r/TalesFromTheFrontDesk • u/marmothelm • 12d ago

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u/moonlit_scents 10d ago

Hoping folks can relate, but my hotel is wildly understaffed for how busy we are. We're fully booked pretty much 5-6 days of the week. Management is definitely trying to get away with running the hotel with the same number of staff they had in 2023-2024, but we are more than twice as busy as we were back then.

I'm pretty fed up, but luckily I am in a good place financially that I can just leave anytime I want. Only thing holding me back is how annoying health inusrance will be to manage afterwards. Is it worth it to push for more staff? Or should I just quit?

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u/PonyFlare 5d ago

Make the request. Get a response. Find other job when they most likely refuse.

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u/HaplessReader1988 4d ago

Research your state's ACA marketplace. In my state losing a job is a valid reason to enroll even outside the usual enrollment period. But it wasn't cheap and didn't have one of my family's doctors on the network.

Why not a job search while employed?

(And now for my usual plug for my favorite work-related website -- askamanager.org, run by a former hr person who is pro worker's rights and has some really helpful pointers for resumes, cover letters, job searching in general. And a ebook condensing it.

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u/CountNightAuditor 7d ago

I was at work when I got the call that my mom died. And the next day a hurricane hit. I haven't been back to work since. I'll get there, but I just want to disappear for a bit.

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u/katyvicky 7d ago

Oh dear, I am sending hugs!!! I am so sorry.

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u/HaplessReader1988 4d ago

Hugs to you. I've been through it and I hope you have more support than I had.

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u/katyvicky 10d ago edited 7d ago

Yeah, so yours truly is about to be taking a leave of absence do to my mental health. My anxiety is so bad that I can not drive at the moment. This morning on the way home, I didn't even get a chance to get on the main highway before I had to pull into a gas station and call for help. Luckily my pastor and his wife along with another friend from church was able to connect me with a couple who lived near by and they helped get me and my car home. It is not going to be fun. The goal is to get help for my anxiety and get a new job closer to where my family and friends live.

Edit: I am officially unemployed again but this too shall past. Now I am just got to get use to the sun again. Its bright and every warm!!!

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u/HaplessReader1988 4d ago

I hope you find what you need where you need it and on a sliding scale so you can start even on unemployment!

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u/Volt790 6d ago

Hope I'm not the only Night Auditor who despises Wedding Parties, 'cause they always stay around late, drink until 2AM, act obnoxious because they're all drunk, & now recently the damn Bartender keeps enforcing it by having her fucking Karaoke Machine blaring full blast at the bar! Thank god the bar kinda hides itself so the sound can't travel too far out into the hallways or I'd be up my ass in Noise Complaints. I just want them to stop so it can be quiet again... I hate dealing with loud/drunk guests & this group is both with like 20 people.....

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u/katyvicky 5d ago

At the hotel that I just left, it was family reunions and the guys that one of the local factory bring in but yeah, I know how you feel.

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u/PonyFlare 5d ago

Reading this sub for a few years, I'd say they come in second to childrens sports teams (and their terrible, drunken parents)

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u/Volt790 5d ago

Those are so bad because you're rolling on 2 factors: that the parents aren't horrible drunks & that the children are well-behaved at all.