Last night at work we were all discussing shitty managers we’ve had in the past and I got to tell this story that happened about 10 months ago.
In my last job the manager there was a super chill guy and I enjoyed working for him. He got fired because of low sales and replaced with the biggest asshole in the store(besides HR). I could immediately tell he was one of those bosses who expects you to work even if you drop dead halfway through(I almost did many times due to my failing health). I often used my days off to rest myself mentally and physically and basically every other week he’d ask me to come in and I’d tell him that I couldn’t because I had plans/was busy. This was usually a lie but he never appreciated me on days I was scheduled so I certainly wasn’t about to add to that.
He eventually pulled me aside and told me that I needed to stop making plans in case I was needed because we were short staffed and I looked at him and said “yea that’s really not my fucking problem”. To combat this he tried scheduling me 7 days a week which got him wrote up as I was 16 at the time and went to school full time. He made sure that my work life was hell after that and I was nearly driven to suicide because he caused me so much stress and anxiety.
I can’t understand why so many assholes become managers when having someone like the previous manager improves morale and leads to better productivity because the employees don’t hate their job as much.