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- Oct 29, 2018
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I’ve been struggling with my TL (lets call her Betty) since i started over 3 years ago. She has that “i’m better than you” mentality towards TMs, and nearly everyone dislikes her because of her attitude, but she’s an ass kisser to ETLs so they never see it. When I originally started, I was trained as an electronics TM, and still occasionally work shifts if there are call outs. One time a year and a half ago, I needed Betty to help with a cell phone vendor. After both of us said hello to her, she put her hand up in our face and said that she didn’t want to be bothered. I immediately was offended and was so angry, afterwards she apologized but I told her that I didn’t accept because it was so disrespectful and rude. A few days later it still bothered me so I brought it up to my ETL and asked if there was any way I can change TLs because I just could not work with her because of that, but i was immediately denied. Then Betty tried sucking up to me and it turned into a desperate attempt to get on my good side. After that I tolerated her enough for work, but I don’t talk to her unless she gives me my task for the day.
Recently, she cut my hours (i have open availability) considering i’m one of the two HL tm (we’re short staffed), but had softlines tms scheduled to work HL; her reason was because of being short staffed which didn’t make sense because I barely got hours myself. so then I started to try and take shifts in other departments. Though, A week before I closed softlines with my ETL, and Electronics for a few days because of call outs. I had two people that needed their shifts covered in both of those areas and I immediately did the shift trade paper work and turned it in a week in advance. Though, she messaged them, not me, saying I’m not trained in those areas to work. So i feel like, when they need me to work in those areas i’m automatically trained. but when i’m trying to get hours i’m suddenly not trained.
I brought it up to my HR ETL saying how it doesn’t make sense and I feel like i’m being taken advantage of, to which she laughed and said that I give them to much credit and that my TL probably just doesn’t know i’ve closed those areas. Which is equally frustrating because it’s not my fault that the TLs do not communicate with each other about those type of things.
Sorry for the long rant, this is just years of pent up frustration. I’m trying really hard to take everything with a grain of salt, i’m the only one in the whole store who stands up to her because she cuts hours if you step out of line. I put in my request for vacation 3 months in advance for a trip back in march. and i immediately went from having 40 hours to 17 hours. It’s things like that..
*So my question is (if you got this far): how should i deal with this? am i over reacting? i’m open to all suggestions, i’ve really got to point where it’s exhausting to deal with. It makes me not want to go into work when I know she is closing/opening because i don’t want to deal with her awfulness. but i always go in.
Recently, she cut my hours (i have open availability) considering i’m one of the two HL tm (we’re short staffed), but had softlines tms scheduled to work HL; her reason was because of being short staffed which didn’t make sense because I barely got hours myself. so then I started to try and take shifts in other departments. Though, A week before I closed softlines with my ETL, and Electronics for a few days because of call outs. I had two people that needed their shifts covered in both of those areas and I immediately did the shift trade paper work and turned it in a week in advance. Though, she messaged them, not me, saying I’m not trained in those areas to work. So i feel like, when they need me to work in those areas i’m automatically trained. but when i’m trying to get hours i’m suddenly not trained.
I brought it up to my HR ETL saying how it doesn’t make sense and I feel like i’m being taken advantage of, to which she laughed and said that I give them to much credit and that my TL probably just doesn’t know i’ve closed those areas. Which is equally frustrating because it’s not my fault that the TLs do not communicate with each other about those type of things.
Sorry for the long rant, this is just years of pent up frustration. I’m trying really hard to take everything with a grain of salt, i’m the only one in the whole store who stands up to her because she cuts hours if you step out of line. I put in my request for vacation 3 months in advance for a trip back in march. and i immediately went from having 40 hours to 17 hours. It’s things like that..
*So my question is (if you got this far): how should i deal with this? am i over reacting? i’m open to all suggestions, i’ve really got to point where it’s exhausting to deal with. It makes me not want to go into work when I know she is closing/opening because i don’t want to deal with her awfulness. but i always go in.
