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I got sent home early today. Is that bad?
I got sent home early today because the assistant managers kept complaining. Is that bad?
I work on the sandwich line at a restaurant. Today the sandwich line was already full with workers and i had nothing to do. I wiped down the work stations and did some tasks that were assigned to the prep team, such as dishes and cutting up ingredients. I kept asking if there was anything else for me to do, because i just didn’t want to stand there doing nothing. They didn’t really have anything to do and the assistant managers were complaining to the manager that hired me. He sent me home thirty minutes early. I feel bad because i feel like he regrets hiring me and the assistant managers don’t like me. The restaurant owners were there today, they complained too. I cleaned. I feel like they don’t like me because they know i have a disability and can get nervous, so they want me out and regret hiring me. Maybe that’s why assist managers are complaining to the manager. My job coach got me this job, btw.
What else am i supposed to do when every task has been completed and there’s nothing to do?
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Speak to your job coach and tell them exactly what is happening to you and how you are being treated by these people. You have a right to work in an environment where you feel secure and appreciated. He can straighten these people out or find you a job Bette suited to talents and that works with your disability. If they are treating you like shit for being disabled that's a harassment and human rights issue. At any rate your coach needs to know so it can be fixed or you can move on. Trust your gut and quit if the coach agrees this is a bad situation only about to get worse long term.
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As already said, some shifts can be slower than others and managers will send someone home early if so. However, I worked fast food for a while as an older person and everyone else was younger. Some of the shift managers didn't like me either. It had nothing to do with my work. I cleaned and did better and faster than everyone else and was better with customers. If you end up sent home early pretty regularly, then yes, there's a problem. In my case, they worked me down to hardly any hours and then for a month of weekly schedules the store manager no longer scheduled me in though I was available to work. What this means if it happens to you is that a company can not hire you is your work is acceptable. They have to have a good reason and not liking your disability or other workers just not liking you as happened to me, is not a valid reason to fire a person so what they will do is keep giving you less hours until you get tired of it and just quit. I finally quit mine officially because I could not get food stamps while I was still technically on the books as an employee even though they were not working me. Since you have a job coach. Keep in touch with the coach and let them know if other than this one time, it seems to happen more often. If there is no problem with your work and they are not willing to make something up to put in your profile, then your job coach can help with any discrimination against you just because of disability. I could have fought it but for me, I no longer liked the job because of all the crap and didn't want to win a case just to continue working with a bunch of young people who didn't want to work with an older person their parents age.
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No it is not bad when they send you home early especially from a restaurant job. When my son was in high school he worked in restaurants part-time. Some shifts were slower than others and on those shifts the mangers would send people home early.
The assistant managers and the owners who are complaining about you because of your disability are being terrible rude. The owners can get in a great deal of trouble if they demand you be fired because of your disability. Your job is protected if you are able to do the job your hired for and the only reason your fired is your disability.
When you are at work and there is no work on the sandwich line and the prep work is done for the line. You can stay busy by cleaning tables, restocking napkins, straws, condiments and other items the customers use at a self-service counter. Tables always have to be cleaned and the floors swept just stay away from tables where customers are sitting. Then there is the glass on the entrance doors that can always use cleaning and last the bathrooms can always need mopping and cleaning.
The above are all things you can do without being told to do them when things are slow. Just tell the manager what your going to do so he knows and is comfortable with you doing them.
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