For my last blog, I’m going to vent.
I got fired from my job this week.
It came out of the blue and took me by surprise, I did
nothing wrong.
My boss claims it is because I took a phone call at work and
failed to call him at home to inform him.
What happened exactly:
Tuesday at work, I was getting ready to clock out when the
phone rang, I answered and they asked for a manger, since I was the highest up
there at the time I took the call. It was Sysco (our food supplier) and the
lady asked me to count the boxes of bread in the freeze that was to expire in
February, I counted 10 and reported it back to her. She said they would send 10
replacement boxes because the bread did not rise and we needed to toss what we
had away when we got the replacement boxes.
So that was that. I wrote a note to my boss, so he got the
message in the morning.
When I got to work on Thursday he fired me for not calling
him and telling him, because he wasn’t about to toss the faulty boxes away. All
I did was pass the message on from the Sysco lady. So I said fine, goodbye.
I feel it was unfair. Some people that I worked with messed
up on a daily bases (LITTERLLY!) and never got fired. A few times when my
exboss wanted to fire someone he went home slept on it then came back and only
gave them a pay cut. But the FIRST time I mess up he fires me on the spot?! I
was really pissed at first but now I think it’s a blessing in disguise.
For one, I
learned that my boss did not understand or see how much I put work and care I
put into that place. Short list of things I did, that no one else did:
Bought band aids, pain meds, hand soap and lotion, kleexes,
pens, staples, batteries, etc… (no re imbursement)
Countless trips to other JJ’s to get bread (not paid for
gas)
Cleaned out my freezer and my moms freezers two times to
store bread
Gifts to all employees for every holiday
Trained 6 new employees (assistant managers job, not mine)
Painted shop (not clocked in)
Computer, radio, phone work
Secondly I truly cared about the Jimmy John’s company. They
used top quality food and fresh veggies.
I also cared about how our business profited. What I told
other employees is if our business makes lots of money, then we will get paid
more. So I actually made sure every customer had a good experience to come
again. I cared about my boss and
his wife.
Over all I feel like I put my whole heart into that job and
no one cared.
But now I can move on to a better job. One where I can hopefully
make a difference and try my hardest to do my best and have a boss that appreciated
everything I do.
