Since I've pretty much given up hope on this job and I'm looking at other venues to work at I'll go ahead and spill some beans on this shithole company.
>Be me >25 y/o autist >Get a job at PetSmart >Get recruited for onboarding >shit is basic, standard bullshit they want you to sign off on >tells me welcome aboard >"Hey thanks so much, we'll give you a call some time later to get your schedule set up" >okthanks.jpg >Satisfied that I'm not some retarded NEET and can get a job and support my livelihood >it gets worse don't worry
>months passes, no call from this place >"hey user did you get that job at PetSmart?" >"Yeah" >call them once a week to see what's going on >tell me they'll get it sorted out and give me a call at the end of the week each time >ok >at dinner a month later >see a telephone call for PetSmart >nearly trip down the stairs but manage to pick it up >"Yes hello, this is user" >"Hey yeah user, do you wanna come in the second of November" >sure >sit back down at dinner and act like nothing happened >reason they apparently didn't call me in was because they didn't have any punch-in cards and had to deliver them to the store before taking on any new employees >thought about this >no, THOUGHT about this >go to work the next day >"Shit it can't be too bad"
Carter Wilson
>come in to work >each employee looks at me like I'm some kind of retard >alright I guess >go through the basic routine for the opener shift >check each animal for the pet care department and make sure they're fine on food and water, same with the fish and every other animal >it ain't much but it's honest work >go through the first day without much of a hitch, in at seven in the morning the next day >Day 2 >Come in to work, still don't have a worker's shirt to wear to tell customers "Yeah I work here" >Go through the morning routine again, getting a bit better at it >"Hey user, I'm going on break" >uhhok.png >Guy who barely speaks a lick of English comes through the door and looks for fish >beaner/10 >"Hey holmes do you got de caitfeesh?" >Wh >I barely know jack shit about the aquarium tanks >tell him no >looks at me like I'm retarded >look at him like he's retarded >shows me the Pictus catifsh >I go ahead and get this guy his fish and bag it up >first time through the bagging process >it's like watching a retarded calf try to walk the first time >Hand him his fish, write down the code that lets the cashiers know what fish it is >"Hey user that's the wrong code" >lights up on the radio from 2001 that we have >sounds literally worse than 2006 ventrillo >co-worker who's been teaching me didn't teach me how to write the number correctly, used a shortcut that you don't use for every fish, just a certain amount on the wall >okay, that makes sense >wrap up the day and go back home, don't come in for another week but figure it'll still be fine
>it's now february >I've gone through several opening and closing shifts and know them pretty well >know where all our products are and can operate the cash registers that still run on the first edition of windows xp >it's like peering in to the past >hours start to get all fucked up >days at the earliest start at 7 in the morning >they started putting the pet care department people as early as 6:30 >Chicago winters are the type of cold that make you ponder how the dead feel >Still make it to work on time despite the feeling in my face deadened from the icy winds >"Hey user today's a big day you got to do a thorough cleaning of the cat area today" >oh boy >the cat area is awful >no one likes it >they put like three small, active kittens in cages that are elevated just enough for the cats to crawl under if they manage to get out >they always get out >start to do the opening shift >finally get to the cats >litter boxes are caked with shit >food bowls and water bowls are literally caked with litter and shit >whatthegoddamnfuck.tff >take a deep sigh and make my way from the top to the bottom >top cats are fine and don't jump down, manage to shovel at least what feels like 15 pounds of cat shit in to the garbage bin >bottom cats >holy fuck the bottom cats >kittens at most four months old >adoption center most likely lies >closer to two and half to three months at most >if these guys get out it's game over >open the first one carefully >kitten zooms out before I even have a chance to put my hand to keep them put >I've never been a cat owner, only dogs >thought cats were retarded, still do >if there was any heavier confirmation bias with these cat cages, then please flatten me with it now >kitten darts right under the cages >can feel the veins pop at the sides of my head
Grayson Phillips
great story keep going
Sebastian Anderson
Life is really interesting for all of us
Joshua Jenkins
>it's a sisyphus effect >as soon as you put one in, another darts out >why the FUCK are the cages elevated >anyone standing remotely close to the glass panes can hear me screaming me fucking throat out >only one person works in the pet care department >this has been going on since I've been employed >I've dealt with it fine, up until February >take care of the rest of the cats, ends up taking about an hour and a half of my shift >lmao part time hours >4 1/2 hour shifts >have to get the rest of the opening tasks down in three hours >company refuses to give full time 8 hour shifts >Chicago minimum wage is $12.00 USD for those unaware >oy vey muh profits >start feeding the rest of the animals, starting from the front to the back >as I make my way to the back I see someone in the cat area with the door closed >it's one of the donation members who comes in to recruit new cats >they're cleaning the cat cages up and down alongside the windows >they're FUCKING cleaning the cat area >mfw
