I once got hauled to one side and received a 20-minute bollocking for clocking in at 5.57 instead of 6.00,
the reason being that I was claiming an extra three minutes' worth of wages and that was this kind of thing was only one step away from embezzlement. It definitely did more harm than taking 1/12 of the workforce off the shop floor for 20 minutes and denting that shift's efficiency rating, anyway.

There were many more examples of such counter-productive pettiness, but that one stood out the most. I lasted three weeks there; most new starters barely lasted five days and nobody I met had been there more than a year. With that kind of staff turnover, it's no wonder the owner of that warehouse (a certain high-street retailer, rhymes with TK Mixx) is going down the drain.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 20:23, 5 replies)

Since when does maxx rhyme with mixx?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 20:34, closed)

It's got two Xs at the end!
That's nearly a rhyme.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 20:34, closed)

That's crazy!!
My days of 'team leadership' consisted of me constantly reminding people that clocking in for their shift at 8:30 meant they were late. They had to be at their desks, logged in and ready to go at 8:30, so had to clock in at 8:25. Overtime was calculated each day rather than cumulative and was not paid unless it was over 20 minutes. This meant we got ten minutes at least for free from everyone as long as we kicked them out of the door quick enough at the end of the day.

I am/was a corporate whore.
( more balanced than jeremy beadle It wasn't me..., Thu 10 Jun 2010, 22:48, closed)

Until you said 'Warehouse' I thought you were going on about my previous place of employment
Lush Cosmetics do the same thing...
(one-winged-angel-616 isn't as depressed as she sounds, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 22:54, closed)

Snap
When I worked with Tesco as a student they did the exact same thing.
(Clashrock is being stalked by his brother on, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 10:33, closed)

Every physically fit adult in Castleford and Pontefract, and quite a few people in Wakefield have worked there at some point in the last 10 years.
I have never met a single person with anything positive to say about it. It was by far the worst place I've ever worked.

And yet, the Argos distribution centre (literally in the next street) is one of the best places I've ever worked - fully unionised, good canteen, informative and constructive daily feedback, and a lot friendlier in general. Evidently if you look after your employees, your business will take care of itself!
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 23:05, closed)