Yup, I don't work! I'm done with that life. I've moved on to better things and concentrating on my health first and foremost.
I worked in an Out-bound call centre. Ya, not the greatest place but hey they hired me, a little niqabi, heck they would hire anyone off the streets too if they could. Yes, my workplace was and still is that desperate. I worked there for over a year and I was the last of my class to actually stay that long. Everyone else is off to better things in life and I was just sitting there slowly torturing myself, praying to get a break.
Well, the corruption started and I wasn't having it. The management was trying to change all the rules. They actually put conditions on our incentives and bonuses that MY CLASS had to fight for to receive.
Ya, could you believe they even tried to get me to pay for "jean day" 10 dollars? I was like do you see me ever wearing jeans (I'm a niqabi dressed in an abaya). When that didn't work they tried to get me to pay up for a "Christmas Diner". I was like, I'm a muslim and I don't celebrate Christmas, like c'mon. So they pushed again to say it's for a staff diner. I was like you already said it's a Christmas diner and my answer is no. BAM! They weren't happy. But get this now, when they finally had the "staff diner", we got a lousy PizzaPizza lunch with NO DRINK to go along with it. The management was claiming to have a budget cut. I was like, I'm sure Food Basic is selling a case of 24 assorted pops for like $5.99. There's about 50 people on the floor, are you tell me that management couldn't afford a decent staff diner with 500 dollars??? Give me a break!
Anyways, I didn't get into it. The workplace environment alone told you how that company ran things: Very cheap and unclean. Sorry except for management offices, boardrooms and washrooms. We got bed bugs during the summer and it took them 3 weeks before they actually did something about it. They NEVER and when I say never I mean NEVER vacuum the carpet floors. Even HR was in on the corruption. Like he didn't do anything to protect the staff's Rights. Alhamdulillah, they at least clean the washrooms... but do you know why? Because management has to use them too. So briefly, they couldn't care less about the actual staff. If you miss a day, they don't call you and ask where are you. Instead they will go up to your colleagues and ask about you. Talk about professionalism and integrity.
There was a manager there that would dress in the most skankiest of clothing EVER. And would try to threaten sending staff home if they dressed "inappropriately". They hired two dummies as team leads that can't work or do their jobs even if their life depended on it. I actually had to coach one of them on her basic human rights as a Canadian citizen. Because here in Canada, things are run differently than India. Can you believe she tried to treat me like garbage afterwards like abuse of authority against me? LOL I put her in her place immediately with a formal complaint to HR. Damn right! Here in Canada, a janitor gets the same respect and a CEO. Now take it in!
The Director of Operations told every one that they were replaceable. Oh I will never forget: "My name is Michelle and I'm the director of operations here..." with her finger in the air and rat's nest weave of hair, and in less than professional jeans and sweater get up. Please! Half the team quite that day hahahahahahahaha. Management also tried this once extremely scary point system thing... Like if you were late from break or to work you would be docked a certain amount of points. Well, it came to a point where, I really didn't care if they fired me. So I abused them just as they abused me. I was one of the best sales associate & Customer Reps. they had, so they couldn't get rid of me. It's not like they had many French agents on hand that spoke proper French and proper English. Because I didn't have the corporate looks I was never acknowledged for my efforts nor promoted.
But honestly, they were extremely happy and I was, when I left, because they violated so many labour laws, they couldn't touch me. They cowards would have to deal with a shit storm had they actually fired me LOL. I'm on to better things now Alhamdulillah. Always keep in mind, Allah Subhana wa Ta'Ala is Al-Rizaaq, The Provider.
Take Care and InshaAllah Khair
Duni
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