When everyone active took over they said they wouldn’t change anything for at least 6 months. After 6 weeks the entire gym team were made redundant and they offered half the jobs on part time work instead of full time for minimum wage. Instead of having two swimming lesson groups at a time they squeezed in 5 groups into a 5 lane pool. More than 12 people left, of a centre with about 50 staff, many of whom had been there for over 10 years ( one for 26 years). New management came in who only cared about advancing their own careers and not about their team. Staffing was unfair and when I asked for the shifts to be shared equally the manager did not care and said first come first serve, and when he wanted me to help them out and do over 50 hours some weeks I was threatened because I could not do one particular weekend shift. I was taken off of furlough months before the furlough scheme was due to end in October 2020 yet I was not allowed to work as newer inexperienced members of staff were favoured due to them being almost 50% cheaper. When lockdown came around again I received an email saying I would not be receiving furlough because I was a casual worker and had not worked between August and October, despite me asking and management refusing to give me shifts, when under the government guidelines I was eligible.
