I got pissed off today

[Shoeboy]

Lately at the garage I was working at, we've been making a lot of changes on my boss's request, these changes seem like good ideas that will help the shop bring in more money for new equpitment and advertising. However, the 32 year old brake lathe and the 27 year old tire changer that is in really bad shape and need replacement sit there as my boss leaves work early in his new 2007 1500 chevy worth $70 000. The times he is at the shop he's always looking over your shoulder and picking out everything that is not up to his specifications. He demands 100% prefection all the time, and the shop to be kept spotless. Today, with more added stress, using our out of date brake lathe while arguing with the service manager about it, i fucked up a rotor that was warranty work (because of said brake lathe), because the cones and adapters and plates are wrong sizes for it. Instead of replacing it like I said in the first place (they were quite out and were non-machineable) he made me machine it, and when it screwed up, instead of ordering new rotors he yells at me about it. I've been dealing with a lot of shit at work and in my own life recently. My near death in my roll over accident, my 19 year old cousin (who is one of my best friends) who's 7 and a half months pregnant (having to deal with that situation is fun, expecially when the father is no where to be found, and she has no job and no education), I've been dealing with money and how little of it I have now after my accident, and then a whole lot of work stuff, that i'm not going to go into detail about. I told the service manager that I've had enough of this shit (I had enough of it over a year ago, but I decided to stay) I basically said "**** off, I quit, I'll be back later today to get my box". I stopped in at a shop on my way home and told Steve what had happened and asked if the position had been filled yet or not. I start monday. Lets see if this shop is more, lets get the work done and get it done PROPERLY, instead of politics and keeping everything cheap. I could rant a whole lot more, but I'm not going to, I'm feeling pretty good about it, and the only thing I'm going to miss is the guys I work with, even the service manager, I apoligized when I came back to get my tools and he asked if I still wanted to leave. I'm still going to keep in touch with them, they are all great guys, the shop just has to many flaws for it to balance out the good. I've made my discision, now I'm going to have to hope for the best.

 

[PaleBlue90]

thats why i quit my last job, best of luck to you

 

[kunar]

the shop i work at has the same problems. we do plastic work, not automotive. the owner has his own ideas that usually sound good in theory but not in practice. sounds like you are really lucky to be able to quit like you did and start a new job 3 days later. i hope things work out for you.

 

[metalmacguyver]

good choice. i am glad that you were able to get such a quick turn around on getting a new place to work.

 

[05level2]

Good for you, I always like it when an employee stands up for themself

 

[pillen140]

good you got a new job. my boss is the same way. the way they think, they dont deal with that machine, you will still do the work... why pay to replace it.

 

[skippy]

shoeboy,sounds like a good move.hope your life away from work works out starts to improve too.keep your chin up!

 

[98ranger4x4]

my manager is the exact same way, he will do whatever it takes to put an extra 5 bucks in his pocket and micromanages every little thing that goes on, and is a total jerk with no respect for any of his employees. im considering looking for a new job.

 

[Hahnsb2]

Good for you man, nothing feels better than starting at a new job that you actually like. I got fired over 2 months ago because I basically told my boss to kiss my ass because I wasn't hired to be her personal handy man. I started a new job a month ago, I make parts for pipe organs, it's relaxing, sit at a workstation listening to Adam Corolla in the morning on my Zune and music after that, while I solder complex curcuit boards, no pressure unless I'm working on something I really can't afford to **** up but since it's a new job I've made mistakes but they understand that. I even hang out with my bosses (brothers) after work on occasion, I like working for someone that I can also hang out with outside of work.

 

[LearjetMinako]

Sounds like you made a smart move.

The managers around me don't have clue. My foremen "was" a co-worker, but now is a bit of dick. Suppilies are never found when needed or ordered wrong. Tools are never put back or replaced when broken.

Life sucks, I'm going off-roading.

