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That being said, there are some downsides. Yes, I will be working crazy hours until after holidays, but I expected that. The thing that bugs me is the huge number of days that are “blacked out” for time off requests from now until January. Some of these days include the day before Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, the day after Christmas, and Sarah’s birthday.
Now, I can put up with a mad dash to the parents’ and back over Thanksgiving and Christmas – so long as it’s just this year. But I will be damned if I have to work Sarah’s 30th birthday. I realize that it’s a policy handed down from the corporate headquarters, but I’m bringing it up to them when I go in tonight. I’m not the kind of employee who misses work or calls in sick constantly, but if they schedule me on that night, I’m not showing up.
One thing I can’t stand is companies that don’t treat the employees like human beings. Retail is like that constantly. The people in the home office in the suits and ties make all the money, and they hand down policies to the grunts in the trenches, in many cases only actually setting foot in the stores to point out what’s being done wrong. Hey, I realize store sales performance provides these people with their livelihood, but that means nothing to me, frankly. If they want people working the stores so badly, put on some khakis and a name tag and come on in.
