Sorry for the wall of text this all just started spilling out once i started.
I’ve been working at this gas station for a little over 6 months. Used to be owned by a grocery store but was bought out by another company before i started working there. I ignored all the red flags like being added to a group chat within days of being hired (that’s only been used to passive aggressively call people
out), my managers deeply personal relationship with not one but TWO employees, and the lack of staffing. We’ve been through 4 employees in my short time here and it took my girlfriend getting hired (against company policy) for me to realize that it’s literally just a complete lack of training.
This manager is the type to let shit slide and throw you under the bus when it’s time for her to be held accountable. Case in point “the owner” as he was referred to visited a few of our sites and saw egregious dress code violations like dresses, boots, skirts, etc and decided that nobody is following the policy so everyone has to be in dress code by 2/7. My manager reminded us of the policy via text and i disregarded it because i’ve always been in dress code (or so i thought). When i started she made it clear that my shoes were appropriate and she personally ONLY wears that brand when she goes into the car wash otherwise she’ll fall. On the 3rd she sends another text to the group chat about the deadline to be in dress code. She also attached a picture of “slip resistant shoes” and said that they must say it on the bottom. She also went out of her way to give another employee an extension. (personal relationship, pretty sure the she lives with our manager now) Fast forward to the 7th. I go into work, she doesn’t say anything to me until she’s about to leave. Essentially a “i let you slide today but tomorrow if you don’t have the proper shoes i’m sending you home” I asked if the policy has changed since she hired me and she couldn’t tell me no. All she could say was “i told you in the text” over and over. Then she changed it up and said “i was unclear about the policy and i sent the picture once i was clear” I just scoffed at her and said ok.
The next day i texted her and let her know that i’d be ordering the shoes required and i won’t be coming into work just to get sent home. My girlfriend had work appropriate shoes but they weren’t very new so she asked if they were ok and was told that they weren’t. So we both let her know individually. Cue a text in the group chat reminding everyone if they’re not in dress code they’re being sent home and removed from the schedule until they are.
Yesterday she sends another text “if you’re missing shifts and not calling they are no call no show” Correct me if i’m wrong but “removed from the schedule” means i’m not on the schedule so i don’t need to call out if i’m not on the schedule. I texted her when my shoes arrived and let her know i’d be coming into my next shift and she says word for word bar for bar “As I stated in text, you must call. Per company policy. Thanks for the picture.”
This is like the 3rd major issue i’ve had here recently. I feel like im overreacting but at the same time i can work somewhere else making the same amount and doing less work. She’s been dangling being promoted to assistant for a few months now and holding me to those standards when i don’t even know if i’m getting the position or not. Every employee got written up because we had a new drink come in and nobody put it out all weekend. When i told her i didn’t even know there was new product there she had the audacity to tell me “when you’re assistant that’s stuff you gotta know” she ended up throwing the write up away but that situation and her saying “this company is very sink or swim, you get it or you don’t” made me realize i don’t wanna work under her
sorry for the rant i was originally coming for advice which i still am but it kind of turned into a rant