>each week of february feels like it's own serrated anal gauntlet >each week another inch goes inside my ass and I have to take it like a champ >have one bitch manager that takes pride in her "European Heritage" >codename: Skinhead >whatever, if you don't like niggers or spics it's not my business >gives the mexican co-workers shit all the time >gives me shit especially despite the fact that I'm about as Caucasian as we can get before stepping though the fabled cuck lands >remember a time where I was interacting with a new shipment of new arrivals >had never put new animals away before >had an inkling of where to put them as we have a room in the back called "New Arrivals" >looking back on it perhaps I was indeed the autist here >call that manager up to the front to just clarify >"Hey Manager I'm s'posed to put these guys in New Arrivals yeah?" >looks at me like I'm some kind of drooling retard >try to be calm about it >"Not trying to start anything, I just wasn't entirely certain where to put these new guys" >retorts back >"I don't know either, but I've heard of it" >tfw a manager of the store doesn't even know the barebone operations of the store floor
I'm skipping a few minor, but very significant parts that make working at this place worse so I'll go in to those before I continue from mid february onwards from where I TRULY give up
>We have bird cages as well >we usually have parkeets and finches >cockatiel as well, haven't had one in a while >probably because the last one just fucking died in its cage >oops I guess that costs the company to much money to warrant getting another >Bird cages are filled to the brim with birds >top to bottom, eight parkeets in each cage >the bird deep clean is a cancerous activity that even the most well grit folks would tighten their balls at >have to wipe the bird shit covered walls with paper towels as hard as you can to get the shit off of the interior of the walls >birds are still in the cage while this is happening in the way >no reliable way to get them out other than hand pick each one out and put them in a box or some shit >wonderful.art >soon as you put your hand in to clean the windows you're barraged with a torrent of bird flapped wind and feathers flying in your face >you ever feel a bird clamp down hard on your arm >it's like getting stuck with four to seven needles at any given point >we have vacant cages btw >management just chooses to put them all specifically in one cage >24+ parkeets in four cages btw >6 per cage might not seem that bad until you see the size of our cages >those cages are meant for at most, 3 birds >but that's company policy >ifuckingguesslmao.jpg >co-worker who was training me on my first day? Used to work Thursdays all the time >taught me how to do the bird deep clean >as soon as I knew how to do it she no longer works on Thursdays >apparently adjusted her schedule >tells me its the easiest clean to do >clever nigger
Nolan Thomas
>have a severe algae problem with our aquariums >I'm talking old, black, blanketed algae >bubbles are forming on the surface >several co-workers have been trying to get new gravel and to do a completely new water change on the aquariums >apparently would cost the company too much money and it'd be a waste of the gravel >literally picked a handful of gravel and saw this shit speckled with green >more green than sick diarrhea >managers apparently decide it's a better idea to just get super thorough on cleaning it each and every day on a weekly schedule >this is on top of the the morning routine and is carried through by the opening person >if the opening person doesn't finish it, it gets passed down to the next person >thankgod.gif >have done multiple closing shifts as well >at night we have to swap out our filters with new ones >the shit that filters out the algae to make sure it doesn't get in the water >replace them each night >filters are caked in deep green algae >too much money to do a complete water change and change the gravel btw
Adam Bell
>morning shift folks have to take care of the isolated animals >it's basically a fancy way of saying the sick animals >animals who are stupid as fuck and shit themselves to death or some dumb shit like that >stench of the room is overwhelming >hits your face like the musk of a manchild who hasn't bathed since Wrath was the peak of WoW >Have to bring up a clip board to see what their symptoms are and how to treat them >simple shit >until you realize holding sick hamsters is never ends well >these hamsters or guinea pigs don't want anyone to fuck with them >any person with more than two brain cells could put that together >have to still take care of them >had a large white hamster >nearly the size of a guinea pig >had to take a medicine by mouth >hamsters are always fucking retards about taking their medicine >guinea pigs are cool about it though >try gently holding this guy, don't squeeze him too hard, just firm enough to lift him >doesn't like it >understand he doesn't like it >bites down on to my finger with the force of one thousand nails being hammered in to a board >fling this fucker to the back of the bin he's kept in and look at my finger >caked in blood >wrap my finger up and decide that he's not getting his medicine >left a huge fucking gash on my finger >"they're usually harmless and don't bite too hard" >yeah, sure
Brandon Rivera
