Went to the Caribbean for my honeymoon and got covid right after. I ran out of PTO and the company I work for does not provide sick time. When I found out I wasn't going to be getting much of a paycheck this Friday I geared up and started looking for a different job with better benefits.
I found one, applied, interviewed and was called with an offer the next day. I start right after new years. I haven't put my two weeks in yet. I plan to sometime next week. I'm thankful my husband's job can keep us afloat otherwise we'd be fucked.
It sucks because I love working where I currently am right now. Lately there have been patterns of unkept promises, no stability and disrespect, and it's all because of the CEO.
When I started I was a mere customer service rep. However everyone saw I was much more than that. They saw I could do sales, make brochures, speak with referrals and doctors and be their tech support all at the same time. Finally in September they made me their new assistant manager and promised me a manager position when they open up a new store.
As we were growing, new sales reps came in and they would start earning commission because they have masters degrees. I did some digging, they do not have masters degrees. I told my manager, she told me I needed to get over it. I never once got a commission check when I helped them grow the company. I tripled their growth with just a high school diploma.
The CEO told me before the new sales reps start that I need to keep the accounts that are loyal to me so we can keep generating business. Suddenly he changed his mind and stripped me of that too. I can't wait for that to blow up in his face when we stop getting business from those accounts.
I also found out from our billing department that there are 1.2 million dollars of miss billed things just from my branch. I asked her how we are still in business, her answer was that we are profitable. I don't understand. I really don't. I think something illegal is going on. I don't know much, but is he writing this off somehow? Can afford 1.2 million of miss billed medical supplies but can't afford to pay his star employee while she was out with covid.
I'm glad I'm leaving. The new company is very similar and I can tell there are opportunities to grow. Better benefits. However at the same time it feels like I have stockholm syndrome. Maybe it's because I put my heart and soul into this for almost 4 years. Sorry for the rant. My point is, if you see a crazy CEO from the start, run, don't do what I did and keep thinking things will change, it will only get worse and pile up into more chaos.