Who am I, as an employee?
A hard worker with open availability.
Presented with an opportunity to help others I am more than happy to help, taking on more hours or splitting my shifts or taking on close-opens or working when others find themselves personally (not professionally) unavailable. Sometimes I do this even at the expense of a timeline with personal projects on my own itinerary.
I am looking to learn, but I get frustrated when others have no passion to teach me.
Just the same, I’ve learned a lot. Maybe not as fast as I should, maybe not all that I should, maybe not in the expected timeline. But I’m willing to learn. I feel that to leave a student discouraged and isolated is not only unprofessional, but also demonstrates a severe personal flaw that one should seriously look at repairing.
I don’t talk about others behind their back.
I keep my judgments to myself. I do get discouraged when others can not pay the same courtesy. I may voice out concerns and comments in vague generalizations. This is not only to protect myself. I do this to protect others. I do not believe in sabotaging others in an effort to self serve, self gratify, or self promote. I certainly do not talk in a negative manner about others-- because they have different experience than I. They have different personal and professional resumes.
I feel professional development can be a joint effort. If I have the drive and I am struggling, professionally it is the obligation of others to help me identify the kink in my work. This will alleviate the likelihood of poor performance. Coincidentally this also promotes job satisfaction and success in general.
In fact, it might even provide job excellence. If everyone digs in to try. Really try.
I show up on time. And if I show up late I apologize, because my reliance on public transportation is a flaw. But certainly if it has become a problem I will begin to take an earlier bus and arrive at work half an hour ahead of schedule.
I show up in dress code, because my appearance is not only a representation of the company I work for, but it also represents my preparedness for work and answering questions to satisfaction, presenting myself as a leader in my company.
I show up ready to work. Things you will not hear from me.
I just don’t want to be here today. Because where else would you want to be today, a day in which you were scheduled to work?
I wish I were at home with my child/dog/husband/boyfriend/cat/crochet/WHATEVER. Because I feel that if your outside, personal commitments are so heavy that you cannot part from them during your scheduled time to work, to perform… perhaps you should not have accepted your position.
I don’t think I’m going to make it through my shift today. Because I feel if that is how you felt at least two hours before your shift, you should have notified you manager so other arrangements could have been made.
As an employee I feel that I am paid to not only behave but perform in a certain way. I will, when given guidance, do my absolute BEST to behave and perform at that level.
That said, I know that there is ABSOLUTELY an opportunity to ALWAYS IMPROVE.
I believe in DOING WHAT IS RIGHT. When offered a position I expect that I was promoted because I was a good fit, an ideal candidate, and that I have presented a disposition in which management believes that I am not only moldable but also a foundational component to the advancement of our company and its values.
I will do my best to educate myself so that I may tailor and emphasise the experience of my guest, giving them an opportunity to be WOW-ed and encouraged to return not only to my store, but to our company.
As an employee my primary drive is to work with others, so that we may share responsibility in have a WINNING attitude… TOGETHER we are absolutely designed to bring success not only to ourselves but to our brand.
I LOVE working. I OWN that work is not just a paycheck. I find more than monetary satisfaction in my job. I am certainly appreciative of my pay. However, my most motivational element is that my job provides development and opportunity. It is not in my objective to abandon this ship to find better pay, or “easier” work. Once I have accepted a position I will stay with this position and do my very best. Unless otherwise, professionally, notified I will continue to do said work.
What I am I NOT an ex-employee?
Angry. I’m not angry.
I am not going to trash talk my employer. When asked by those in my life, my personal realm, the details of my termination… I will absolutely be frank in regards to the way in which I was treated. Especially if that treatment plays a hand in my eventual termination. Especially if I can make note in which I was treated differently from others, or that my actions, when shared by others, did NOT result in termination for them. These sort of observations, I feel, are SIGNIFICANT notes to share with those in my personal life, as well as with human resources.
As an ex-employee I am absolutely interested in speaking to human resources.
I hope that these sort of observations are noted...in hopes that others are, professionally, not left to feel the same. Let alone, not left to find themselves as suddenly unemployed as I.
What I am, as an ex-employee?
So. Very. Surprised.
And hurt.
Professionally left without any means to provide for a personal life in which I felt I could afford given my position-- This is a lifestyle in which I only adopted because I felt I was given a promotion based on my performance and with the expectation that my team meant to support me in my continued success.
As it turns out… they were not interested in that success.
I find this detail… discouraging. Disheartening. Frustrating. So disappointing.
Ultimately, I find it unprofessional.
But I find myself to afraid to say these things… As if I am betraying those that I worked with.
What am I, as an ex-employee?
I feel that I was left in no other position… but to feel BETRAYED.
