Up until recently I was the branch Manager of a Credit Union. I worked hard to get there and specifically chose it over a bank due to it’s not-for-profit status.
I was repeatedly told by my team of 12 that I was their favorite manager they’d ever had. This is backed by lowering attrition from 6 FTE/yr to 0.3 FTE/yr – lowest turnover out of 50 branches.
My team worked hard and so I almost never gave grief for late arrivals or long breaks. They were paid $60-70k a year, pension, full benefits and 5 weeks of vacation a year.
None of this stopped 4 offenders from constantly calling out and espousing the most cynical of the anti-work attitudes. Every Monday. Every meeting day. Every Friday. Every day after the holiday they called out during our busiest times. Pure abuse of our local laws and policies and wreaked havoc on the team but mainly me since like a good manager I covered.
I hear a lot on here say that’s what managers sign up for and you’re right.
So I quit.
Now they hired a Manegery manager who is making everyone miserable. These offenders have either quit themselves now or asked me to come back. The whole team is miserable. I’d still be there if people simply showed up when they should (totally get emergencies, sickness, etc). Or had attendance habits even close to the other eight.
I appreciate when I see someone on here quit after a ridiculous exchange or demand from their manager. I see a pervasive theme that all managers are evil. Not all managers are evil, respect the good ones and be a team player when that happens. If you can’t make it to work consistently don’t take a job where the whole team suffers your absence.
EDIT: For those talking about how I should have held those accountable . . . I couldn’t. 5 weeks of PTO and laws that allow employees to simply state they’re sick, no questions asked, as long as they had PTO to cover led to these 4 using their PTO as soon as they earned it. One of them literally got food poisoning 3 Mondays a month.