I work as a resident assistant at my collage. So I work, live, study, eat, in my work place. When I am the building I am expected to be on 24/7. Since before January I worked under a horrible boss for the sake of this we will call her L. So L is a ablest piece of shit who told me the person I was assigned to live with cleanliness issues (bodily fluids) are my fault and reporting it to people outside of them was abuse of my job. My physical and mental health was destroyed and I became an alcoholic. This was reflected all the way up the head of my department. She yelled at autistic adults multiple times in public. She got upset when I pointed out safety concerns(something that is my responsibility). Any mistake you make is Immediately job action. I could leave my space because I was scared of threatened. L quit and everything was a mess.
My new boss (B) came in and she went that gross to my situation. She was generally nicer and funnier she would spend time with us and talk to us the same way we talk to each other. She was also more transparent with how her supervisors were running things, that validated this department is shit. I watched how she cared about how I got treated and she didn’t threaten job action for me. My friend on the other hand he gotten his job threatened and suspended then when he came back B were upset he didn’t know what he was doing. He is facing job action again and after listening to him. B treated him like shit and is constantly disrespectful.
The work culture culture everyone is constantly scared that they are going to lose their job and housing. If they make it more than a year they learn to shut up and disappear as much as possible. More pressure is put on the people who didn’t learn that lesson. Most of my coworkers drink or smoke to deal with the stress.
I realized that my all of my bosses first goal is to protect the image school. They have found way to be demeaning around my disability and age. B is the first boss I ever had a that was not shitty about my disability. I feel like I was tricked into liking her and not viewing her as a boss.
This post comes after a bunch of the end of the year events where we where given plaques and cheer at our supervisor. I don’t know what to do? I don’t have a work life balance because I can’t leave my job. The people that I hang out with are my coworker or people I’m in charge with. I don’t get to leave because people recognize me wherever I go. I don’t know what to do anymore. I can’t quit because I need the the discounted housing but I feel like every time I leave my apartment I am being watched.