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I'm employed at Nationals Park... and catch up.
10 years ago
I've been meaning to make a Journal back in October, so I better first bring things up to speed. Might want to skip down this first wall of text if you're more interested in the title.
Laid-off by Greed & Hired by Republicans
PFMI (Now means PRICKS F***ING MY INCOME) pulled a B**** move on the last week of October by calling Bankruptcy out-of-the-blue and leaving all their employees (all 1297) unemployed & taking our final paychecks for themselves. What I later learned is that they were originally going to pull it off in April, which would have been close to 2 months after they took over the Payroll from another company that was doing it. This truly would explain the piss-poor pay-rate, lack of real benefits, hand-me-down equipment, and horribly dense higher-ups that complained about minor crap but did nothing to make things better.
They even took my Supervisor without giving me any direct or solid reason, and gave it to someone else on staff that has a strong penchant for being lazy. From what I was told, it was all s/he said nonsense that was far from the truth and assumptions. I'm far from typical and predictable in behavior, so it was more than likely assumed that my nonchalant personality was aggressive. With the amount times they have come across me since I started the stupid job, they should have picked up on that immediately. Just because someone lacks emotional enthusiasm and doesn't display emotional content (If you watch MLP: FiM, think Maude Pie) on their caliber on a constant doesn't mean they are bad or negative, only that they prefer to be seen as how they are and not how others wish.
Well they got just what they all deserved, or at least is still in the process of getting royally served by the Judicial Branch of Government. They are being forced to reimburse everyone that they screwed over. Everyone that was employed under them was sent a letter on their dollar ($1154 per letter) that had an enclosed amount for reimbursement that was practically double its value of the rightful paycheck owed. So in short, They already spent almost $1.5 Million sending letters to everyone they screwed and will be paying everyone another $1.5 Million once the Court case is concluded.
The Company known as St. Moritz (Who manages the Janitor staff at other Tanger Outlet locations) took over our contract and kept us employed, plus reimbursed the pay we were denied. Despite them taking the reigns, I figured they would interfere with our setup after hearing from one of there representatives and pitching what I refer to as the "George Bush" Lie. Only one person complained about how we did things, and it was Head of the company being nit-picky about really small and insufficient things, like cigarette buttes, small fragments paper from straws and gum. If he paid more attention to all the facts, namely that this location is NOT like others in any fathomable ways, it would have been well-known that what was seen is inevitable. A lack of a full staff and sensible equipment can easily screw things up, the other factor being the area and the people within it. His mentality is/was "This is how it will be done".
The bastard fired my General Manager without a good reason at all. He could have demoted him at best, but the crap I heard was pretty much on the lines of "We aren't doing things their way" and "We don't have time to train him". Big, Royal F***ing joke when they have someone come in as his replacement that didn't even come to work (Being in for a half-hour and leaving, sitting around talking on the phone and listening to music is not valid for a Leader) because he says he won't and/or at his OTHER JOB, stay long enough to do anything and only sat around forcing others to do HIS JOB things that aren't their responsibility that Mall Office have people come in to do, and ends up being fired before a month was up. Now they have a temp until they get a new Site Manager, which they wouldn't need if they would have simply trained our General Manager in the first place. They want to take the time to train some random person, yet they had one and kicked him over the cliff. Only shows the true level of their ignorance when it comes to having intelligence.
Their cleaning methods are stupid, restrictive and insane. Sure it would work if the staff was in full and this was a different area, but this is the true Tri-State Area plus Tourist hotspot, the National Harbor. There's always hoards of people to deal with all the time, even when it's small. There are constant events that happen down at the Gaylord Convention Center (MagFest & KatsuCon Hotel) and those people go to all places that has the National Harbor Logo on them. Despite this Tanger being a year old and relatively new, it will gradually begin to fester the more people become aware of it, especially once Spring kicks in. Last year was packed as it is and managing with a short staff at that, but the staff is even shorter and the methods they want to use will limit getting things done on a faster scale. The Male/Female ratio of the staff is way off, and it's what made it difficult to work with last year when it comes to bathroom cleaning since the female bathrooms are always the worst to deal with. The people are so quick to bust their wallets, but not so smart to get the info on the place before they come or after they get there, so they are always quick to assume there's only 1 bathroom on the property and beeline for it if they don't ask. A bigger outdoor Mall has nothing on smaller one that is in the literal center of a real Tri-State (DC, MD, VA) area, in Tourist Central at the Nation's Capital that's hit with International and Global visitors on a constant.
