So, I've had this job at the freezer company for about a month before they giving me a steady income. And I had problems with it, even going so far to write a blog about it that I never published, but I really liked it, mainly cause I got to work with my friend at the same time.
But true happiness can not last forever. And they stopped giving me jobs.
So I had to join a temp service just to get some money, until one day, after working at a temp I really liked, my career consular called us and said, the temp service has found a full time job for me and my friend. 5 days a week, full time
We both said yes... Not knowing what were getting into.
The company is called Oregon Ice Cream, because it's located in Oregon, duh. And around here, there are a lot of ice cream factories it is insane how many temps I got with them. But the job offered no production work but a custodian graveyard shift (Which I'm okay with, but we'll get into the real shit in a minute).
First we got to dress in sanitized clothes. Whatever, if a job deals with food that's always the case. But the worse part is these rain boots.
I am a tall guy. Most likely your clothes will not fit me. Neither will these fucking boots. They get drenched in water, so the socks do like my name sake and soak up. I actually have to get my friend to pull them off as an ocean flows through it.
That's our shitty wardrobe, so how about those employee services?
A mediocre breakroom, complete with two microwaves, which one is as user friendly as an automatic customer service line, and I guess to make things better, they give us a HD TV with cable installed, probably just to ignore us on how awful the breakroom is quality wise. It doesn't matter, someone else will already be watching something awful like, "Ridiculousness".
Also, you can't bring a backpack in. What. I guess they're nervous about someone stealing something, so I got to store all my shit in my pocket including my timesheet, so it gets all crumpled up.
And finally, one of the worse parts... No drinking fountain. I can understand some jobs having no water fountain, but this is a huge workplace involving mass general labor , there NEEDS to be a drinking fountain. So, the only thing you can do is go into the bathroom and fill up your water bottle, but if you have none, prepare to lap like a dog.
Speaking of bathrooms there is only one. One as in one that looks like a home bathroom. No stalls whatsoever. So, if someone's in there, prepare to grab onto your crotch!
The work is cleaning, which by doing this job I learn I hate, but whatever it's work.
The breaks we have are strange. 2 hours then break. 2 hours then break. then 5 hours then break?! Then we usually go home after that. So what's the point of the last break?!
So, is it worth it to work with my friend? Speaking of my friend, I can't even work with him all day! We're off doing to separate jobs. Thanks for that swell description temp service!
But what's the absolute worse part? It is awful and I should quit because of this but I'll explain in a second why I can't. You ready cause it is just a kick in the balls to this slap in the face job.
The job is 7 days a week long
"Me at 4 minutes and 46 sec"
Yes. I can't stop at all for this job. I think I can get weekends off eventually, but just finding out about this after being told
Just makes me want to punch a wall I am so pissed off to go back to that fucking place. I just want to burn it to the ground that's how awful of a job I have it. The lowest thing compared to this is Taiwanese sweatshops and lower than that is slave labor.
So why do I stay? I could leave this shit at a drop of a hat, but why do I stay?
Well, I made a promise to my career councilor that I would do it for two weeks to see if it gets better. It doesn't. It just got a whole lot worse. Nobody should work at that job.
But, I think I should tell him I was lied to, as I was told it was a 5 days a week job. But, we'll see how long I last.
I've got to go to work tonight. and I've only got 6 hours of free time minus sleep. EVERYDAY.
Fuck you Oregon Ice Cream.
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But true happiness can not last forever. And they stopped giving me jobs.
So I had to join a temp service just to get some money, until one day, after working at a temp I really liked, my career consular called us and said, the temp service has found a full time job for me and my friend. 5 days a week, full time
We both said yes... Not knowing what were getting into.
The company is called Oregon Ice Cream, because it's located in Oregon, duh. And around here, there are a lot of ice cream factories it is insane how many temps I got with them. But the job offered no production work but a custodian graveyard shift (Which I'm okay with, but we'll get into the real shit in a minute).
First we got to dress in sanitized clothes. Whatever, if a job deals with food that's always the case. But the worse part is these rain boots.
I am a tall guy. Most likely your clothes will not fit me. Neither will these fucking boots. They get drenched in water, so the socks do like my name sake and soak up. I actually have to get my friend to pull them off as an ocean flows through it.
That's our shitty wardrobe, so how about those employee services?
A mediocre breakroom, complete with two microwaves, which one is as user friendly as an automatic customer service line, and I guess to make things better, they give us a HD TV with cable installed, probably just to ignore us on how awful the breakroom is quality wise. It doesn't matter, someone else will already be watching something awful like, "Ridiculousness".
Also, you can't bring a backpack in. What. I guess they're nervous about someone stealing something, so I got to store all my shit in my pocket including my timesheet, so it gets all crumpled up.
And finally, one of the worse parts... No drinking fountain. I can understand some jobs having no water fountain, but this is a huge workplace involving mass general labor , there NEEDS to be a drinking fountain. So, the only thing you can do is go into the bathroom and fill up your water bottle, but if you have none, prepare to lap like a dog.
Speaking of bathrooms there is only one. One as in one that looks like a home bathroom. No stalls whatsoever. So, if someone's in there, prepare to grab onto your crotch!
The work is cleaning, which by doing this job I learn I hate, but whatever it's work.
The breaks we have are strange. 2 hours then break. 2 hours then break. then 5 hours then break?! Then we usually go home after that. So what's the point of the last break?!
So, is it worth it to work with my friend? Speaking of my friend, I can't even work with him all day! We're off doing to separate jobs. Thanks for that swell description temp service!
But what's the absolute worse part? It is awful and I should quit because of this but I'll explain in a second why I can't. You ready cause it is just a kick in the balls to this slap in the face job.
The job is 7 days a week long
"Me at 4 minutes and 46 sec"
Yes. I can't stop at all for this job. I think I can get weekends off eventually, but just finding out about this after being told
"THE JOB IS FIVE DAYS A WEEK"
Just makes me want to punch a wall I am so pissed off to go back to that fucking place. I just want to burn it to the ground that's how awful of a job I have it. The lowest thing compared to this is Taiwanese sweatshops and lower than that is slave labor.
So why do I stay? I could leave this shit at a drop of a hat, but why do I stay?
Well, I made a promise to my career councilor that I would do it for two weeks to see if it gets better. It doesn't. It just got a whole lot worse. Nobody should work at that job.
But, I think I should tell him I was lied to, as I was told it was a 5 days a week job. But, we'll see how long I last.
I've got to go to work tonight. and I've only got 6 hours of free time minus sleep. EVERYDAY.
Fuck you Oregon Ice Cream.
