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<blockquote data-quote="Shepherd Sook" data-source="post: 4723043" data-attributes="member: 87075"><p><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">"Also make sure you're not looking at times in hundredths. Because 2:30 is 2.50 (not 2:50)."</span></p><p></p><p>Good advice. I'm <em>pretty</em> sure it read "2:50" and not "2.50" but I'm not 100% confident about this and am going to start snapping pics of the terminal like so many others do.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">"Don't worry about it, you are going to end up being fired here in a week or two anyways."</span></p><p></p><p>Ha! You're probably right. I do feel like there was a bit of a bait-and-switch, sold-a-bill-of-goods kind of thing with what we were told during training vs. reality. Trainer told the class, "Congratulations. You're not seasonal. You're all <em>permanent</em> workers." Shop steward later told us we all have jobs as long as we want them, and wouldn't get fired except due to a few egregious screw-ups on our part which he specified. But my guess is that they expect a large number of seasonal hires to quit anyway, so those who remain may be offered some sort of continued, very limited employment vastly different than the way things have been this past month and a half, with even fewer hours. It's a little disappointing if that's the case. But I realize seniority is everything and if there's not enough work, they can't keep all of us new hires on. We'll see what happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shepherd Sook, post: 4723043, member: 87075"] [COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]"Also make sure you're not looking at times in hundredths. Because 2:30 is 2.50 (not 2:50)."[/COLOR] Good advice. I'm [I]pretty[/I] sure it read "2:50" and not "2.50" but I'm not 100% confident about this and am going to start snapping pics of the terminal like so many others do. [COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]"Don't worry about it, you are going to end up being fired here in a week or two anyways."[/COLOR] Ha! You're probably right. I do feel like there was a bit of a bait-and-switch, sold-a-bill-of-goods kind of thing with what we were told during training vs. reality. Trainer told the class, "Congratulations. You're not seasonal. You're all [I]permanent[/I] workers." Shop steward later told us we all have jobs as long as we want them, and wouldn't get fired except due to a few egregious screw-ups on our part which he specified. But my guess is that they expect a large number of seasonal hires to quit anyway, so those who remain may be offered some sort of continued, very limited employment vastly different than the way things have been this past month and a half, with even fewer hours. It's a little disappointing if that's the case. But I realize seniority is everything and if there's not enough work, they can't keep all of us new hires on. We'll see what happens. [/QUOTE]
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