A little backstory: I worked for a company in the Pacific Northwest that remodels baths and showers. Let's call it… Specific Path Company. I was hired on last year, as a warehouse assistant, and accepted because I really vibed with my manager (who is on this subreddit). He was already burnt out, and quit after a few months. My only other coworker in the warehouse followed shortly after.
Several people told me to apply for his position, since I had the experience and was basically doing his job already. I said I didn't want to be a manager, but (jokingly) maybe after the next guy quits.
Cut to several months later, we haven't hired anyone to replace my coworker and the new manager (who I trained) has quit. I begrudgingly tell them I'll be the new manager. In the meeting they said they'll 'let' me be a supervisor, but I'd need more experience if I wanted to be a real manager. Of course, I'm still doing all the work of a manager, just without the title or pay.
I was making 22/hr at this point. Warehouse managers make 60k salary at this company. Supervisors make 25/hr. I do some quick math and realize at 60+ hours a week, which I was already working as an assistant, I'd make way more as a Supervisor anyways. I tell them I'm insulted, but I accept.
The job: Typical insane turnover, due to low wages and burnout. Upper management expects whomever is left to pick up the slack, indefinitely, for the same wage, while increasing production, and bragging about record profits.
This is a problem across departments. I was also doing the job of several other managers in the office. As far as the warehouse goes, you're treated like unimportant and unskilled labor. But I've worked worse jobs (Amazon) and my bar is set pretty low.
Upper management doesn't let the warehouse managers have any say in ordering (never seen a warehouse run this way in my life), and insists on having, what I truly believe is the most full warehouse in the PNW. 25+ foot stacks of pallets, about 5 feet of forklift-driving space, if you're lucky.
OSHA violations all over the place. And to top it off, inferior, defective product, and cardboard pallets of 8 150 lb shower doors, shipped vertically without straps like they are actively trying to kill you. One of the old managers broke his back, when one of these fell on him. They blamed him, of course. Endless team-lifts to do by yourself. It is exhausting and unsafe, for 60+ hours a week.
Despite bringing these issues to the president of the company, he never had a response. Just wanted to talk about his theater room and his 7 bathrooms. He did thank me for cleaning the place up, once, for his corporate guests, with a $50 visa gift card… before dumping literal millions of dollars of product on me.
When I started, we had 3 people total, and about $2mil in product. And it was way too much for the warehouse, which was just barely bigger than my body. For many months, I was the only actual employee in the warehouse. By the end of my time there, we had nearly $7mil in product, and had tripled sales/production.
Once, the owner told me I couldn't let our temp drive the forklift, for insurance reasons. I told him I can't do my job if I'm on the forklift all day. He said it's “Okay if your job just doesn't get done.” …After working at least 60 hours a week to get that job done.
After a couple infuriating conversations with upper management, full of platitudes and 'wait and see,' I decided to send my immediate resignation in an email. I came in the next day to unlock the door for another manager, and slid my key under our council/attorney's door. Never went back. Never checked my email. They're probably fucked. I don't care. Because it's okay if my job doesn't get done.
Left a scathing review on Indeed. Sucks that it can't really be anonymous, though, because I was the only employee in the warehouse for so long. Pretty clear who wrote it.
TLDR: Was stupid enough to do backbreaking labor for a company that didn't give a fuck about me. Didn't need to do any math to decide I did not owe them a 2 week notice.