For six months I’ve been solo managing a department in a store that was previously run by 3 people . I got offered the promotion only because for three years I was the teen who always covers (literally working every spare hour between my final exams) and there was nobody else because everyone else quit because of the managements bs. Because of the sheer quantity of the section I’ve had to resort to massive over time to meet the minimum of packing and ordering.
I’ve been called to the office for a lack of motivation even though there wasn’t issue with the quality of my work. I may not be motivated anymore but I’m disciplined and always work to a standard and am polite with customers. They had the gall to ask if the old me was coming back . I’ve been told to cut my hours because for six months I was working 12 hours a day and my time in lieu has built up to ridiculous amounts. In spite of this I’m still being rostered for full 9 hour shifts every day and am told I could be doing more when I try to leave early like neatening the shelves and other minor tasks that make little difference . They complain about wastage (I work in fresh food) when also being telling me that the shelves don’t look nice half full and should have more depth of stock. I’m the only one who knows how to operate the waste system so I’m stuck doing that too and by the time I’ve trained anyone how to use it they’ve quit too. Don’t even get me started about he pay because when I got my promotion it was moved to 50 cent from minimum which moved me into a different tax bracket so I was only bringing home five euro more a week and a month later the government move it up 30c to meet inflation so now I would literally be taking home more if I stayed on minimum wage. For months I’ve been watching the list of local warehouse jobs slowly lessen and today there’s none so it feels like my backup is gone and I’m stuck with this crap till I can afford to go to college which was the whole reason I took the job in the first place. I’m too much of a coward to take a risk and quit . I wish I was as brave as thraldom the people on this sub