I work in pest control. I am a manager. I go out of my way to be kind and supportive of my team. I take them to dinner when they agree to work late. I fight against corporate to make sure guys get fair promotions.
I work 5 am to 6 or 7 pm everyday to make sure my guys are supported and cared for.
This summer we got in a bunch of D2D sales men to sell our pest control. Which I hate.
Their manger is a skeeze lord. He had his friend pretend to be the vice president of my company and threaten me if I didn’t get my guys to do some thing illegal.
Pest control is very serious and there are a lot of regulations to keep people safe.
Today I had to humble myself before this son of a gun and ask him kindly to let one of my techs go home early because his grandma went to hospice.
I cut a deal with this son of a bitch and now I have to take care of my managerial duties from 4 Am to 12 PM and then support his team from 12 PM to 9 PM for a week.
All because I wanted my guy to go home 2 hours early.
They won’t see me tired or frustrated, My guys get protected. I just hate that we live in a world where this is work now.
Corporations don’t care about the bottom rung, and the metaphorical beatings I have taken in my short tenure as a manager are insane.
Why can’t companies just take care of their guys.