| Originally Posted by Jessica I managed to lose 18 months of my life to a job. I was a MT at Enterprise for the whole time.
I won't bore you with a detailed outline of my experiences at Enterprise, I will simply get to the point. The reason for my inquiry, should I take legal action?
In April of 2004 my office had a total of seven fulltime employees and a car prep. We had approximatley 200 cars in our fleet. Those of you who have worked for Enterprise would say this is a good amount of people. Appparently to good for upper management. One of our beloved co-workers was wisked away to work at another branch that was bringing in more money (same amount of cars though). Now we are 6 and heading into our busy season. One of my beloved co-workers in that same week took a leap-of-faith and left Enterprise (smart move). Now we are 5. Then one of my beloved co-workers decided to get herself fired,nice job, now we are 4. No word if we were getting any replacement. My blood pressure had reached an all time high at this point I was physically and psychologically drained. For a brief moment we aquired a employee, and then she got herself promoted. It is now June, I'm working about 60 hours a week, and did I mention, I'm getting married in August.
The months go by, we beg and plead, but no new employees on the horizon. I get married (take two weeks off, but only get paid for one) and come back, still there is only four of us. It is now September and my mind and body finally give out, I have a nervous breakdown. Now, since management sees we are over worked, we get some new employees. Things are better,but I never really recovered from what happened over the summer, so I arange a meeting with our Human Resource manager and she basically says that I shouldn't have taken the job in the first place and I should post my resume online. She also tells me maybe I should see a doctor about medication. I do both, I post my resume, because its obvious they don't care if I leave, and go to my doctor where he prescribes anti-anxiety medication. Now this is ridiculous, I'm having panic attacks because of my job. Another suggestion that human resource made was to deacrease my hours or work a flex-schedule in order to get back on my feet. Sounds like a good idea, I'll do that! I go to my manager and ask her, "Can I work 40 hours a week until I can back into the swing of things?". Now, mind you its January, possibly our slowest month of the year. She says she needs to speak with the Area Manager. I went away for one week for a friends wedding, when I came back I was told I could not work only 40 hours, but can work 35. You see, Enterprise would not have to pay for my benefits if I was restricted to 35 hours a week. I was point blank told that is why I could only work 35 hours per week. Again, I have followed the instructions of the human resource manager to a T. Also, another woman I had worked with was allowed to work a flex-schedule because she had a child. Needless to say I worked for a couple of weeks and left.
I am currently running my husband's business and I couldn't be happier. I no longer need to take anxiety medications, I sleep better at night, and I have not had a migraine in months. I would really like to know if any of you out there think I should contact a lawyer. Thank you. |
2005-04-27 
Take you lunch wimp... 
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