Thanks Laura
Please don't make generalizations. It is not because of fickleness more like one of the managers I work with as an absolute ahole(can we say that here?)
The store manager told me the next two weeks were devoted to me learning a new skill at work(As I am hoping to become a manager at some point this year) but the manager I work with literally pulled me off the area I was learning because his girlfriend hated the task(the one I originally was hired for) so he stuck me there. So now when my evaluation comes up, I likely will fail because I have yet to be trained fully.
This has happened several times and I spoke to the Store manager about it the first time 2 months ago....and nothing has been done.
Keep in mind, I came in early (as requested) and I needed to be approved for the clock-in for some reason. I discovered at the end of my shift, I literally had been working free. I had told him that I need his approval and he said he'd be there in a second. I understand things happen but when I bring it to your attention that I need you to fix my time, don't come over and shrug your shoulders and offer no apology.
It has nothing to do with fickleness and everything to do with the fact that when you have the rare employee at the store who is trying to learn everything they can to be a better asset, you don't have an attitude and treat them like crap because that doesn't motive that them to want to work. It motivates them to want to slack off.