The proof of their method being a failure has already been proven by the slower handling of the trash and upkeep of the bathrooms, which we were originally getting high praises on constantly. I was always committing myself to playing Double-Duty (Sometimes even Triple) just to keep things in check, but now it's more of a royal pain to do far more work for a pay that is not suitable for the efforts being committed to currently on the daily.
I'm employed at Nationals Park
My Aunt informed me of a seminar that was being held at her Church for a job fair at Nationals Park in February and said that I should go so I would have a great chance at getting a job at Nationals Park. It was pretty short & sweet (Less than an hour) and seemed more like it was for people that never been to an interview before, but I took notes of somethings and even shortened my resume enough to what they considered to be a more compact style. I applied for 4 positions based on my experience and was still able to make it to work on time. I got a call on the last Thursday of February a few hours before work that new hires were expected to come in on Monday or Tuesday of the following week since it was cancelled for that day due to the weather. I still find it rather odd that I didn't get a call until that day, since I would have missed the class because of the timing. I won't be starting until April, but I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to tolerate what comes my way.
I'll be working for Levy Restaurants, so I'll at least have a chance to be working at other places they happen to have their companies at, like the Verizon Center. It's only a Seasonal Part-Time job, so I'm still working at Tanger Outlets. However, I'll be more than happy to push more of my work time to them since I know they will pay me much better and probably provide me with better benefits.
Laid-off by Greed & Hired by Republicans
PFMI (Now means PRICKS F***ING MY INCOME) pulled a B**** move on the last week of October by calling Bankruptcy out-of-the-blue and leaving all their employees (all 1297) unemployed & taking our final paychecks for themselves. What I later learned is that they were originally going to pull it off in April, which would have been close to 2 months after they took over the Payroll from another company that was doing it. This truly would explain the piss-poor pay-rate, lack of real benefits, hand-me-down equipment, and horribly dense higher-ups that complained about minor crap but did nothing to make things better.
They even took my Supervisor without giving me any direct or solid reason, and gave it to someone else on staff that has a strong penchant for being lazy. From what I was told, it was all s/he said nonsense that was far from the truth and assumptions. I'm far from typical and predictable in behavior, so it was more than likely assumed that my nonchalant personality was aggressive. With the amount times they have come across me since I started the stupid job, they should have picked up on that immediately. Just because someone lacks emotional enthusiasm and doesn't display emotional content (If you watch MLP: FiM, think Maude Pie) on their caliber on a constant doesn't mean they are bad or negative, only that they prefer to be seen as how they are and not how others wish.
Well they got just what they all deserved, or at least is still in the process of getting royally served by the Judicial Branch of Government. They are being forced to reimburse everyone that they screwed over. Everyone that was employed under them was sent a letter on their dollar ($1154 per letter) that had an enclosed amount for reimbursement that was practically double its value of the rightful paycheck owed. So in short, They already spent almost $1.5 Million sending letters to everyone they screwed and will be paying everyone another $1.5 Million once the Court case is concluded.
The Company known as St. Moritz (Who manages the Janitor staff at other Tanger Outlet locations) took over our contract and kept us employed, plus reimbursed the pay we were denied. Despite them taking the reigns, I figured they would interfere with our setup after hearing from one of there representatives and pitching what I refer to as the "George Bush" Lie. Only one person complained about how we did things, and it was Head of the company being nit-picky about really small and insufficient things, like cigarette buttes, small fragments paper from straws and gum. If he paid more attention to all the facts, namely that this location is NOT like others in any fathomable ways, it would have been well-known that what was seen is inevitable. A lack of a full staff and sensible equipment can easily screw things up, the other factor being the area and the people within it. His mentality is/was "This is how it will be done".
The bastard fired my General Manager without a good reason at all. He could have demoted him at best, but the crap I heard was pretty much on the lines of "We aren't doing things their way" and "We don't have time to train him". Big, Royal F***ing joke when they have someone come in as his replacement that didn't even come to work (Being in for a half-hour and leaving, sitting around talking on the phone and listening to music is not valid for a Leader) because he says he won't and/or at his OTHER JOB, stay long enough to do anything and only sat around forcing others to do HIS JOB things that aren't their responsibility that Mall Office have people come in to do, and ends up being fired before a month was up. Now they have a temp until they get a new Site Manager, which they wouldn't need if they would have simply trained our General Manager in the first place. They want to take the time to train some random person, yet they had one and kicked him over the cliff. Only shows the true level of their ignorance when it comes to having intelligence.
