Posted on 02/23/2006 by Anonymous
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I've worked for ForRent.com about 2 years. To start, their front door should be revolving doors. They go through employees like water. If management remains constant, but your employee turnover is excessively high, you'd think they'd get a clue? HR shrugs their shoulders without answering. You're told of an open door policy then that same policy gets someone fired. One manager got a dedicated rep fired then the rep tried collecting unemployment, but told the company reported a resignation, not termination. I had a manager from hell and each time I requested being under a different manager, I'm told I have the choice to make the situation work or quit. That came, not from my manager, but from senior managers. They didn't care how much tension and frustration there was. I was absolutely miserable, sitting in their office with tears. It didn't matter. The frontline employee is just someone they can get rid of if the employee questions their poor management. Anytime teams were shuffled, other employees on my team were switched to other managers' teams. Additionally, there were several employees that threatened to quit if placed on my manager's team!
My manager was condecending, insulting, disrespectful, rude, demeaning and the list goes on. Practically EVERY DAY encompassed dealing with the manager's crap. I went to HR a few times with no positive resolution.
Trying to cope with this manager drove me to seeing a psychologist. I was fired recently over, once again, silly drama by the manager. There was no verbal or written warning, I didn't even have a chance to explain myself. It was a sealed deal by the time I entered the Sr. Manager's office and they refused to consider anything contradictory to their reasons to terminate. When I explained the situation (that got me fired) to other employees, they were blown away by my being terminated and thought it was uncalled for. Not being with this company is bittersweet because I enjoyed my clients, but relieved because I no longer have to deal with the lack of employer support for a non-hostile work environment. I truly hope anyone ever considering work for this company thinks twice. Dealing with a horrible work environment is only ONE of many issues this company has.
POST A COMMENTHaveADamnNiceDay(02/23/2006)
Dude, I had something similar happen to me at a job at a gym franchise. Only, I was engaged to one of the personal trainers there. To make a long story short, there was a particular trainer there cheating his clients and charging full price for half a session. He'd double book and go between clients during the hour he was supposed to be spending with one client. Needless to say, he made tons of money, and hauled in an unreal number monthly, so the head of the PT dept. wanted everyone else to follow suit and cheat their clients to do it, and work 7 days a week, 18 hours a day. My fiance refused to do it. He was being burned out by it, and he didn't want to do it anymore. He complained to the upper management, but they turned a deaf ear on him. I was working in the sales department at the time, and I complained to the upper management that all the trainers were complaining they were overworked, and they all looked like zombies walking around. They also turned a deaf ear to me. Afterward, the head of PT decided to "fire" my fiance by putting him on 'extended leave', and not actually fire him. I was very upset about it, and demanded to know their reasons for it. They told me it was because he was experiencing "personal problems". WTF????? If there is anyone who knows him, it's ME. I told them that was the most untrue thing I'd ever heard spoken of him and I thought that what they were doing was wrong and unfair. I was PISSED. Eventually, I calmed down and went back to doing my thing, only to be called in two weeks later by that same manager and told that I wasn't producing the "numbers" and that was why he was letting me go. I had been there a whole TWO MONTHS. There were people before me who did worse than I did in the first two months, and stayed on and got better at it. He was really getting rid of me because I was trying to get transferred out of that club, and I was complaining to the HR department constantly about his actions. Errrr!!! It just burns me up when people do that! However, take a lesson from my book: if no one listens to you when you complain, shut your mouth, get a better job, and give no notice when you leave. Just leave! Just uh, don't use them as a reference later, cuz they'll blackball you big time!
SouthernProgrammer(02/23/2006)
>Trying to cope with this manager drove me to seeing a psychologist It is my understanding that if you can show you had to see a psychologist due to treatment by your ex-manager then you can make "ForRents" life miserable. Check with a lawyer and update us.
granularity(02/23/2006)
I am sorry you had to go through this. It is good that you are letting people know what's going on there. Good luck and keep your chin up.
HaveADamnNiceDay(03/01/2006)
Whoa, I didn't know you could sue for seeing a therapist on account of emotional abuse at work.... Is that a state or federal law..?
tiredofbeingyourmomma(03/01/2006)
We have a policy here about hostile work environment, based on harassment legislation (violation of civil rights I think). I'm no expert, but have heard that some companies pay people to go away when a workers' comp claims for emotional abuse with damages gets filed. Sorry this all got so intense for you. Good reminder why one shouldn't judge harshly the "fired" status. Good luck.
Stupid Bosses(03/31/2006)
i actually work for an apartment community that uses rent.com My boss is psycho like yours they must know each other!
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