I worked for the PX on military installations for 3 years in two different states. I encountered great management at one installation and frankly, wish we had never left there. The second one was great – for three months, until the assistant store manager moved out and the temporary replacement had something to prove – at my expense, specifically. No idea why I was her target, maybe because I made more than her favorites due to my position and company history, or maybe because I was one of three without previous knowledge of her. I don’t care. I reported it, and wasted two months of my life on dispute resolution that only resulted in retaliation from all senior management. I realized that I am too old for that crap, I don’t get paid enough to manage my managers, and I am so overqualified that I can’t really use this on a resume, so I sent my resignation to corporate HR.
Now I get to be full time artist with my partner and work whatever schedule gets the job done, and I make way more income without any of the stress.