would do what you can to stay at the job and see if you can reapproach the conversation. If your boss won't budge, would you consider taking another position?
Jacquelyn LloydSeptember 28,2021 at 5:05PM UTC
Hi Anonymous - The good news is you can think whatever you want about this statement from your boss. Or, even better, not think about it at all. You are mad because you are assigning meaning to your boss's words. Don't. They were just words. My advice is to continue being the valued team player you are and show up confident and helpful. You don't have any control over what your boss or the company will do, and you are giving away all of your agency if you stress about anything other than your thoughts and actions. You can either work away and happily polish up your resume until you find a new job (or get promoted) or you can operate from fear and anxiety and feel terrible and do terrible work until your hours get cut. Do your best and hold your head high while seeking other opportunities if that's what feels right. You can do this!