I was an assistant department manager in a deli/bakery for a couple of years. I found an office job with regular days/hours, checking in drivers at a trucking company. It was a considerably longer commute (35 minutes as opposed to two), plus I took a $3/hr pay cut on top of it. I had to get out of that store, because while I loved my employees and my job, most management was completely toxic and created untenable situations almost daily.
So I took the office job back in June. It was decent for a few weeks; but then I started encountering toxicity and drama. First someone complained I was playing on my phone instead of working – well, I was, but I was OFF THE CLOCK at the time. Then a coworker – my daytime counterpart – took it upon herself to verbally berate me in front of everybody, over a mistake I was destined to make because I wasn’t trained on that item well. She did this twice over a two-week period; and when I went to our supervisor to clarify my job role (since the coworker demanded I stop learning another critical task and focus only on check-ins), it kind of all came out about what she had done. She no longer speaks to me unless absolutely necessary – and TBH, it’s kind of nice not having to deal with her mood swings or her need to act like the queen of trucking.
While this is all annoying, it wasn’t the dealbreaker for me. Last week a company-wide email went out, suspending ALL travel and requiring any company purchases over $100 to have corporate approval. Suspish…my first thought was that they might be in a bit of financial trouble, but I was going to hang on and see where this all goes.
Earlier this week, another company-wide email was sent out. This one was to inform us that the company would no longer be contributing to employee 401k plans. Yep, financial hot water. This company had recently (earlier this year) taken this setup over from another well-known and stable company. Nobody there really fully knows what they’re doing; training is abysmal; and the one coworker loves her middle school playground drama. I’m out.
I had a company email me through Indeed the same day that second company-wide email went out. I called the contact on Wednesday morning; interviewed Thursday morning; and was offered the position today. I fully intend to provide two weeks’ notice to the trucking company; but I do expect them to decide to let me go much sooner. I’m moving back into grocery but it’s a smaller, non corporate company that started in this state. It’s more of a “niche” grocery store than a mainstream one. I’m hopeful. Added bonus: offered $2+/hour more than the trucking company, and it’s half as far and in a much nicer area.
I should’ve held out when I took the trucking company position. I should’ve tried to research more than I did. But to be fair, I did try to dig up financials on them yesterday and today (home sick with a migraine), and found NOTHING. That alone is highly unusual – every other trucking company I’ve researched had easily accessible financial info available online…