For starters, I’ve posted in here before about a particular issue I was having at work, but that was just 1 instance out of many. We’re incredibly understaffed, employees have been quitting left and right, new hires have been walking out after only being there a few weeks and the owner is likely a narcissist.
I work in the billing department and since I’ve been there (little over 4 months), 3 employees have quit and their positions haven’t been replaced… and their workload has been dispersed amongst myself and others in the department. Both of our team leads are constantly calling out, which is adding even more of a workload onto us that are coming in to the office. One of those leads has been rumored to be the owners’ “favorite”, as she literally calls out every week, sometimes multiple days. She’s also been allowed to work from home on some days… which brings me to my next point: I’ve recently requested to work from home since I’m experiencing a financial hardship (my commute to work is 45 minutes to an hour) and I was denied with zero explanation as to why. They then gaslit me about “doing everything in their power to work with me on days that I’m a late arrival”, even though in my 45 and 90 day performance reviews, I was told I had an “excellent” rating for attendance since I still manage to come to work and provide outstanding performance”.
The owner is transparent about not enjoying interacting with most of his employees and he has recently decided that there was a quote for us to meet, and if we don’t meet that quote every week, we have to stay late each Friday… despite us clearly being understaffed in each department.
I’d also like to mention that I was diagnosed with PTSD, in addition to being ADHD and currently working on an autism assessment. I was transparent about this during my 45 day performance review and they told me they would work with me on this matter, but when I requested a work from home tile, I was coldly denied without any explanation. In addition to many factors, the owner thinks it’s a great idea to play white noise on blast over the speaker system on blast ALL DAY LONG while we work… which makes our work experience just that more uncomfortable.
I’ve been searching for remote work opportunities for weeks, but haven’t been able to get a callback… I’m just lost as what to do next, considering that I Waldo won’t have transportation to work next month and management is just like “oh well… let us know if need to leave the company”.