Last night I was laid off by Domino's for reasons which I cannot go into right now because it's still too raw to talk about.
I was basically told "look, you're replaceable, you can't cope with the demands of the job? I can just hire another driver"... way to boost the self esteem, man! >:^(
I'm not going to b***h and whine about it though, because I've done that in the past and it just leaves me bitter and confused. Instead I'm providing a little bit of perspective...
You see, I knew this was coming because in all honesty I didn't see either a long term or a short term future for myself there; the job's just too demanding!
Too demanding I hear you cry?
Yes, it may only be delivering pizza from store to address and back again but the simple fact is that working at Domino's you are on a conveyor belt of drivers. You get 5 people, five deliveries come in, each gets assigned to a driver (or they take two/three if they're close together)... rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, rinse and bloody repeat!
Scheduled breaks? Forget it!
You've got to snatch what time you can between deliveries BUT you cannot be seen to be standing around doing nothing or else you'll be sent home, hence why zero-hours, in my opinion, are complete BALLS!!!
They're an excuse for slave labour that screws the employee and favours the employer (in this case a conglomerate that could not care less about worker Joe)!
Lunch hour (or other such late night equivalent)? Abso-friggin'-lutely forget it!
You're expected to work five, six, seven, eight, nine, TEN hours with no break!
You hear me? No... freakin'... break!!!
*BLEEP* THAT *BLEEP*!!!
Would I go back there? Listen to this evidence and judge for yourself!
I'm not hating on them, believe you me I'm not!
Or at the very least I'm trying not to...
I said I wasn't going to whine about it and look, that's exactly what I've gone and done!
But it had to be done to get the poison out before it wrecks my system internally!
Please bear with me in this difficult time because this is the first time I've been let go in work and it's the shortest job I've ever had so I'm going to try and evolve like always to a higher form of life!
Peace out!
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