Ok so, I work receiving in retail and I am the shift leader. Everyone today was scheduled 11-3 or 11-4. The supervisor was 9-5 as she is full time. I was scheduled 11-3. Once 3 came around there was still a little bit of work to be done but nothing that two people couldn’t handle.
My supervisor who is also my friend texted me when I left and was upset with me for leaving. But I left at 3 with the rest of the team. My scheduled time. And we’re over payroll anyway.
Her reasoning is that she is my friend and when I was asked yesterday if I wanted to stay until 4:30 I should have said yes because I was asked for a reason. I told her that if it was that big of an issue then I should have been scheduled properly In the first place. And that poor schedule making isn’t my fault. She continued to tell me that I “can’t just say no” when I’m asked to stay late. I replied and said that I absolutely can say no as I am a human being. I told her I didn’t appreciate the way she was talking down to me as a friend and as an employee. She eventually said that yes, I have a choice and that I can leave. However, she then told me that she was crying cause of the stress, and that she was upset at me cause “as a friend” I shouldn’t have left her hanging.
At this point I was super irritated that she was still acting this way. And so I told her that as a friend, I don’t think she should be treating me this way. And that instead she could have been using her time productively to finish the work instead of getting upset at me.
I feel shitty cause yes, she’s my friend but also. My job doesn’t pay me enough to give a shit about schedule issues. I get my hours in and I leave. That’s all I care about. But I don’t want to upset my friend like that. But I also think I was totally in the right for defending myself even if I came off as being a “bitch.”
I’ve since been cautioned about making friends at work. But it still makes me sad that someone I considered a close friend would say some of the things she did. It definitely put a bad taste in my mouth regarding our friendship and my employment.