It's not.
If each assignment is only a couple weeks at a time and the assignments are frequent, I could..... get use to it. Great way to meet a lot people and tone in on different skills at the same time.
I'm currently temping for a company located inside the Birks Building in Vancouver.
I love, love, love the historic district of Vancouver. And to have the chance to get inside many buildings in the last couple weeks, that I otherwise wouldn't have, has been a treat!
My current assignment is available for a a permanent fill. However after one day there, I've pretty much decided I'll work the assignment and leave the permanent spot for someone else.
In 6 hours, I learned the position, faster and took on more than she was expecting . Easy and insanely busy! Love it!What I do not love, are the people's attitudes. I was met with a fake politeness from my immediate supervisor. As nice as she actually is, she'd make jaded comments like the following all day long:
"If you work out, you're probably a gluten for punishment like me."
"We frown upon taking any time off, for things like doctor apts, or floater days etc"
"We have summer hours in July/August, I bet you've never known a company to do that?" (I informed her of the perks of my last position, having a compressed work week.all.year.long. ;-)
When asked/assuming the company takes good care of their staff as they've all been there a really long time, reply: "Ptff, no, not really. The benefits are good though"
I'm all for work hard/play hard attitude, I asked if the staff hang out together after work for drinks, or do other social things as a company etc, she replied with a look like I had three heads. There was my answer. Actually she did say, it happens, rarely, and it's more of a "Its checking out time, SEEE YA!"
On top of those responses, the office is like a million degrees and I'm sweating in all the wrong places!!!! So gross.
Ya, I'm not sure this is a company I want to work for. I don't want to be miserable. I know, I know, I'm unemployed and I shouldn't be choosy. Really? They fired the last temp of 5 weeks, cos she happened to mention she was THINKING about moving back to her country in roughly 5-6 years. They ended her position immediately, which brings us to today, enter me.
A little torn, cos I really dig the position, though, that is it. I'd like for the people I work with to be social within the company, and/or outside too. It keeps morale up, and helps productivity if you like the people you have to see for 90% of waking hours. Granted it's a small office of only 8 people in Vancouver, although the company is global.
Still..... not jazzed about trucking an hour into Vancouver to work with people who could care less about their associates one way or another.
Input.... GO!
Gotta agree with you on this one, even if you love the work you're doing, it's not worth it if the environment is going to get you down. Especially in places where they have clearly shown they don't give a fuck about the employee themselves.
ReplyDeleteKeep looking and keep trucking!
(I'm not really sure what keep trucking means, but for some reason it just felt appropriate)
Think you could change the current attitude? Maybe no-one has cared enough?
ReplyDeleteGood LUCK!! Altho' you don't need it!!
Wow. This is the first time I've seen your blog in MONTHS. What the hell? I'm so sorry! I think bloggers all screwed up.
ReplyDeleteJOutlaw -
ReplyDeleteKeep on Trucking = general phrase of encouragement meaning to stay focused on a particular job or in general. It's a phrase from the 30's.
I quit the job today. I went in on time and had to wait a friggin hour and a half for my supervisor to arrive.
I was honest about why I was leaving and wouldn't complete the term. I said it was "a vibe" that I knew I wouldn't be a good fit, and did not want to waste her time training me, knowing I wouldn't be staying, and that I couldn't articulate it more than that.
She actually asked if I would stay the day....
I also told her I thought she was thorough and very clear in her intstructions as I never had to ask twice how to do something. And that I felt the agency that placed me there would have no problem finding someone more suitable.
How's that for talking out of my ass? I met with the agency right after. They knew this was taking place via an email this morning.
I still feel that they have no intentions of ever actually filling the position, and that they are going to use temps to get what they need done, then say "it didn't work out".
What a lot of these companies that hire temps on probation and/or auditions for permanent placement, seem to forget is, they're on probabtion too. Just cos I was placed there doesn't mean I have to accept it. I have that right to decide if they're a fit as well as if they think I'm a fit.
I wasn't about to let anyone make me feel bad or guilty for my decision.
B- Ya blogger has been glitchy lately.
Kas- Thanks.