I cannot believe we have been home for almost two months!
Work has been beyond crazy lately. That is why I haven't really been on. Here is the story for those who are interested...
I received my six-month review a few weeks ago. It went very, very well. The manager really had nothing negative to say about me. I even brought up a few things that
I thought I could improve on and was told not to worry and that I was doing a great job. Later that week, the store had a visit from the "higher-ups". They picked through everything in the salon. They found several minor mistakes made by everyone (including myself). But they were really angry with the grooming manager and general manager of the store.
Flash forward to last Thursday. I was called into the office by the general manager of the store and the grooming manager. Keep in mind, both of them are under fire from the higher ups and have the strong potential to loose their jobs. I was told several hurtful things. The general manager actually said that my quality of work was what they would expect from someone who had only been working there a month. When I asked why these issues were not on my review, the only explanation he could give me was that "they wouldn't have been on your review". And yet the manager kept saying that none of the issues he was brining up were recent (some of the issues were months old)!
Along with that nonsense, I was told that several coworkers had been complaining that they were "helping me too much". That made me very, very angry because 1) no one had actually had the guts to tell this to my face and 2) I am always helping my coworkers. I finish their dogs when they are stressed or want to go home early, I stay late so that I can help them finish their tasks so they don't have to go home so late, I wash the groomer's dogs, I hold dogs, and the list goes on and on.
So I was a very unhappy person during this "meeting". The GM asked me (with a smile on his face, I might add) if I wanted to work there anymore and I said no. He "gave me the option" of staying for two-weeks or leaving that day. I said I would give my two-weeks. He then handed me a piece of paper and told me to write my two-weeks . He wanted me to write down that I felt I was unable to meet expectations, but I refused to give him the satisfaction. After I handed him the paper, he asked me if he needed to get someone to cover my shifts because, "most people who give their two-weeks just stop showing up". By this point, I had regained my composure and so I was the one with the smile on my face. I told him that I would show up for my shifts, and that I would "work just as hard as though I hadn't quit".
So that is the story. I am still really sore about what happened. But there is a silver lining to all of this. I am looking into going back to school
I am currently looking into a state online college. They have a good early childhood education program. It would make it easy for us to stay near Josh's work if we didn't have to move close to a four-year college. And depending on the way the classes are set up, I may be able to start soon and "take time off" (meaning finish my assignments early) so I can go on our Disney trip in September!