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I have finally made the decision to walk away from Frontier. My reasons for doing so are manifold, but probably the one thing that pushed me to this decision - effective Monday btw, is the latest fiasco. This year, as of June 1, we all got a bank of hours of what we call PTO or Paid Time Off. Used to be we earned four hours of PTO for each two week pay period. Fair enough. That was a good deal. We used this time to cover vacations, sick time, etc. Now its based on years of experience. For example, being there from one to two years gets me 120 hours of PTO. great, Ive only used about 40 hours so far. Well we got this lovely memo this week about our company's mandatory shut down over the holidays. You see, you must take five days of PTO for those days - thats forty hours of your own vacation time for their shutdown. No choice, no nothing. So if you don't have any PTO available, you must work those days anyway, without pay.
Can any one say Union?
Better not say that word. Its in the manual, anyone talking about organizing a union at Frontier is immediately terminated. I have a copy of the memo. One is going to my attorney and another is being faxed to Federal Fair Wage and Hour. I do believe it is a federal law that if you have earned vacation time the company can not require you to take it for their purposes without leaving a choice of options. It isn't fair. I feel worse for people with kids in daycare at Frontier, because that shuts down too, and so the parents get hit double....no money earned and more going out to pay an alternative sitter.
But wait, there is more!! Now how much would you pay?!
You get the amazing edict of being able to call in sick or whatever come up only seven times during the year without at least a 24 hour notice - if you go over it, out you go! Kids sick? Snowed in and can't get your car out of the ditch?! HA!!! Too bad! Seven is all you get, you and your little kids, too! I swear this new management team makes the Wicked Witch of the West look like Congenial Executive of The Year material for Forbes magazine!
So, I am done. I have my employee review on Monday, and I intend to slide my letter of resignation across the desk at that time -maybe even a bit before. I doubt they will let me complete the week. They get really funny about that. I will have to cough up the amount of money for what I still owe on my PC that I bought through the company. No worries on that one, also any unpaid invoices - again no sweat.
I wish it could have been on better terms - but it became obvious about six months ago that once you walk into the customer service room, there is no escape FROM the room - except if you quit or are fired. I have no intention of leaving there under anything but my own terms. I am doing it now, for the sake of what I want to do. Interestingly, I have more herbal consulting work than I currently know what to do with. I got what I wanted out of it....a fully appointed herbal apothacary that most herbalists would be envious of. I am happy that I took the risk, bought as many jars as I wanted and now Ive got what I need. Its time to do the work I promised for Sekhmet and its time to do things the way I had intended all along.
Who says taking that first big step off the precipice without a net isn't scary? It really is. But if I don't do it, I will never learn to fly on my own, and I hear the sky calling to me -and I can't ignore it any longer.
Can any one say Union?
Better not say that word. Its in the manual, anyone talking about organizing a union at Frontier is immediately terminated. I have a copy of the memo. One is going to my attorney and another is being faxed to Federal Fair Wage and Hour. I do believe it is a federal law that if you have earned vacation time the company can not require you to take it for their purposes without leaving a choice of options. It isn't fair. I feel worse for people with kids in daycare at Frontier, because that shuts down too, and so the parents get hit double....no money earned and more going out to pay an alternative sitter.
But wait, there is more!! Now how much would you pay?!
You get the amazing edict of being able to call in sick or whatever come up only seven times during the year without at least a 24 hour notice - if you go over it, out you go! Kids sick? Snowed in and can't get your car out of the ditch?! HA!!! Too bad! Seven is all you get, you and your little kids, too! I swear this new management team makes the Wicked Witch of the West look like Congenial Executive of The Year material for Forbes magazine!
So, I am done. I have my employee review on Monday, and I intend to slide my letter of resignation across the desk at that time -maybe even a bit before. I doubt they will let me complete the week. They get really funny about that. I will have to cough up the amount of money for what I still owe on my PC that I bought through the company. No worries on that one, also any unpaid invoices - again no sweat.
I wish it could have been on better terms - but it became obvious about six months ago that once you walk into the customer service room, there is no escape FROM the room - except if you quit or are fired. I have no intention of leaving there under anything but my own terms. I am doing it now, for the sake of what I want to do. Interestingly, I have more herbal consulting work than I currently know what to do with. I got what I wanted out of it....a fully appointed herbal apothacary that most herbalists would be envious of. I am happy that I took the risk, bought as many jars as I wanted and now Ive got what I need. Its time to do the work I promised for Sekhmet and its time to do things the way I had intended all along.
Who says taking that first big step off the precipice without a net isn't scary? It really is. But if I don't do it, I will never learn to fly on my own, and I hear the sky calling to me -and I can't ignore it any longer.
