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NoCaution
I sort of agree, and I have no intention of throwing a fit over it. It's just been grating on me for weeks now. If it was just a weird situation where I lost four hours to some clerical error, that would suck, but I'd let it go. It's the combination of all the factors that just makes me feel sick. In every other store in the country, all the FT employees get paid for doing nothing, on a holiday, while the store is closed and making no money. I on the other hand, show up and make them tons of money, while I could be doing something holiday related, and I get PENALIZED for it. It's like them saying to me; "Merry Christmas!, here's your pay cut!" Frankly, I'd rather go volunteer at a soup kitchen for 4 hours that day. I'd make the same amount, and I would't feel miserable afterward.
At the end of the day, I don't think the policy was put in place maliciously. And I think if the people who did it thought it through a bit, they'd quickly fix the issue. It's the fact that such a choice was made without any apparent thought put into its very disturbing to me. What other policies will I run in to down the line? I like the store, and quite frankly, I am paid very well. I won't starve to death losing the few hundred that these holidays will cost me, but I worry still. This entire fiasco simply calls into question the decision making skills of the people who sign my check.
Am I wrong?
P.S.
Not for nothing, but I don't really think that your economy argument is completely valid in this scenario. It's a little like telling a woman whose husband treats her badly to just stick it out, cause the dating scene is rough these days. I've never had trouble getting hired, as I'm very good at what I do. Will I storm out like a petulant child? No, of course not. But I also don't feel that I should have to subject myself to having benefits that I earn stripped away, simply because someone didn't think before making policy.