Communication, really is KEY

Hey Guys!!

So I am not sure if y'all remember, but I got hired by a salad company about three weeks ago. Let me tell you something! The manager left off that he was going to contact me to let me know my schedule. Two weeks fly by, and I have not heard a ring on my phone from him.  I called him a couple of times and left a message and got nothing.  What do you do when your anxious to work right? You want the job so bad for whatever reason you need the money for. My reason is to save and invest in my career. And I think thats pretty important! Well at least to me :)

Anyways, I call again and he answers, I say hello and say my name again incase he has forgotten my existence and he yells with surprise " OMG I forgot to call you back!" And from there we move forward and agree to meet up at one of the stores. But really inside I was saying, "What kind of manager are you?! I wonder how many other people have been put on hold just because he was on vacation...not professional at all!" 

I had the meeting with him, he makes me sign a paper saying I will get paid for the training hour I did, etc. So why does he wait until the end of the conversation to tell me that my schedule is too hard to work with.. PAUSE. What kind of sense does that make? First of all a JOB is suppose to work around you're schedule. I am sorry I am a full time student and committed to my main priority. A job comes after that. Second of all, I don't recall you saying that when I had my interview, because my schedule has been the same for months sir. So the fact that its the managers job to make it work out.... I am gonna say ya didn't pass. But I am still getting paid for training. I better be lol. But he left off, telling me he will continue to try to find a store that can work with my schedule that he has been doing that all the time we haven't spoken....WHY didn't he communicate this with me since the interview? I would have kept it moving and applied else where.

Life lesson- Even if you score an interview and make it to the next level, pretend you never had that interview and carry on with applying to other places if you are still looking for a job.

On higher positions part, please do communicate with any employee what you are doing or what is really going on because honestly, "AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT". People just want to get hired and carry on with their lives.  By not communicating in general makes situations become problems that can't be solved until later on, which is worse. Just lay the cards out, be honest, real and let people know what you think or know. 

How wonderful would the world be if everyone communicated what they really felt? I can tell you, it would be a better place with less people being "offended".  It all starts with comminicating with people in you're life, people that you have relationships with, etc, if everyone puts in their part the outcome would be beautiful. Don't you think?

Peace&Love,

Alba