So, I got promoted a few months ago. I went from a minimum wage position to floor manager within a couple of years. A few unofficial (unpaid) promotions in between.
Well. It's been shit. For example, I know for a fact that most of the work can be done sitting down, no problem. And I know how hard it is to stand still in 1 spot for an entire day, entire week. Because I used to do it myself. So, I started out going easy on the people. They were allowed to use chairs, listen to music, have a bottle of water with them, I didn't care as long as the work got done properly. And it did, people were actually happy for once.
Did my boss like that? Oh no. “Rules are rules”. Did it matter that productivity and worker happiness went up? Of course not. “The people are like little children and you have to treat them as such”.
So now I'm being threatened with getting fired if I don't become an asshole and enforce these stupid fucking rules, that serve no good other than to make the boss feel big.
I tried doing it sneakily, “don't tell the boss”, but appearantly a couple of workers have been raised by Nazis and have been snitching, ratting me out.
Before you tell me to quit my job, I have (symptomatic) PTSD. I have multiple 'micro' panic attacks every day (micro = I have learned to manage). No one else will hire me. So I can't just say “fuck you” and quit, unless I want to live on minimum wage again. It's the first time in my life I have an actual title, and I don't want to lose it.
Any advice? I am all out of ideas.