Hello, this is my first post in this subreddit after lurking for awhile. I thought it’d be appropriate because I am quitting my shitty fast food job in a particular fashion.
For background, I am an assistant manager of a popular sandwich chain known for their “gourmet” sandwiches. This job sparked my love for working in restaurants, and is the reason for me going to school to run restaurants. I work my ass off, all day everyday I work. I don’t cut corners, and I serve customers and employees with the best service possible. Every. Day.
I am tired and done with being taken advantage of and treated like I am naive and don’t know anything. Which is why I am leaving. I am not dumb, and I see through all of the petty bullshit my boss and the manager under me do.
First off the manager under me is a former GM and she got demoted for not doing her job. She makes $2 more than me an hour, and does significantly less work than I do. She is always taking digs at me, making something out of nothing and creating tension in the store for no reason. Mind you, this is my first management job. This is my first JOB, point blank period. (Ive been here 4 years) I’m still actively learning everyday while managing. I am not perfect, but I do a damn good job at what I do 100% of the time. (Also, she is not allowed to be a real manager but because we have no one else, she is and has a bogus title as a loophole)
Secondly, a large problem that I’ve had since I gained this position 6 months ago is getting respect from the teenagers. When I run the weekends they are constantly talking, getting out of their spots and being disrespectful. I have talked to them, I have asked nicely, I have yelled, I have written them up, I have done everything I can to get them to stop and it has kind of worked. But regardless, it is still not good enough and its still my fault for their behavior. I am close in age with them so maybe thats why, but I would think that after trying to put my foot down and doing all these things it is not my fault and it is just them. Kids these days are not scared of consequences (and for good reason).
Between these two things, and a plethora of other things that are out of my control, I never receive praise from my boss. He did a manager review on me and scored me low on things I do perfectly. On a scale from 1-5, I got a 2.5 on slicing meat. He put “always slicing to par”, which is what we are supposed to do. (PAR means the amount we set to be able to make it through the day). Why isnt that a 5? I do the thing that is expected of me, but yet it is not good enough. He states that my opens are not done 100% by 10AM on the weekends. Even though they are. He is not there, so he just assumes they arent. Overall, he takes the word of everyone else over mine and never talks to me about these things, not letting me defend myself or tell him WHY something happened the way that it did.
This stuff has been going on since since I gained this position. I have greatly improved my work since I started opening, I have gotten faster and overall have gotten better at everything, but its never good enough and that has never been recognized.
So, here comes the fun. Ive been looking for a new job the past couple months, one that can push me into the restaurant industry and one that is not in fast food. I finally found one that I feel matches my values and is a great candidate for me to grow and reach my full potential. I am putting in my two weeks this week, and he is never going to see it coming.
My boss still thinks that he has a couple months before I have to change jobs for my school internship thats coming up in september. I asked him about a raise a few weeks ago, and I never heard anything back so I am guessing I am not deserving of one. I am planning on leaving my two week notice on a night I close so he comes into it in the morning.
And I am not just leaving my two weeks. After my last day, I am going to file reports with OSHA and the health department for the broken, unsafe things in the store. The black mold on the sinks and floors, the crumbling shelving units that are one truck supply order from breaking, the moldy trays that we thaw bread on, the produce that is stored on the floor. The black mold on the inside of the soda machine and ice machine. Managers are not scheduled for breaks either and I never recieve a break on my 10HR shifts. Hopefully I can find more things too.
It might not seem that dramatic, but they dont have anyone lined up to come be a manager. The franchise of 50+ stores is crumbling and many stores are understaffed. I’m sure they will find a replacement for me, but once I leave I hope my boss realizes all of the things that I do for him that no one else does. He can run the store with the other shitty manager and his bogus staff, I’m done.
Also, many of our employees love me as their manager and dont love the other manager, because she is rude, disrespectful, and lazy. I hope some of them leave after I am gone and fuck him over there too.
TLDR;
I am prematurely quitting my job because of the way I am treated. Nothing is ever good enough for my boss, and I’m done being taken advantage of. Me quitting will catch him off guard, and he will be stressed. I am also hoping to get some fines or the store closed temporarily by reporting him to OSHA and the health department.