I\u2019m Marty T Hawkins here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career! I hope it\u2019s starting to cool off a little now in whatever part of the country you\u2019re in. I\u2019m in Texas, it\u2019s still more than lukewarm here but we\u2019ll be on the cooler side of that 100 degree mark hopefully starting next week! Another thing that seemed to run hot the last couple of weeks were frustration levels, and I hate this word, but attitudes. I can\u2019t remember a time span of just a few weeks that I heard about so many individuals quitting their jobs, walking out during their shift or just not even showing up on their first day. To be honest it\u2019s a little mind boggling. I can certainly understand, we\u2019re going to get frustrated with people, certainly our bosses sometimes and all the rules that can be imposed on us in the workplace can seem, or really be quite annoying at times. But, it\u2019s just a job, safety Joe always tells us it\u2019s called work instead of fun because it is a job! I thought this week I\u2019d share a few of the stories I\u2019d heard about, maybe you can share a few of your experiences with us, or maybe you can shed some light on these situations. I\u2019d love hearing from you, send us something to host@warehouseandoperationsasacareer.com and I\u2019ll share it with the group! Maybe we\u2019ll have a conversation about it on the old Facebook and Twitter feeds too, just use that little @whseandops on either and let\u2019s talk about it!
\nSo first up, and I\u2019ve heard about this happening 3 times in 3 different states just last week. Walking off the job or leaving during the shift, like in the middle of our jobs that day. By the time I\u2019d heard of the third one last week I was thinking how frustrated would I have to get to walk out on someone? The first one I heard about was an unloader or a lumper. He was a new employee; I think he\u2019d been working for only something like 2 weeks. He went to lunch and just never came back. Didn\u2019t answer the phone when called and hadn't replied to an exit interview he\u2019d been sent. His supervisor stated he was unaware of any problems while he was there and that he appeared to be catching on well and overall seemed to be a pretty good employee. With him using that word appear, I kind of wondered if he was wanting to tell me a little more of a story but I simply went with it as stated. Another one, the associate simply had a choice to make. I guess he had been invited to a concert by some friends the night before. He went to his supervisor, towards the beginning of his shift and asked if he could leave for the day, that he\u2019d been invited to a concert that night and he wanted to go. His supervisor pointed out that it was only 6:30 a.m., he could work with him a bit though and he\u2019d make sure he could get off by 1 or 2 p.m. but he needed him for the first part of the day. Now, the employee felt like it wasn't necessary for him to be there, went to the time clock and punched out. He didn\u2019t finish what he was doing, didn't mention he was leaving to anyone, just left. Now this next one I hear about all the time, or some variation of it. Seriously, and I mean almost every week. So a new employee, not new to the industry or task but new to the company and shift, came in and was told that it was going to be a light night and him being the newest team member they needed him to go over and help separate and pack up or re-box some split items. A split item is like, oh, what's a good example, let's say spices. A case of dried thyme may come 6-1lb containers. So, he would be taking all six out of the case, making individual pieces or items to be sold. Oh, here's another example, serving spoons. serving spoons comes 24 to a case, very few people are going to order 24 serving spoons at a time so we\u2019d open us all the received cases and dump the spoons into a large tote or box so they could be sold one at a time. Well, he didn't feel like it was fair that he had to go to the split area again,