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    Thumbs down I hate this fucking strict schedule system.

    The ONE thing about working in Portland that really grates my cheese is this stupid-ass strict scheduling. A manager makes the schedule, you get the shifts you're given, and if you're not on the schedule you can't work. It's nice to have to go to work whether you feel like it or not, but it's so frustrating to be sitting at home when I WANT AND NEED to go to work!

    I work at two clubs and I'm at the mercy of whatever shifts are "available." One of them is just an awesome club all around and I really love it there, and I just called for next week's schedule and they forgot I put in a schedule request so I'm not on it. If the manager at my other club decides not to schedule me for four shifts at his club, then I'm going to get behind again.

    It was a slow week and I'm behind in bills, and I've got good money goals for each week in April. If I could work four or five days a week like I want to, there's no problem. But it all depends on whether I wind up on the schedule or not, and I have no control over that. I HATE THIS SYSTEM. If I want to work, I should be able to work! Fuck! I hate this.

    Why is Portland like this?! I've never seen it anywhere else.

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    oh that sucks...I'm getting nervous about working there...

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    Im no help but that really does suck. You cant call and ask to come in on unscheduled shifts? May be worth a try? I dunno... so since the scheduling is how it is do they pay you? Ive never heard of a place that doesnt at least let you set your own schedule

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    Default Re: I hate this fucking strict schedule system.

    That does suck. I couldn't even imagine. Every club I've ever worked at I've made my own. Right now I work at one where we don't even have a schedule. We just come in when we please.
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    How do they determine who gets what shift? Seniority? looks? hustle ability? kiss-ass?

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    Ask girls if there are any shifts that they no longer want or can give up. In Baltimore, at the clubs I worked at, we had schedules and I'd actually rather have schedules at clubs because it forces me to work and I won't show up on a Monday and have way too many girls working because it's been slow and they are trying to make extra money.

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    Default Re: I hate this fucking strict schedule system.

    i understand that it sucks to be sitting at home when youre not scheduled. but like, my club, we make our own schedule. some girls still come in when they arent scheduled and it PISSES ME OFF. i dont care if you have bills to pay, if you cant suck it up and work EVERY tuesday, you can't work this one and take money away from me. i don't think that's fair one bit. like right now, money is spread thin, and we're overflowing with girls on the weeknights because they all want to work. but tough shit.. i work those "slow" nights all the time and i shouldnt have to suffer because they want to work an extra day.

    eta: i just read iseestars post and i agree, obviously, haha.

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    Default Re: I hate this fucking strict schedule system.

    I remember a few clubs being like that (the good $$ ones) and most were more flexible with dancers requesting what shifts they want.

    Are you with Rock Star? I remember them being a real PITA to deal with.


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    Freaking hot new avatar paris .

    And yek, you're at two smaller clubs right? It isn't like that at the bigger ones. I've never had to schedule at the places I've been at.

    The smaller clubs here limit the # of dancers - thus the scheduling.

    but that totally sucks. And I'd be frustrated too, I mean part of the fabulousness of being a stripper is to work whenever you feel like it. Or not.
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    Default Re: I hate this fucking strict schedule system.

    Yeah, that bothers me too, yek! Best advice i can give is at some of hte larger smaller clubs, or midsize ones, sometimes you can get on by calling ahead and talking to the manager about coming in.

    I've picked up a few unscheduled shifts that way before.
    But yeah, it sucks, because the PDX club clientelle is spread so thin, and there's so many places to go, and dancers, that it really often times isn't worth it for me to go in and work that day!
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    Wow...that sounds like some bullshit. I can't imagine. It always puzzles me when clubs are run this way. It's like, we're strippers. One of the reasons we strip is so we don't have to deal with shit like schedules. It makes it a little bit less worth it to me.

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    I'd personally like it, b/c it limits the number of girls working.

    but it sucks that they didn't schedule you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by britt244 View Post
    i understand that it sucks to be sitting at home when youre not scheduled. but like, my club, we make our own schedule. some girls still come in when they arent scheduled and it PISSES ME OFF. i dont care if you have bills to pay, if you cant suck it up and work EVERY tuesday, you can't work this one and take money away from me. i don't think that's fair one bit. like right now, money is spread thin, and we're overflowing with girls on the weeknights because they all want to work. but tough shit.. i work those "slow" nights all the time and i shouldnt have to suffer because they want to work an extra day.
    We have a schedule "system" like this at our club. We make our schedule, and can also come in whenever we want. I don't think anybody has EVER been turned away. Every night there are at LEAST 30 girls, some nights as much as 70. Anything less than 30 is considered "not a lot of girls".

