Friday December 31st 2010

	Memo Time 12:02 am-Turk Comments (0) Bad Hotel, Fucks, Good Hotel Permalink (No Ratings Yet) Memo Time! This shit gets thrown up on the back of the door into the front desk office. It’s not like they want to draw attention to this kind of news. The bits I like are below and the bolded stuff was done by me: This hotel is in a transition period. With the loss of <Name Removed> and the slowdown in business travel, the guest service and overall value that we offer our customers must be better than ever. I am confident that <Name Removed> knowledge and experience will enable us to do just that. So now I this read as we (the peons) have to do more work. For those of you not counting at home it’s about 2 years and 6 months since my last raise from this hotel. So they (the bosses) expect more work for no more pay. This hotel is slowly starting to get to me.
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Thursday July 3rd 2008

	Another Raise 12:02 am-Turk Comments (0) Bad Hotel, Fucks, Good Hotel Permalink (No Ratings Yet) Well about one year and one month after my first raise with this new hotel I get this in my email from my boss: To: Turk Date: Jul 2, 2008 3:15 PM Subject: FYI: A late welcome back from your week away. I wanted to let you know, there is a change in your pay rate, your new rate of pay increase is $0.35. This will show on your check that will be here on Thursday. Talk to you soon. This is the first time for two things. First he welcomed me back from vacation. Next I got another raise. At the worst hotel ever things were so different. The post marks the last time I got a raise at the shithole. And the way I was greeted from the end of vacation was getting fired. I did not even ask for a raise. I did not hint about the idea of getting a raise even. The place continues to surprise me in a good way.
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Saturday June 2nd 2007

	The Ugly Revisited 8:07 am-Turk Comments (0) Bad Hotel, Fucks, Good Hotel Permalink (No Ratings Yet) Previously posted on my seven month anniversary at the new hotel: I expect a few things from the people who employ me. Reviews and Raises. I expect that after a persons been at a hotel they get a review six months in. I like getting told how I’m doing now and then as it shows me that the managers/owners may actually give a shit about how the hotel is run. It seem like they (management) would want to evaluate the employees they have at least every now and then. The raise of course would be tied into the review. Now I’m not expecting a raise every six months. I personally would be happy with a raise every year. This is a retraction of sorts of the above statement. I just find it hard to forget my own history. To forget the way things are run at the worst hotel ever. For the record the last time I got a raise at the worst hotel ever it still was a Holiday Inn and it was not run by the worthless fucks that run it now. So my way of thinking is that I have to beat around the bush with the people who run things. I have to threaten and beg. These were the things one has to do to get a raise at the worst hotel ever. It was something I was doing at the new hotel. I started a campaign of sorts in the form of emails to my boss at the new hotel. The idea was to drop hints at what I wanted, at first. Then later as I progressed in my campaign I would then threaten and beg. First line of attack was a reminder on how long I have worked for them. To: FDM Date: Apr 24, 2007 11:34 PM Subject: Start Date? FDM, Can you give me my start date. I can guesstimate. But I would like to know the exact date. What I got back was short and to the point. No bullshit at all. And I figured there would be bullshit. To: Turk Date: Apr 25, 2007 8:37 AM Subject: Re: Start Date? Start date 9/27/06 So the next step in my campaign was to remind about my need for insurance. To: FDM Date: Jun 1, 2007 6:26 AM Subject: Insurance? FDM, I’m eight months in now and was wondering what the official status of employee insurance is? I know you mentioned it may get axed. But I’ve yet to see any memo stating so. Because I’m of course interested in getting insurance if it has not been cut as a benefit. The response again was to the point and free of any bullshit: To: Turk Date: Jun 1, 2007 2:38 PM Subject: Re: Insurance? The company no longer offers insurance to employees, due to cost. You will have a pay rate increase of $0.50. It will show on your check on Friday. I will see you on Monday. Not only did the message answer me it also completely stopped my campaign. I hadn’t even got to the wanting more money phase of my campaign. It was a few phases before money would even come up. It also made me realize that I have made a series of bad judgment calls. The first mistake on my part is to assume that this new hotel will become anything like the worst hotel ever. The second mistake I’ve made is the thought that I need to beat around the bush with these people. They are not the managers and owners of the worst hotel ever and I should not treat them like they are. My way of thinking has took a huge hit. I need to rethink everything about how I think about hotels. I basically have to relearn everything there is to learn about how a hotel works. I have to stop comparing the new hotel and it’s mangers and owners with the worst hotel ever or I’ll never survive there.
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Thursday January 18th 2001

	Raise Me Up 5:00 am-Turk Comments (0) Fucks Permalink (No Ratings Yet) Well file this one under the I don’t get it dept. I know I shouldn’t be complaining about getting a raise. But, that’s just the way I am. I still can’t shake my feeling that its me against the managers. I had asked the old GM about the possibility of getting a raise. It was around budget time, so I figured the time was right. Its no big deal raise or no. If I get one great. If I don’t, it not the end of the world. Well I got one. I’m not supposed to discuss raises with other employee’s, so I wont talk about it here. I’m a changed man. At least not in US Currency. I received a 7.43 pesos raise. So I make about 86.64 pesos an hour. By the way the Currency Conversion was done here. I feel this was a decent raise, for this hotel. But I still don’ get why? Other than the fact I do a good job. I hope. But, why give me a raise? I would rather see some of the other employee’s get raises. Someone who say has been working there for seventeen years. A guy who causes no problems. A guy who does everything they ask. He does more than he is supposed to. My question is did he get a raise? Because I feel a little bad about my raise. It’s just not right. Now I don’t know for sure if this guy got a raise or not. I sure hope he did. If he didn’t, well that’s another matter. This guy in question started a collection for the parting GM. He contributed his hard earned money to get the GM a gift. Now I guess this is what really bugs me. The hotel never has taken care of the employee’s that deserved it. It just makes me mad. I also have ran out of steam. I will find out if the guy I mentioned got a raise.
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