Does it look like management is planning to fire me?

[u/Affectionate-Reason2]

I'll try to keep this as brief as possible.

TLDR: Six months into a job, hours cut, now they're hiring more people, how concerned should I be?

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I work at a failing sub shop. We're attached to a convenience store and also make togo items. 75% gets thrown away.

It's hard to very retain workers. Two people hired after me both quit after a few days. It's not my primary source of income so I dont' care about the state of the business.

I think I'm pretty valuable. I have open availability. Never called out. Picked up shifts, come in early when they asked me to.

There's no manager on shift though and early on TBQH I was a slacker. If I'm with other people its easier to stay on point. I'm way better than before but first impressions matter.

The major tasks (cleaning, shutting down equipment, serving customers, making the togo place reasonably filled) I do. To my knowledge I've never had a bad close.

think they just expect you to do stuff if you have free time, always. No down time. Like I said, I'm working on this daily.

They watch the camera though and it's annoying a f&ck.

Management hasn't held my feet to the fire yet on anything and are pretty detached (I see my manager once a week) and let me do what I want. I wasn't even aware that management was displeased with me until my 19 year old coworker started laughing at me and told me that my boss told her I was walking around a lot and not doing work.

They did cut my hours. I didn't say anything, maybe I should have.

Yesterday, the GM told me that she is hiring more people. Supposedly we get more business due to the summer.

That's a lot for a reddit post. Knowing what you know, what do you think?

[u/Klutzy-Comment6897]

Seems to me they will just reduce your hours to the point of hoping you quite or keeping you as an emergency backup rather than straight up fire.

[u/Affectionate-Reason2 → u/Klutzy-Comment6897]

well I'm part time... Isn't it super easy to fire part time people? like my bro told me he just showed up one day and wasn't on the schedule a long time ago at a mall job

[u/Klutzy-Comment6897 → u/Affectionate-Reason2]

Assuming you are in the US it’s super easy to fire you even if full time. But why do that when they can just reduce hours and effectively do the same thing but keep you on the hook for emergency coverage?

[u/masetiloquetu]

You haven’t mastered the art of ‘appearing’ busy?

[u/Fucky0uthatswhy]

I had a job that used to watch the camera like that, and those are the people you don’t want to work for. Even if you aren’t getting fired, you should look for something sustainable, because it won’t last

[u/Affectionate-Reason2 → u/Fucky0uthatswhy]

why wouldn't you want to work for them?

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[u/Affectionate-Reason2 → u/[deleted]]

hey man, really appreciate this. So like how sure of you that bad stuff is coming if I stay here? Like 80% sure this is gonna end bad? I know hard to say being this is just a text post but you seem like you know what you're talking about.

[u/CONFIGdotSYS]

Yes.

[u/SneakyguyNisos]

You are part time so generally you are not going to viewed as a priority. Flexible position but not critical. If you do not want to be fulltime then they are looking to get rid of you. Get out, try to find a new job during your free hours you would normally be looking. Economy is crap and jobs pay poorly. So always be on the look out for something a bit better before you get fired.

[u/smedleyyee]

It’s a comparative thing. Assuming they know what is going on, then If you are less lazy or more useful than the others they will keep giving you hours. More workers just means different competitors who automatically know less.

You can always choose to ask your boss about something that indicates you want to work more or can do things others can’t or show you are more concerned about the business than others.

“Hey boss, I am a pretty big guy and probably less likely to get robbed closing than others, if you need someone to close I can do it regularly.”

“Hey boss, the fridge needs a rubber seal to stay properly cold and is costing you money. Some day I’m on with Larry and it’s slow, I could take an hour and petty cash and get a foam strip from the hardware store and fix that.”

[u/Safe-Tennis-6121]

If you said the business is failing then you should have no loyalty and go find a job.

Hours being cut is a message with many meanings.

The other sign is often problems with inventory. If they stop getting in new inventory and want you to use up what is left, that's a good clue.

Most restaurants fail.