Their cleaning methods are stupid, restrictive and insane. Sure it would work if the staff was in full and this was a different area, but this is the true Tri-State Area plus Tourist hotspot, the National Harbor. There's always hoards of people to deal with all the time, even when it's small. There are constant events that happen down at the Gaylord Convention Center (MagFest & KatsuCon Hotel) and those people go to all places that has the National Harbor Logo on them. Despite this Tanger being a year old and relatively new, it will gradually begin to fester the more people become aware of it, especially once Spring kicks in. Last year was packed as it is and managing with a short staff at that, but the staff is even shorter and the methods they want to use will limit getting things done on a faster scale. The Male/Female ratio of the staff is way off, and it's what made it difficult to work with last year when it comes to bathroom cleaning since the female bathrooms are always the worst to deal with. The people are so quick to bust their wallets, but not so smart to get the info on the place before they come or after they get there, so they are always quick to assume there's only 1 bathroom on the property and beeline for it if they don't ask. A bigger outdoor Mall has nothing on smaller one that is in the literal center of a real Tri-State (DC, MD, VA) area, in Tourist Central at the Nation's Capital that's hit with International and Global visitors on a constant.
The proof of their method being a failure has already been proven by the slower handling of the trash and upkeep of the bathrooms, which we were originally getting high praises on constantly. I was always committing myself to playing Double-Duty (Sometimes even Triple) just to keep things in check, but now it's more of a royal pain to do far more work for a pay that is not suitable for the efforts being committed to currently on the daily.
I'm employed at Nationals Park
My Aunt informed me of a seminar that was being held at her Church for a job fair at Nationals Park in February and said that I should go so I would have a great chance at getting a job at Nationals Park. It was pretty short & sweet (Less than an hour) and seemed more like it was for people that never been to an interview before, but I took notes of somethings and even shortened my resume enough to what they considered to be a more compact style. I applied for 4 positions based on my experience and was still able to make it to work on time. I got a call on the last Thursday of February a few hours before work that new hires were expected to come in on Monday or Tuesday of the following week since it was cancelled for that day due to the weather. I still find it rather odd that I didn't get a call until that day, since I would have missed the class because of the timing. I won't be starting until April, but I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to tolerate what comes my way.
I'll be working for Levy Restaurants, so I'll at least have a chance to be working at other places they happen to have their companies at, like the Verizon Center. It's only a Seasonal Part-Time job, so I'm still working at Tanger Outlets. However, I'll be more than happy to push more of my work time to them since I know they will pay me much better and probably provide me with better benefits.
It's a Seasonal Part-Time position, so it's not permanent. I don't know how much I'll be getting and will have to make sure that I can have my hours work in favor of my other job.
Another new issue is my Taxes. Due to all the consecutive screw-ups from my employers, I'll be pretty much getting nothing since I unorthodoxly owe to State. This butchers my funds a lot more than it already was thanks to having my Supervisor status taken from me.
I'm doing my best to look on the bright side, but these issues are hammering the crap out of me and my plans for this year.
I know the feeling, I'm trying to get into a better position myself, working on it little by little. I'm not too bad off, but I'm counting on my careful planning to pay off.
The first day as an employee will be April 4, so I'm hoping all info about what I'll be paid and what benefits are within my grasp will be made clear. I can't stand to have another form of employ that will not have the info I need in-advance so I can make it work with my other job. I already dislike that I'll be doing 2 jobs in one day, but I'm doing that so I can keep pay constant since it seems I'll be more than likely to be paid each week.
The bigger issue still is that I have not obtained my Driver's license because every time I get close to having enough to just get schooled, something always ends up screwing my chances and forcing me to start from square-one all over again. I'm sure you can imagine how annoying it is when the opportunity was almost in reach and suddenly taken away. With me working 2 jobs, I really don't know how I am going to be able to manage even making that happen while still keeping my necessary monthly payments up.
Two jobs at once, I've luckily never had to do that, but yeah, hopefully they will work with you.
You don't have a DL?
I wish. Every time I get close to having the opportunity of getting it, something ALWAYS screws it up. 13 years of it.
Really? *hugs you tight* Good luck, hon!
My first experience with having 2 jobs was the best. One I could go in at any time (once I got the keys to the place), as long as I was clocked in before 9am, and could leave as soon as I was done. So I originally began going in at 6-7am, then much earlier than that. Because I was so good at my job (I did various kinds of cleaning and made pizza crusts from scratch), I would get done fast and be out the door on my way home. Of course it meant that I would get a smaller paycheck, but I enjoyed that job enough to not really be too bothered by it.
The second was the bigger puller of funds, so I was able to work with it and not have them clash in any way. Once my first job was closed, that's when everything began to change and become less pleasant.