First off, thanks guys. Literally inspired me to stand up for myself and put my foot down.
I worked for a guy who was genuinely certified insane. I was paid 45k a year to run the entirety of the business he owned, which was 10k less than the previous male GM before me.
I would put in up to 70 hours a week some weeks doing everything in my capabilities to be HR, an associate, a manager, accounting, a cashier, and the personal assistant and therapist of the owner. He would contact me on every off day I had to do something for work, call me up until 10pm, and literally guilt me into staying at work when I was so sick I was vomiting in my office.
Finally, I had enough when he demanded I hire someone for him, then contacted me on my one off day (Sunday) to tell me he wanted to “unhire” her because he had received an opinion from the previous owner of the business, who has a long history of extravagant lies. Essentially I told the owner I disagreed with him wholeheartedly and this woman I hired deserved a chance to prove herself in a probationary period. He then told me he would not take my opinion and demanded the phone number of this woman so he could call her and then lie about wanting another interview he had no intentions of doing. I didn't have the number because I was literally at home and it was 7:30pm on a Sunday night. I asked if I could take care of it in the morning since I was trying to relax on my last off day before a 6 day straight work week.
He then has the audacity to tell me that it is my responsibility as a manager to be available to him whenever he needs to make a call to me.
After the phone call ended, it took 30 minutes before I sent him my two weeks notice and called him to inform him that I would be leaving.
He then calls a previous employee to call my behavior “unacceptable” and tells another employee that I was quitting because I “got my feelings hurt.”
So. Thank you. This community made me understand that I am not a slave. I am not to take the sexual commentary and inappropriate jokes just so I can pay my rent. I don't have to put up with constant phone calls and texts interrupting my personal life on a daily basis. I have the power to stand up for myself and I should.
Fuck. I did.
And now here I am. Every employee that works for me has asked me to not leave and has said they don't know how the business would stay open without me. Every employee he talked shit on me to has come to tell me every word he has said.
And damn does it make me feel good.