Like, I don't even have to be on an actual vacation somewhere, just not go to work for a week. During the entire month of October someone at work was always out. First week it was my bosses daughter for her bday, second week it was a groomer, third AND fourth week (2 weeks total) a blow dyer was out and wasn't there for the Halloween rush. Now when I go back to work tomorrow my boss will be on vacation for most of that week. It's, idk what the correct word for it, upsetting(?) that I'm always there, early, I've only ever requested one day off in the year I've been there, I'm a good worker yet I couldn't even get paid min wage, while others are going on vacations or taking time off. And others are gettin paid enough to go on vacations. In my three years being in the work force, I've only requested days off three times; twice for my sister's bday, 16th & 18th, and once for my 21st. Before the pandemic I used to sometimes go on vacation, thou not often. I try to do things on my days off but it never feels like that time is enough. It feels like there's always more stuff piling up to do than what I have time for. On my days off I always try to relax since I barely get time to do that on the days I work. But there's also other stuff I should be doing, more productive things, but I don't do them cause I'm tired from work and don't have enough time to do them. I work fulltime, sometimes 42 or 43 hours in a week. With the holiday season fast approaching and the busy season already on us at work, I work longer days and feel it. My knees feel stiff every day. Some days I wake up out of bed and my knees are already feelin it! Wtf! But it would be bad to take anytime off now since we are so busy at work. I don't leave people short staffed unless with a very good reason. The only one time I've done that was because I got covid from my asst manager at my old job, due to the fault of my manager. So I quit. On top of all the other BS of that job that they knew about.
I'm already thinking of getting a new job, since this one has money issues. They weren't paying me min wage when it was increased for 3 weeks. Once I said somethin then they raised me to min wage. But now I lost the raise I once had. When I got a raise (before min wage was 10$) the person who does some of the money things forgot to put that raise in for 2 weeks. I wasn't compensated for those 2 weeks without a raise. I keep hearing how they're over strained and things are expensive, yet they keep havin to remind groomers to raise prices on the dogs. They'll send me home before I can clean up the back area, but then the boss wants to complain when the back area isn't clean. Gee, idk, maybe it's cause me, the person who is throughout with the cleaning, isn't back here to do it. I come in the next morning havin to tidy up what was left over and should have been cleaned. But I don't say anythin cause if they want to keep sending me home before I clean, whatever. I'll try to use that extra hour to do somethin. But I don't want to hear it when there are still hairballs and dirt laundry to do in the morning. Not my fault.
My boss also wants to keep hiring people who come in for a day a week or they have them come in only on weekends. My boss finally fired someone a couple months ago (this person should have been fired already but wasn't. It wasn't until she stopped showing up for work that my boss finally let her go) and since then hasn't filled that spot. I was hoping this would be my time to go up in position, but other people, even the newbies, keep gettin taught how to do finishing stuff. Meanwhile while I know how to do that stuff, I'm never given the opportunity to do it and I'm always stuck blow dyring the last dog for the day. But I don't say anythin cause I know what the person who teaches the others finishing stuff will say: that I'm slow and need to get better. And I have gotten better. No I'm not as fast as the others but I am good at what I do, esp WITH the dogs I'm given. I do what makes them not get so stressed out. I get alot of special attention dogs; seizures, panic attacks, sick, old, bad legs/back/whatever, mean+bites, scared, also puppies. I'm not going to go fast on them if I feel like they'll get a seizure or panic attack or somethin. I don't get to put a muzzle on them to avoid them tryin to bite, even for the big dogs. And they KNOW these dogs will bite or act crazy! I do what I feel comfortable doing, for my safety and the dogs.
It's the same thing happening at this job that was happening at my other. I've been wormholed into this position with no opportunities for growth because my position is not easy to fill. Others don't want to do it yet I am always on top of it. Plus I am good at some of the stuff I do. So why have their one employee leave that position that is hard to fill and not everyone can do it. But it's gettin really annoying.
It sucks being the reliable one all the time.