 

[Silverado]

It sounds like you work at a certain GM dealership I got escorted out of by the CPS one time LOL

Life is too short to work in a place where you can't abide by their management practices.

I left a $120k/year salary at a project where the owners had their heads firmly up their asses all the time. Now I make roughly half that contracting on my own, but the stress is less, and nobody is looking to have my head for their stupidity.

 

[Shoeboy]

My boss didn't see us as people, he only saw us as a way to make money. When I first started he saw me as a person and I helped him threw some tough times with the shop. I worked every day we were open for nearly 6 months, and I was putting in nearing 10 hour days, even longer some days. When we hired enough staff so I could be cut back down to 5 days a week I asked if I could have saturdays off because lets face it, how can you relax with a thursday and a sunday off. You can't do anything those days, and everyone is either working or going to school on thursday, or studying and recovering from the night before on sundays. I asked for saturdays off, so I could have 2 days off in a row for a little unstressing me time. Instead I had to work shitty hours, and take shit from everyone. When the tire changer broke, that just happened to be when I was using it, he blamed me for a 27 year old electric switch burning up. Okay, I know its an absolute pain, but an old machine is about 5-10 years old, and they're not that expencive new, give or take $4000 for a good one. Instead I got yelled at for it, and I nearly walked out then. Instead I stayed and hung around. Until another brake job I was doing and on a tight time line for, I got the parts and found that one of the lines they gave me was the wrong thread and useless, I got yelled at for that because the guy at the parts store fucked up, I nearly lost my job because it pissed him off. I stopped giving a shit there when he turned down a $1300 brake job because they could only afford $1200 at the time. I know its a $100 cut in profits at the time, but I was standing around with my thumb up my ass doing sweet shit all waiting for something to come in. If he took $100 off the bill we would have made $1200 and he wouldn't have been pissed at me for doing nothing, as I had already cleaned my bays and had cleaned the back office, and the storage loft. He doesn't realize that to make money you have to spend money, and sometimes to make money you have to take a loss in some departments, expecially when we're slow, like in the winter. He's to concerned about making a profit to feed his greed, that he doesn't realize that we're people too, and that we get tired of working shitty hours, with shitty days off. One guy is thinking about moving back to Sasktchewan, another guy is thinking about moving back to Toronto, and Bob, the service manager who I yelled at, but in the end we made amends (he said to me something that I didn't realize at the time but its so very true, I was looking for an excuse to quit, and I was), Bob's thinking about starting his own shop. The building is going to be ripped down in about 5 years because the gas station we're attached to has to have its tanks dug up and the building is 25 years old and out of date. The shop is in a horible location and the only people who actually know where we are found us by accident, and it seems that Mike is just trying to milk the company for what its worth. He doesn't see customers as people, he sees them as money. This new garage I'm going to has an execelent reputation and has been there for about the same amount of time as the shop I was at, but theres no gas station and the building has been pretty well maintained. Its the only shop in the middle of a residentual area and it gets a lot of traffic passing buy. I don't think in the 20 years i've lived in the area I've ever heard a bad thing about the shop other then "its dark". I think I'm going to be happier at this new shop and thank you for your support everyone. I'm just in a ranting mood right now.

 

[Twitch57]

Somebody said something about the biggest idiots being appointed to managment where they can do the least damage.

I agree with the biggest idiots part, but Im not sure they allways do the least damage

 

[Black'03LevelII]

Somebody said something about the biggest idiots being appointed to managment where they can do the least damage.

I agree with the biggest idiots part, but Im not sure they allways do the least damage

I think it should be more like, "The biggest idiots get being appointed to management, because the are to stupid to do the real work." that's just my opinion though.

I have a great boss that I cannot and will not complain about.

and Shoeboy, I'm glad you were able to get out of that stressfull enviroment and find a better place to utilize your talents. Good luck to ya bud!

 

[predator]

way to go shoeboy!!!! one of these days i will be able to quit....