That’s great for food workers, but there are many, many more jobs just as dismal. I personally know workers who are scheduled randomly between 0 and 5 days a week. Hell, there was a month this year with 4 5-hour shifts. What complete BS.
There is no financial security whatsoever. But that’s sort of the point. Keeps labor costs down and if they quit, no unemployment.
I haven’t worked in retail for over a decade, but that was the biggest fight I kept having with district managers/corporate. They kept telling me to hire more associates for one shift a week, when I already had keyholders and associates who were begging for more hours.
Shit, sometimes I “called out sick” just to give them more hours without letting anyone else know ahead of time. That lack of financial security is not good for morale or productivity, and I hate that the bosses refuse to acknowledge that
They refuse to acknowledge because then they are shown to be on the wrong side of fairness. It’s a long term tactics of waging war against the lower classes, which helps shareholder. How many middle managers that enforce it is beyond me. It must be that embarrassed millionaire syndrome thing.
