I worked at Publix, it is a shitty company to work for and I can't speak for every store but my store was ran like shit, managers/department managers who can't do their job and can't lead a team, it's unorganized and chaotic and awful and the managers who don't suck as bad just have no sense of leadership and the employees under them struggle constantly and it is also the most toxic and unfriendly petty rude as fuck coworkers I've ever had in 10+ yrs of retail, food service, and free lance jobs. I can't overstate the extent of unfriendliness and now much I was not friends or friendly with anyone. I also am cynical about corporations and work in an at-will state, every single person is replaceable at the drop of a hat and they do not give a shit about you and won't give you notice of being fired or transferred (which I saw a lot in the 7 months I was there) and most people never put in a two weeks, they just didn't come back in for work. if a job has been nice but I have to find work somewhere else, ofc I'll put in a two weeks. if it fucking sucks and it's a chain like this, I won't. this job stressed me out so much it caused health problems, stomach problems, and migraines about 3-5x a month so bad that I was sick and had vertigo.
so a few days ago I just NCNS bc I started at a new job and like they do with everyone else I thought they'd shrug and say oh well I guess he quit. I blocked the stores phone number. a day later the store manager texted asking if I was okay, I didn't respond. later, a cop showed up at my door, my partner answered bc I have anxiety but I heard it all and the cop asked if a “Mr. (mispronounced my last name” lived there. my partner said no and the cop left and then we realized he mispronounced my name. so I believe they called for a welfare check. later, a coworker who I never gave my number to, texted asking if I was okay, and the store manager called him on his day off to ask him to get in touch with me. I said I was fine and had just quit bc it sucked.
today, my coworker texted again saying the managers had asked him to tell me to call then because they want to speak with me. I haven't responded bc I don't want to put my coworker in a weirder position than he's already in, and I don't want to talk to the managers. I don't want to explain to them that the job just sucked and was toxic and destroyed my mental/physical health. I don't want to get bitched at, I don't want to get asked to come back, I want to completely wash my hands from that job and everyone at it and to be left alone and to not have to worry that they're gonna do weird shit like sending out a cop. it's making me super uncomfortable and stressed out and anxious how persistent they're being.