Ricochet1a
Well-Known Member
Hate to be the devil's advocate on this one, but Express policy clearly states that hours scheduled can be adjusted to fit the needs of the "operation"... As a full time employee, you are owned by Express, liable to work whatever hours they schedule you within the limits of DOT regulations and the requirement to ask for volunteers first for additional work. When an employee transfers, their seniority goes out the window for 6 months, meaning that in that period, they are literally the gopher for their new ops mgr. I was there, did it, hated it.
So while your former ops mgr more than likely told you what you wanted to hear in order to get the position filled (and for you to sign the offer letter) - he was more than within Express guidelines to "adjust" the hours you were to work once you arrived. Yes, he was a dirty, low down piece of scum, but ops mgrs are prone to do whatever it takes to get positions filled, especially when it is their neck on the line if the position isn't filled. Your former manager was a piece of scum; you were a fool to believe that something stated without documentation to back it up was worth anything.
As far as "getting respect" - are you kidding?? Respect is that warm fuzzy feeling someone has for another, until such time policy or circumstances dictate that they dump on that person they "respect". There were a few people in positions superior to me that I "respected" on a personal level, but I NEVER let that lead me to think they would go out of their way to do me a favor at anytime. They were first and foremost Express management - NEVER forget that.
You keep on trying to make your work at Express based on a "personal" frame of reference. Express was never about personal relationships, it is and was all about meeting your expectation and continuing to do so without causing problems for your immediate superior.
It's not personal, its business... Fred most likely has a plaque in his office that states that.
So while your former ops mgr more than likely told you what you wanted to hear in order to get the position filled (and for you to sign the offer letter) - he was more than within Express guidelines to "adjust" the hours you were to work once you arrived. Yes, he was a dirty, low down piece of scum, but ops mgrs are prone to do whatever it takes to get positions filled, especially when it is their neck on the line if the position isn't filled. Your former manager was a piece of scum; you were a fool to believe that something stated without documentation to back it up was worth anything.
As far as "getting respect" - are you kidding?? Respect is that warm fuzzy feeling someone has for another, until such time policy or circumstances dictate that they dump on that person they "respect". There were a few people in positions superior to me that I "respected" on a personal level, but I NEVER let that lead me to think they would go out of their way to do me a favor at anytime. They were first and foremost Express management - NEVER forget that.
You keep on trying to make your work at Express based on a "personal" frame of reference. Express was never about personal relationships, it is and was all about meeting your expectation and continuing to do so without causing problems for your immediate superior.
It's not personal, its business... Fred most likely has a plaque in his office that states that.