Comments on: What makes people unhappy at work

By: Donna Marks

Donna Marks — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:58:37 +0000

I am at Gamestation which apparently is in the entertainment sector of retail. Myself and other colleagues are so unhappy at how the company seems to disregard our rights to go home at a reasonable time which to me is around 15 to 30 minutes AFTER the offical paid part of the contract hours stops. This is not the case and the long hours culture has encroached so deeply into our personal time that staff are just desiring to leave rather than progess with the company.

It could be because high street retail is feeling the squeeze in the dire state of our economy and are trying to survive by working harder and longer for less money and less rest. I have resorted to asking for hours cut which will automatically mean less pay, however the company seems to have a real problem letting me do that even though they want to cut staffing in some stores.

It seems these days retail cannot get enough of the “voluntary” hours from its staff and just start finding more and more things that need to be done near the time when they should be letting the staff go home.

I’m not just talking about 15 minutes here and there, I mean between 5 to 20 hours extra unpaid EVERY week. This is in an industry that will not pay bonuses, pay rises or sick pay. How can anyone feel happy when their purses, family time and recovery time are seriously short changed.

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By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:03:28 +0000

THANK YOU for writing this post. Personally I think we invest way too much time working – especially as it’s become “normal” to work over a third of our day – to take this kind of crap. it’s been so rife that I haven’t stayed in a job longer than a year.

By: ww

ww — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:41:56 +0000

Tune in to my radio show ‘day jobs’ for our important upcoming guest on bullying in the workplace. Bullying is NOT uncommon at all in the workplace! On the contrary! We could not function in such environments and had to start our own company

By: Aurelie

Aurelie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:22:45 +0000

What you re telling is true but I am personally unhappy at work because I am bored which is the opposite of the chapter about overwork and stress (which would be uncool as well). I do not feel busy enough and sincerely SUFFERING about it.

Cheers.

By: jon

jon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:12:29 +0000

i work at morrisons in uk and its bad i feel like im back at school being bullied by the manager,i would quit but there ay no work about and ive gotta keep my mum sweet.

By: Penelopi

Penelopi — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:50:12 +0000

What about the “mean girl” mentality and/or cliques? My boss is an unbelievable snob and the other ladies in the office have voiced their dislike of her, yet, they lunch with her and participate in outside activities with her. The minute she leaves the office, they proceed to bash her. I cannot do this and ultimately have become the outsider. When the boss and her “girls” are together, they proceed to bash and talk about everyone and anyone. How can anyone work in this environment?

By: Alexander

Alexander — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:10:16 +0000

Donna: That’s terrible! Maybe this can give you some inspiration:
http://positivesharing.com/2007/01/how-to-deal-with-a-bad-boss/

I’d be happy to come and teach LG some happiness. Incidentally, I’m typing this on my LG laptop :o)

By: Donna Marks

Donna Marks — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:19:27 +0000

Please please tell LG Eelctronics about it (I’m too scared). They need help, I am witnessing first hand the manager who spreads his misery and doesn’t acknowledge his staff.

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