    I guess I'm so used to it, but you are right...I never thought of it that way (taking money from girls who work certain nights)! I guess our damn club is just greedy as hell and wants as many $85 house fees as possible, our money be damned.

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    Maybe call the manager of the kick ass club, and ask to be put on call. It demonstrates your desire to work. i juggled three clubs in PDX for a long time, and when my shifts were thin, I found that The Viewpoint would usually let me work with short notice. They run more girls and seem to be pretty solid (at least in my experience). pm me and i can get you more info if interested.

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    We get to schedule our own shifts at my club, but we have to put the request in nearly two weeks before we work. It's so hard to know what you're doing two weeks in advance!! Plus if certain shifts are full you may not even get them. They have a reserve list that they call up if girls call in sick. If you don't call before 4pm (we have 8-10pm starts) you get a $50 fine.
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    Pick up shifts at Exotica or the Dolphins or the Viewpoint. This is why I like working at one big and one little club. At the D2 I can come in when I want, at the other I have to go. I have had my schedule request lost there before. it happens. tell her you can be on call and you will probably be first in line for cancellations.

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    That really sucks. I can't imagine working in a place like that. I agree with the other girls who say to just call and say you got dibs on cancellations. Good luck hun.
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    Personally I think having a schedule with controlled numbers of girls per shift is WAY better than the free-for-all that most clubs are. Yeah it's nice to be able to stroll in to work whenever you feel like it, but it SUCKS ASS to have to deal with way too many girls or totally not enough, making it hard for anyone to make money anytime. I'd rather deal with a schedule and have an opportunity to make decent money each time I work instead of the opposite which doesn't work most of the time.

    I would give up the work-when-you-want thing ANY day in exchange for controlled numbers of girls. Sorry but the whole work-when-you-want thing is poor management and a bullshit thing to expect from ANY job.

    Yek, if I were you I'd get my ass in gear and call each club asking as nicely as possible for any shifts I could get. Cancellations, no-shows, whatever. And then I'd get out and get hired elsewhere on the hope it might get me in to work more. Sitting around bitching isn't going to accomplish anything.

    I do feel for ya. I'm in a damn shitty situation right now too, but I know the only way to fix it is for me to get off my ass and do what it takes to make the money I need. You can do it.

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    I like the way it is at my club. You are scheduled for three shifts and its the same three shifts every week (and you pick it yourself when you start there). If you want to come in and work when you are not scheduled, you can do it whenever you want as long as you work six hours.

    We always have a good number of girls and never what I would consider too many.

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    Default Re: I hate this fucking strict schedule system.

    I'm with Bridgette. I've found that clubs that usually require you to schedule in advance are run better and have better consistent money within them than clubs that have a "free for all" attitude.

    Granted, there really hasn't been a club here in Australia that I've worked where it is "come as you please" so i have no idea what it is really like to work at such a club.

    I'm also with Bridgette and others that have suggested try other clubs if you can.


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    Thanks, y'all. I like the two little clubs I'm at, but yeah, I'm going to check out a bigger one too so I can have a few bankup shifts a week. What a complicated schedule I'm going to have, LOL!

    There are benefits to capping the number of girls, definitely. I'm just peevish because I've got PMS and I wanted to bitch. I vented and I feel better. Trying out a new big club tomorrow once I get my schedule for #2, and I talked to the owner of club #1, who didn't realize I was so keen to be scheduled there as much as possible and said she'd call me from now on if she didn't see a schedule request for me. She said she'd call me if there were any cancellations too. So yay!

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    I can sympathize. One of the only reasons I'm still dancing is because I don't have to follow a schedule. I wouldn't be able to do it otherwise. If someone else wanted to pick the schedule for me or even if I had to stick to one every week, it just wouldn't work...err...I wouldn't work I mean.

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