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Ourdee
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 03:19 am: | 
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Orange Park Powersports ?
Address and phone removed.
(Message edited by ourdee on February 11, 2012) |
Rick_a
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 09:27 am: |
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quote:Long way from FL but the county is hiring (my employer) and the transit office is hiring too (wife's work) you any good with electromechanics?
Funny you mention that. My dad was a gifted electrical engineer. Me, no inclination. I replace electrical devices with mechanical ones 
Orange Park Powersports went out of business a few months after they fired me. That was another story. They shorted my pay a couple months, then fired me when I mentioned it.
RSH, yes it is approved. I don't make the rules, I just follow them. We're not allowed to ask for gratuities, but can accept them, as long as the management knows why.
I really can't blame the dealership, as it was really my manager that screwed me over. The GM did jump to conclusions and passed judgement without even talking to me, but I also don't know what my manager was feeding him. That's not the way to do things.
I think my manager panicked because he wanted to take half the tip. The guilt probably got to him. It's dirty all around. The whole dealership in an uproar over a tip. |
Teeps
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 10:02 am: |
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At the motorcycle shop I worked at ('70s), if we got tips; boss didn't care.
We could do side jobs on Saturday, using the shop facilities; boss didn't care.
We did many service drive repairs/adjustments for a six pack; boss didn't care (he drank the beverages too.)
The difference then/now?
Shop I worked at was family owned/operated. If you worked there; you were considered family too... It was a way to make a living, not a lot money. |
Hybridmomentspass
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 10:16 am: |
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Rick I am sorry to hear that you lost your job over this, I hope you rebound soon and get an even better job |
Pwnzor
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 10:22 am: |
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Customers sometimes show their appreciation to me in various ways. I always tell them it's the drivers who do the real work, and I always try to share the gratuity with them
Drivers sometimes try to "tip" me, and I explain to them that what they are doing is actually considered a bribe. The second time they try it, I fire them on the spot.
I have zero tolerance for that sort of conflict of interest. I leave that dirty game to the sales staff. |
Blake
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 10:30 am: |
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Petty greedy people suck.
I suspect you'll find much better work elsewhere. Your calm demeanor after being subjected to such miserable injustice sure is admirable.
I wonder if Cycle Rama is hiring? |
Court
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 11:18 am: |
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I am thrilled you lost your job.
I base that on what I know, from reading this thread, about your prior employer.
Any day there was a day wasted.
Congratulations on, voluntarily or not, making the first positive step in pursuit of your future career and for keeping your values intact.
Now . . . get to work.
You win in every way.
Court |
Xl1200r
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 12:12 pm: |
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At the motorcycle shop I worked at ('70s), if we got tips; boss didn't care.
We could do side jobs on Saturday, using the shop facilities; boss didn't care.
We did many service drive repairs/adjustments for a six pack; boss didn't care (he drank the beverages too.)
The difference then/now?
Shop I worked at was family owned/operated. If you worked there; you were considered family too... It was a way to make a living, not a lot money.
We never did any official work for beer, but this was exactly how the shop I worked operated. When I started there as a floor-sweeping peon, they would have me drive customers back to work or home if they had to leave their car and some would tip. Usually just a few bucks, but when you'd get an old timer that lived 20 minutes away, it wasn't out of the ordinary to get a $20 out of it. For me, being in high school and working at a place I liked and driving someone else's car rather sweeping a shop floor, a tip was just icing on the cake. My boss was fine with it. I'd generally refuse the first time, but if they insisted I didn't want to be rude and force them to keep it.
I spent many weekends and nights doing side jobs for friends, supplying parts to them at my employee cost and it was all kosher - so long as you weren't doing it ALL the time for everyone you knew. Oil changes for my girlfriend's father were the most "regular" thing I did.
The break room was ALWAYS full of treats that satisfied customers dropped off... sometimes a cookie platter, or fresh cider doughnuts from the orchard up the street, or sometimes they'd get everyone pizza or sandwiches for lunch. Even though we didn't face the customer often, I think this little "connection" with what we were doing and how it was really helping them out and how much they appreciated it did a lot for morale, rather then just hearing from the shop managers, "do this faster/better/etc."
Sorry to hear, Rick... I hope you find something more stable soon. |
Rick_a
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 12:46 pm: |
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Thanks guys. Instead of fighting this time I let things play out to see what would transpire. I figure if they would treat me this way without ever speaking a word to me about the situation, I'd be better off somewhere else, anyway.
There's a lot more I could say, but I prefer the high ground. |
Harleyms
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 01:23 pm: |
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Sorry to hear Rick (saw it on ARF too) but you are better off, move on to bigger and better things, I would contact that customer though....heh |
Blake
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 02:18 pm: |
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>>> I prefer the high ground.
Common for a Marine. |
Ourdee
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 02:41 pm: |
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The high ground in my mind would be to leave the customer with his good experience and clear conscience. Part of why he threw the hundred. The right thing usually costs us something, but the sleep is worth it. |
Whatever
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 03:17 pm: |
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It is never a good idea to burn any kind of bridge...
that being said, I worked for a completley abusive employer for 2 years and 9 months. Best thing they ever did was lay me off.
However, I should have left after 6 months. I continued on since the money was good, and I ended up paying dearly for it with a lot of stress related health problems. |
Teeps
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 03:29 pm: |
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Whatever Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012
It is never a good idea to burn any kind of bridge...
Maybe so; but it sure feels good in the moment.
I never regretted it, that boss(owner) understood, it was business. |
Rick_a
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 03:55 pm: |
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When there is no bridge, what's there to burn?
From what the GM and owner have apparently been told, I took a $100 gratuity, kept it to myself...giving it up only when confronted and given an ultimatum...thanks to my manager who "took care" of things for me. |
Rsh
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 04:24 pm: |
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That is one screwed up operation.
After reading more of this, sounds like you were caught up in a bad situation, be happy you were let go. Good luck to you. |
Harleyelf
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 06:56 pm: |
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Last January, I asked my employer to at least tell me a date on which he would pay me the four week's wages he owed me. Got a phone call two days later saying I should not come beck to work. Haven't gotten a dime from him since. This January, I got a job paying ten bucks an hour more. Good riddance to bad rubbish, focus on the future, and polish your resume for your ideal job. Keep a stiff upper lip and things will get better than you could have imagined had you stayed with those hacks. |
Cataract2
| | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 03:56 am: |
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Rick, what place did you work at? I would like to know so I know where NOT to take my business. |
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