I quit!

Last week I gave my two weeks notice at the restaurant I worked for the last month and a half. Being a Host was to much stress on my knee, so I need to look for a desk job and have surgery soon. The main reason for leaving was really the manager at the restaurant who is the manager from hell. For no apparent reason, he had it in for me, and talked down to me, yelled at me, blamed me for things not my fault, was disrespectful, treated me like a child, did not help out, and is just a horrible guy to work for. Yesterday morning I did a great job from 6am till noon, and at noon he came in, and things went to hell. He has no idea what he's doing and blames it on me, and yesterday was just the last and final drop, so after my shift I talked to the F&B director, and quite. Today I had my exit interview, and was able to calmly and professionally explain to HR why I was leaving without fulfilling my two weeks notice commitment. Yesterday the F7B Director told me I could come back to work for him after my recovery, and today the HR director told me the same. They must know that I'm not a horrible employee, and they said the would look into the manager's behavior by talking to other employees.

I know that I'm a good person, and every job I ever had, I always give my 100%, whether I really love the job or not. That's why I was pretty emotional yesterday, because even though I took action and stopped the abuse, I feel bad that for whatever reason, someone thinks I can't do the job. He might even be able to convince his boss, and that just hurts me, because it was so unfair. Come on, being a host is not brain surgery. I was perfectly able to do the job in a good way, and I got along with everyone, except him. Even the one waitress who is weird and is rude to ever one, respected me yesterday when I stood up to the dictator.

Now it's time to move on again. Luckily I had a job interview today for a large Catering company on site of one of the major museums in LA. I think it's pretty funny to have quit one day, have a job interview the next morning and on the same day have an exit interview!

I think I have a good chance on getting the job, and it would be so perfect. They know I'm an actor, and would allow some auditions if they come up and work allows it, they know I need knee surgery soon for which I only would have to miss work for about a week, and I still think I have a good chance. Keep your fingers crossed! For now, I'm back on set tomorrow to do background work for a while till i find a permanent job. Have to be at Paramount Studios at 6:30am, and might work on the same show for another two days.

I've learned a lot from this awful experience, and really hope the hotel/restaurant management will act on what I had to say so someone else will not have to go through the same things I had to go through. If not, well, then that's their problem!

Comments

[gaby]

hoop je nu ook weer wat vaker op je blog te zien! miste het wel. succes met de nwe baan (sollicitatie)spreek je snel
x

[Nicholas]

Perseverance is the key, my friend. I had a rough year myself, and things have finally gotten back on track. Just follow your heart, keep the spirits up and good things will come. It's a statistical probability. :)