this post was removed for screenshots, so I went ahead and deleted them and reposted*
Yesterday I quit my toxic draining job. Its a small pet sitting business with less than 15 employees. I worked as a client relations manager but also did events, marketing, advertising, and was sent out in the field to cover for staff. She refused to pay me more than 15 hours per week doing admin work, but frequently reprimanded me for not being available and on call during their working hours from 8-6. I worked at this place for two years. She also gave me pushback when I had surgery and tried to make me work during my medical leave. I would frequently wake up to messages at 6 or 7am when I was off the clock to sceenshots of typos (“you said 'the' twice in this sentence) or how I misgendered a dog in a social media post before it went live or something.
I frequently covered shifts when we were short-staffed, worked off the clock, and went out of my way to make her life easier. But every time, she would take advantage of my efforts, asking me to do more and more while pushing back when it came to paying me. Id give her an inch, she’d take a mile. We would often get into power struggles, and petty arguments over inconsequential issues. From the micromanaging and nitpicking, I felt taken advantage of. Yesterday, 30 minutes before a meeting that should have been an email, I reached my boiling point and decided to quit on the spot, and then immediately drove over to her place, which was 40 minutes away from me to drop off as much company property as I could.
About an hour after dropping her shit off, she messages me pointing out things I missed and demanded they be returned by Monday. After events, my boss would often dump the decorations I went out and purchased for her for me to hang on to, so many of these are dollar store items from events we did months ago. I told her I was busy and would get them to her by next week. She then threatened legal action and told me I was stealing from the company. Work shirts, training gear, and similar items? Totally fair. But perishable items and $1.25 holiday garlands from events from 8 months ago? I find that outrageously petty. This person has over 500 clients, charges exorbitant rates, and pockets 65% of the cost for the services that the pet sitters provide. She often leaves for vacations during our peak seasons. She is by no means struggling, so this is clearly yet another power play she’s trying to pull with me.
I’m going to drop her shit off a day earlier, and just reimburse her for the other items to get her the hell out of my way. I’m so tired.