>place is understaffed to shit >when I say understaffed to shit I mean the janitor who clocks in at 6 in the morning typically is the cashier when the store opens up at 7 until the actual cashier comes in at around 11 in the morning >maybe about 4 people on the floor at any given time >I've seen only three people at both morning and closing shifts >funtimesahead.ogg >have an elderly co-worker >has tenure with the store and gets full time hours >takes most cashiering hours away from other cashiers >not her fault, still blame the company for their blatantly long-nose policies >Remember one shift >Me, the janitor and one stocker >have to juggle between helping them cashier, doing the opening routine and back and forth >understand that when back up is called, you have to go >there is no waiting on it >you HAVE to go >as soon as you hear that call on the radio >you back up whatever it is you're working on and go to that cashier >I've had instances where I've been on the same animal in the isolation unit or on the store front and have to keep locking and closing the bins just because I'm helping out the cashier
Joseph Campbell
>find out that multiple people have worked in my position in pet care before me >this was some time in December >forbiddenlore.txt >people hate this position for a good reason >apparently it's the least interested role that people apply for >can't say I'm surprised after working here for 5 months >apparently there was a guy who worked at the store for 9 months and didn't know where even the most basic products were >another guy worked there and apparently was deathly afraid of touching the animals >the cleaning processes never got done when he worked morning shifts >it's like peering out at a graveyard that the reaper is guiding you through before he showcases your spot >anyone who works in any other department apparently transferred out of Pet Care as well >the pet trainer? Worked in Pet Care >most of the cashiers? Pet Care >Hell even one of the fucking managers >tfw I'm doing the shit grunt work
Ethan Lewis
This entire culmination leads to this shit heap
>back to February shenanigans >have a new person coming in to the department >turns out they're actually not new, they're a former pet care employee who transferred out of pet care in to the Dog and Cat care area >howquaint_skyrim_trigger_mage_quest_03 >they're a full time employee >around February our hours got cut >we're only allowed to have at most 28 hours a week >except for the full time employees which get a full 40 >Pet care only has a certain amount of hours for the whole department a month >full-timer gets 8 hour shifts on a full-time schedule and basically leeches hours off of us >had about 25 hours of work each week >only getting about 19-20 as a result >never mind the fact that I put I want to work at least 35+ hours down on my work sheet >Pet Care leaves its mark again >Full-time employee becomes a no-show for at least four days >turns out they resigned >tfw my grave is that full time employees as death digs another >you think our hours would go back to normal >nope >our hours are the same until April >that's how our hour allocation works according to corporate >tfw an employee who was going to quit salts the department and fucks everyone's hours over
>now the beginning of march >still getting 19 hours, like I said >check next week, 19 hours as well >tfw I'm barely even scratching 20 hours >tfw there was one work week where I worked a total of only 8 hours >apparently multiple people are leaving this branch of the company en masse >I can't blame them fuck that lmao >Have me working at hours that make you go why bother >had a shift from 1 PM to 4:30 PM >literally less than a half-day at high school >decide I'm going to start half assing things >let a snake slide in to a trash can >"oops my bad" >no reprucutions >no one gives a fuck >why should I >don't scrub the tanks, let that algae form >yeahbaby.wmv >only thing I do manage to end up doing decently is taking care of the isolated animals >it's bare minimum but it's hard to half ass sick animals >fuck this store >fuck these managers
Yeah don't shop at PetSmart, if you want me to go in to more detail about shit I'll be here for another 5-10 minutes
Kayden Morgan
They're the only place that sells the food my cat eats so too bad.
James Gray
Yeah I mean that's fair, food's .59 cents can or some shit.
Dominic Lewis
Are you sure the hours just haven't returned to 25ish because of peak seasons? I work in retail and we get shit hours this time of year, even now when we have 2 guys out on medical leave and one who fucking died last month, yet they won't give anyone extra hours even though there are more to distribute. I know your pain, petkeeper: I went from solid 35 hours a week to 28 to 25 to now around 20, and as the spring closes it will rise to about 25 again until summer, when it will rise or fall depending on how much employee turnover we see. Remember that gift giving seasons and summer causes people to buy all sorts of shit, including pets, and you'll probably be bumped up. That said, that job sounds bad. If your autist level work is as autist level as you make it out to be, try applying for a better version of your job such as maintenance, or maybe something more physical but just as detail oriented like night stocking at a store. My store has a chronic lack of both because everyone wants the easiest or most marketable jobs, but very few come in willing to work 9 hours through the night with the bitter middle aged men who stock our shelves. t. maintenance, no supervision and easy rote work, though I miss the 35 hour weeks I started this shift with.
Wyatt Ramirez
Quit my job on February 14th because I was going to work at USPS. Show up for my first day, job was was handed to someone else, didn't got a call about it. Notify HR of my previous job, let them know about the situation, was told that the company won't hire me again for another 2 years. Been a month unemployed, juggling interviews that end with: -Oh we'll call you later. Savings are going down faster than the Towers. Mfw I'll be homeless next month.
Jose Jones
This whole post is aids. You are the captain of Autism OP congratulations.
