MCI = the bad

[hoveringsombrero]

this is a conversation with an ex-coworker the other day
to give some background information
previously there were 10 vacation slots per day available
if you had vacation days and a slot was open, you got it.
this was 10 per day total, no consideration given to shifts
and it's a 24 hour call center,

that always confused me.

anyway.

the person i'm talking to has been there ... 5 years i believe
M has been there 7, and jim (common name plus i already used J) has been there since it opened, which is 7 or 8 years, not sure.

previously the policy had been if you could not take all your vacation days due to there not being any availability then your vacation would roll over, at one point they forced M to take a month off because he had too much vacation and he wasn't willingly taking it. and another bit of back story is, C and her husband have been trying to take as much vacation as possible, as have the others, so it's not a case of them refusing.

also the workplace officially has a "no-scent" policy which means NO scent of any kind, none, just deodorant and please use plain soap. the ventilation in there is rather suck and there are a few people who are very allergic, C is severely allergic to most perfumes and colognes

PLUS they're short because they keep firing and people keep quiting
i don't understand why they don't just hire more.
they were constantly hiring when it was still GC before MCI took back over.

eris: you all have any vacation you could use in September?
C: are you kidding?
C: hah aha
eris: used it all?
C: they are only letting FIVE people take vacation time in sept
C: Oct
C: Nov and dec
eris: five slots per day?
C: and then the vacation time DISAPPEARS
C: no compensation
eris: what???
C: yep cuz they are so short
C: and half the operators have NOT taken their vacation
C: M has 21 days
eris: that is fucked
C: jim has quite a bit too
C: its against the law
C: I believe
eris: i think so
C: but what that they do isn't against the law
C: there are quite a few things going on there
C: I got a zero tolerance write up
C: which is saved for sexual harassment, racial or any other discrimination
C: why?
C: for REQUESTING that someone LOADED with scent not come closer!
C: (she was going to be relieving (husband)'s call right next to me)
C: I panicked and said what i said
C: rather then going to a supervisor and having them say that they could smell it

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[rainer3.livejournal.com]

You do realize that MCI == Worldcom, right?

[eris.livejournal.com]

yes, i was working for them during the merging and all the bankruptcy crazyness, that bit still refers to themselves as plain MCI even tho most of the paperwork (when i was still there) said MCI Worldcom.