Today I put in my notice at the restaurant I’ve worked at since 2019. Everything has gone downhill since 2020. My boss is a narcissist and screws us over on the regular.
All of the servers and bartenders are friends outside of work. I’ve been worried about losing my friends and also screwing them over if I leave. I came to a realization the other day that if they care about me, they’ll be happy for me. We’re all miserable there and the money isn’t great anymore. If they hate me for leaving, so be it.
My current workplace is stressful and toxic because our manager is incompetent and mean. There’s no fixing that. They’ve invested over $100k into renovations while cutting support staff in half. Anyone that gets paid over $2.13/hr has either had their hours cut or gets bitched out for “working too many hours”. It’s insane. He wants the restaurant to run seamlessly, but doesn’t want to pay people to do it.
I was in management. I was unofficially booted out “for asking too many questions” and my job was threatened. That was back in July. I worked on my resume and got a new job lined up as quickly as I could. I still have to perform small manager tasks at work, but without the hourly pay.
The day I got hired at the new job, I saw a regular of mine and he told me the old place “is beneath me.” And I’ve never felt better about making a tough decision.
If you’re reading this and you feel hopeless, just know that your time will come too. Change doesn’t happen overnight, we have to keep trying.
I don’t know if I would’ve had the guts to better myself if it weren’t for this sub. Y’all have given me so much and it’s finally my time to stand up for myself.