DEAD END JOB
waiting to get fired
So right now I'm working as a temporary residence hall manager,
I got a 15 months contract as a replacement for Jeff who is on sick leave.
Allo ?
Can you hear me now ?
Don't you have the work cell phone ?
No, Jeff still has it.
Oh he kept it ?
Yeah, so I use mine when I'm here at work.
Don't do it. - Ok.
So tell me, now that I have you on the line,
were you able to get started working on prospecting providers ?
Did you get a copy of the mail about it ?
No I never got it.
Oh you never got it by email ? - Nope.
Ok well don't move, I'll send a text out to make sure it's sent to me directly. Ok ?
Mm hm.
Well that person, seeking recognition, told me she'd sent it herself.
BUT, since I told her I had no trust in her (and I was indeed right to),
I'll write that "the mail was not sent either to Toulouse or Bordeaux".
Ok ? - Yes.
So you'll have the email and that person will wake up.
Well, yeah, I want it to be sent to me
because I have confidence in my work and no one else's.
So then you haven't started yet ?
No, I haven't, and I looked at my contract,
and I don't see commercial prospection listed as one of my duties.
And ?
And so why should I do it ?
What's the relationship ? There's something I'm missing here.
The contract for this position defines a certain mission,
and mine does not include commercial prospection.
Wait, I don't know what's written in your job contract,
but in the understanding of your position as residence hall manager,
it's part of the job.
Well it's not listed in my contract though.
So as you can see, in my job contract, it's listed :
"welcoming the residents by phone or in person, establishing reservations and rental contracts,"
"managing the state of rooms when guests arrive and leave the units,"
"resolving technical problems and secretary duties,"
but clearly nothing related to commercial prospection.
And what does that mean?
Well that means I don't have to do it.
Ok, so you don't want to do it ?
No, it's an additional task,
added to the fact that I'm not at the appropriate salary level,
it annoys me a little.
Also in my job contract, it says I benefit from the Collective Labour Agreement n°3090.
I went to look at that Agreement and it says that
I'm level E2, manager level employee.
E2 earns € 1,093 before taxes.
I get € 1,075 monthly.
So I'm out € 20, not a big deal,
but it's the principle.
Working more for less, that pisses me off.
Ok. So you don't want to do it ?
Well no. Considering I'm not supposed to.
I'm extremely disappointed Nina,
I don't understand your point of view,
the way you work and behave here...
I thought you needed to work to pay your studies,
and now I see that you're just taking a position for someone who is out sick,
and you're refusing to do the job.
No no, I'm not refusing to do the job
I'm just doing what's written in the contract.
Ok.
Well, at this point, just do it right, the work that's written in your contract,
I think that your contract ends on the 5th of March...
Even if the person you replace wouldn't come back,
your contract would still end there.
Have a nice afternoon,
I hope that everything is in order at the residence,
since you spend 28 hours a week to take care of it.
We spoke at great length on the phone
but since you've started working here more than a month ago
I see that you haven't done anything we expected.
I'm extremely disappointed, this is the very first time I see this in my career.
After all, you're not my daughter and I'm not going to educate you.
So I wish you a great afternoon and we'll talk soon.