Am I right to be pissed?

Now because of changes in my business model during the holidays I had to look for work. I was hired by a new merchandising company. Despite a rather large amount of stores to be serviced I only received 8 stores. Not a lot, not a little good way to test me out.

Thing is since then I've seen this amount of stores has gone down to now to 3 left without any reason. One time I caught a cut before they e-mailed me.

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There could be several reasons. They may have a hard to fill location that would only be accepted if the person had other stores added to it. A manager may be doing some stores. The stores may not be getting a service you were supposed to do.
I service 2 big box retailers. One gets every single project that comes down the pike, the other gets one or two. I did 5 projects in one of the stores today. The other store only gets 2 of the 5. Same chain, huge difference in work. Or, they are worried about the load being to large if they have some lengthy projects coming up.
Without an explanation, I would be agitated too, and looking elsewhere.

Everything was set up in theory before Christmas, so I am surprised by these last minute changes. I've been receptive to being told how they want things done, insuring on site leads check my work to insure it's done to the client standards.

I am doing interviews for normal part-time jobs, (which also have benefits) and yeah, I know if it came down to working for them or for someone else, this would affect my decision.

"a new merchandising company"
That statement might explain it all. So many new companies pop up, bid on work and hire like crazy only to find that they did not win the bid or only get awarded part of the work. Could be the reason.

The amount of work goes down in January. The scheduler may be giving some jobs to other employees to even out the work load. I know in one Kohls there is another merchandiser for the same company and he gets some of the projects I do in a different Kohls.

Your original post was confusing and you did not list specifics. 8 stores is a lot for one merchandiser, especially if the projects are weekly. I suggest signing with another company to pick up additional hours if that is what you want. Keep in mind that it is a balancing act and what seems like a lot in Jan and Feb will be overwhelming Oct thru Dec.

~~*~~*~~*~~ kal ~~*~~*~~*~~
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just forget to load the film.

I'll try to clear things up.

A well established merchandising company posted in December via local job boards they were looking for people in January for a big project. I applied for to work on this project, and was hired by this company. I even have experience doing this kind of reset from several years ago.

I was originally assigned 7 stores over a 6 week period, I was disappointed, but figured it's a good way for both sides to feel each other out. I am new to them and vise versa. I completed one store when they brought me up to 8 stores total.

Then the cuts began first it was one store, then at a drop of an e-mail I was told I wouldn't be required at three others.

Am I right to be upset?

On a closing note, trust me I know how hard this life style can be in the last 3-4 months of the year which is why more than a few gifts I buy are wrapped by the stores selling them online.

Was this as part of a team or a solo project? How did the first one go? Are you sure the sets will go on as scheduled, or, could there be a shipping problem at the stores with fixtures/ product so things are set back until this is corrected? Are the other stores much smaller than expected, so, they don't need as many people?
I recently had a service/inventory that I found so many errors with the numbers that came up when scanned that the program is on hold until the problem can be corrected. Lots of things could have happened that have nothing to do with you.
I would be angry that they didn't have the common courtesy to inform you why you aren't needed though.

This is a team project

The first one was a mess, I got the sense early on the lead was new to it, and wasn't up to speed on how things were done. This happens during the first run of any project.

I have no idea about the fixtures.

The space is dead on as far as I can tell, and to be candid I think they have too many people working in too small a space.

I hate the lack of transparency, a little honesty goes a long way I find.

Sorry this has happened to you.

Oh a team project, they might have done some time studies during the first wave and realized they could get the work done with less people. This has happened to me before with resets where a company doesn't calculate the time correctly.
Frustrating to see scheduled work just disappear. Been there too.

To add to soo7mile's comment, You mentioned the project did not go well. Often there is followup and the location's corporate management became aware of issues with the project. Often they will pull the project and rework it or cancel it entirely. Sometimes it will be given to another company. Keep in mind if you had issues, other teams may have as well. If you had 8 stores this must have been a huge project with hundreds of teams.

Sorry this happened to you but it is part of the business. There are scores of complaints on the board where it has happened on the shopping side also.

I realized this was a date sensitive project but with experience you will know which projects to do right away or which to wait to see if the requirements change. A good scheduler will send out tips if the assignment instruction are unclear or if workers are having difficulty in some stores. Often they will give more time if the work is grossly underestimated.

~~*~~*~~*~~ kal ~~*~~*~~*~~
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