I started a new job at a whole new grocery store a couple months ago. Got hired as a cashier a little while before the grand opening, but my first weeks consisted entirely of stocking all the empty shelves. Then when we opened, it was a nightmare suddenly dealing with customers for the first time but I thought I adapted fairly quickly.
Next two weeks my hours dropped from 30 per week to just 15, but my boss went out of their way to let me know I'd be getting more hours next week, so I wasn't worried and considered it a fluke.
Of course the next schedule came out, and surprise: 0 hours for the entire week. Then my manager and boss both blatantly ignored all my attempts to talk about this on the stupid ass app we use for communication.
This happened to about 10 other coworkers too, and it clicked for me. It was just a fucking bait and switch to get some extra manual labor to get the store open sooner. Lure us in with promise of a long term job, and then throw us out like trash two months later when they're done with us.
Please, we need some more excuses for the lack of terror.
my grocery store keeps swinging wildly between dying for help and then having no hours.
i'm told to work my schedule then told to stay indefinately. the whole industry is reeling and ridiculous right now because they got addicted to the covid cashflow and can't handle the sales loss now.
investors want more more more. i was screaming this at everyone at work. once the "good times" are over the investors won't just be like "oh wow what a good two years". they were going to cut every corner.
shits not being sanitized. critical tasks undone. everyone is overworked.
also back when i was a dept head i would have never been allowed to do something like that. part time min 4 hours/week was the rule, 30/hr week FT. still fucked but listen to the other commenters about constructive dismissal. you can get unemployment (unless your state has a minimum work threshold of time)
the most fucked thing is how scummy that is (among EVERYTHING else). every state is at-will. they can just be like "it was seasonal/temp and you weren't here for 90 days yet so buh bye" instead they are doing this fucking shit
stuff like this makes me so mad it's one of the many reasons i took the pay cut and got out of management