Unrealistic expectations, heavy work load, toxic atmosphere
Pros
•Regulars recognize each employee’s work •Granted a little room for creativity with frosting coloring and sprinkles •Fun coworkers/customers •Being the reason that someone is smiling/making someone’s day •Food and pop always available (doubles as a con) •I’ve become more patient and humble due to all the bull I’m forced to deal with
Cons
• Not a very accommodating position/company for those with mental or physical illnesses on the more severe end (depression, anxiety, narcolepsy, fibromyalgia, etc.) • 1st and 2nd shift have many employees while there are very few 3rd shifters •expected to learn all the 3rd shift stuff as well as food and pizzas and register within 4 days •forced to take verbal abuse from customers •Smokers get more breaks •only 2 3rd shifters per shift a night while each shift has at least 3 people • 3rd shift is last to find anything out •3rd shift always blamed •Not as slow as people think it is. Sometimes you might not get your job done until close to end of shift or not at all. Had to start taking extra precautions just to prove to my manager I wasn’t lying •we are a 24 hour gas station. We barely have time to clean and basically maintain the messiness. Also we practically have to beg to have things fixed. •there are practically no raises or promotions. 3rd shift does get an extra dollar. But a newbie shouldn’t be making more than a person who’s been there for 7 years. The manager (not all) is practically a tyrant. •I’ve had the flu and still had to work because there’s no such thing as replacements on this shift •Hours have been cut and everyone gets yelled at for leaving late and the manager is the only who leaves on time •I literally have to remember 6 or 7 specific donuts with specific frosting or the customers will throw a fit •managers come in after you at 6 am •store manager is spoiled and doesn’t know how to do anything completely on her own •always running out of supplies and food •no one has time to completely finish their job and that has caused tension between shifts •Casey’s is a chain and doesn’t leave much room for fun/creativity such as a strict uniform policy, no decorations, no rearranging things •when it IS slow it’s super quiet. Too quiet. You’re not allowed to listen to music or anything. At this point you’ll begin to start forming mild ptsd and start hearing things like the door chiming or the phone ringing •really quiet door chime •really idiotic rules. Pizza boxes apparently expire in 24 hours. Not allowed to write our own temporary signs in example our pin pads don’t have a chip reader and every customer would ask or stick their card in. So i put a note and when the manager saw she immediately ripped it down and said “we can’t do that.” Empty cups are apparently 15¢. We can’t put our brooms in a certain corner cause it’s “unprofessional” •no such thing as part time. Everyone is scheduled as part time with full time hours. They get away with it by scheduling it so it’s split in half between weeks in a pay period. So in example you’re a part timer but you’re somehow scheduled 8 days in a row (actually happens.) on the first week of the pay period you’ll be working 4 days and then on the second you’ll be working for but it’s still 8 days. CONS OUT WEIGH THE PROS
