OK, so I need some advice.
I sent this message to my boss because, for the entire time I've worked with them, they have taken the work I write, changed almost all of the copy for their own and then posted my work without telling me of these changes.
I have bpd, social anxiety and I cannot handle conflict. After getting this message I start crying and try to hold it in. But I decide that I need to be alone and get up to go home to work by mysekf for the last 2 hours of the day. My boss goes to confront me, calls me rude. I try to explain that I did not feel that my message is rude. I can't hold in my emotions, start crying and leave.
Now, for context, I'm a student. I'm studying advertising so having good copy is important to me and I'm on a placement (unpaid) to learn.
My placement being unpaid is a MASSIVE source of anger and resentment for me since I am essentially taking a loan from the government to give these companies free labour.
Now, I don't think that what I said was in any way unreasonable. I tried to be polite. The bold need was maybe a bit on the nose, sure. But I needed to clarify that if she starts telling me how she wants shit to be written, it will lower HER workload.
I should also point out that she's been doing this with every member of staff that works under her. Not just me…. we were in a staf meeting earlier today when another member of staff was casually told that about 8 social media posts that had already been fully designed and written out were all in the process of being changed behind her back by this manager. The other person in question looked so defeated and annoyed and downhearted. But at least she gets paid to not care.
I'm in this job TO LEARN.
Tldr: manager has been changing all of my work without telling me, even though I took the job to learn more about how to work in the industry. She got mad that I sent this, as I feel it, reasonable message.