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I want to quit but can’t afford it.

I feel like I've made too many posts within the last week or 2 and I apologize for that. Stuff at my job is just getting worse. Everyone is quitting. My GM left on Friday because of how she was getting treated by the other GM in the store and our district leadership. We're dropping like flies. I don't get paid a supervisor or manager wage but I've been having to do those duties basically since I've started. Now they're throwing even more on me and have made it clear a pay raise or promotion is not in the cards. I got so stressed about my workload for this week (having to scan out and separate 1500 different skus for products we are no longer selling and get all that product sorted into sending it to another store or the warehouse) that I got sick and had to call out…


I feel like I've made too many posts within the last week or 2 and I apologize for that. Stuff at my job is just getting worse. Everyone is quitting. My GM left on Friday because of how she was getting treated by the other GM in the store and our district leadership. We're dropping like flies. I don't get paid a supervisor or manager wage but I've been having to do those duties basically since I've started. Now they're throwing even more on me and have made it clear a pay raise or promotion is not in the cards. I got so stressed about my workload for this week (having to scan out and separate 1500 different skus for products we are no longer selling and get all that product sorted into sending it to another store or the warehouse) that I got sick and had to call out today. I can already tell my GM is not happy with me. HR is no help and it's clear this place isn't going to get any better but I can't afford to leave. They barely pay me enough to make my bills so if I leave I won't even have that. I haven't had any luck on the job search. Most of my applications came back rejected and the one interview I had I was told at the end of it they are fully staffed and not actually hiring. Like I don't even know what to do at this point. Just keep looking for jobs I guess but honestly I'll either just end up in another situation like this one or I won't find anything because even though “people don't want to work” and “there's a shortage of workers” I guess my work history and qualifications and me in general just aren't good enough for most places even when they're desperate. The pressure from my family is building up too. “Why don't you have a career yet? You're pushing 30 you should be more stable by now. We had our own place by your age.” Maybe I just need to leave and find some commune to join somewhere.

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