Like my job, but super frustrated

that is good.

i was young ONCE, like back in 1812......i thought i was "da man"...and mouthed off a time or 2.

I WENT over my boss's head......more than once.

it just doesn't work out in the end.

then something AMAZING happens...

you get OLD, and LEARN from your past, and hopefully OTHERS will learn from one's mistakes.....

i ended up quitting and moving on, and NEVER broke the chain of command again....

of course too, back in 1812, there was NO DAC......!!!!!!.....so i escaped the black marks...!!!!!!!...lol

EVERYONE IS REPLACEABLE.......no man is an island.

 

If they want to replace me let them. I won't have trouble finding work.

 

nobody will have problems finding work...but one's reputation follows him.....sooner or later, it'll get tougher to find work, over one that keeps his mouth shut, and follows the chain of command.

 

Good for you. I followed the chain of command. When your direct supervisor isn't addressing serious issues it's ok to go over their head. Keeping your mouth shut all of the time and doing nothing makes you a sheep.

As far as my reputation goes I have no problems. I've work for three employers full time in the last 25 years. One I still work for part time, one is out of business, and the other is my current employer. It's my reputation that allows me to speak up when needed.

 

good for you, all things come to an end as well.

 

Maybe your advise

 

I really do appreciate the advice. Everybody’s experience is a little different so it helped a ton to see my dilemma from many different sets of eyes

 

As long as you can get it done on your own, why would they hire help for you? That's where the mistake was made. If you had run out of time and stiffed a customer or two every day they'd have tripped over themselves getting it done.

It was a hard thing for me to learn, I always want to help and succeed against odds, but unless there are consequences it's handier for management to use the worker as a shock absorber.

 

The job for one is brutally physical. If they fail to hire another body for this route, turnover will continue to be high. In three years there has been 10 hires that I know of for this area. Also, if someone gets sick or takes a vacation, they have to bring Someone in from 400+ miles away. The cost of bringing in someone is pretty stiff. Financially they can hire three drivers for these two routes in the boise area and still make great bank on the contract. They do the same thing in Montana.

 

Sounds like typical bs at "most" not all companies. The whole "not telling the actual TRUE details of the job" aspect doesn't surprise me at all as it's common in this area. I won't address the other opinions, but to ME, if you've voiced your opinion/concern several times and you keep getting the cold shoulder, and they're running off co-drivers for a position that requires a co-driver per company policy, due to them misleading applicants, then I'd move your complaint up the ladder. If you really enjoy the job for the fact the hours are great etc even though it's rough work, and you're worried about possibly getting the shaft for going "over the boss's head" then I guess you could just stay quiet and do your thing while they continue to run through new hires, and hope someone sticks at some point.