hello. i became a florist at a grocery store in december. theres a floral manager who is very old and many people told me that shes mean and grumpy. it didnt stop me, i thought maybe she was misunderstood.
after a few months i realized they were right. she was the most stubborn and negative person ive ever met. she would get mad at me for learning, as ive never been in this field before, she was meant to teach me and its been the hardest experience for me with her constantly being unhappy with anything i did. she would constantly berate customers behind their backs, employees too. it made me so anxious to think that if i needed to call out sick or something one day, she would tell everyone i was faking it behind my back, or that things like that.
my hours here and my time i feel aren’t appreciated. i would leave early many days because it was a lot to handle and i got my job done quickly and quietly. eventually our higher ups got upset and said i couldn’t leave earlier anymore, which is fine. i soon realized the job was so taxing on me mentally and even my boyfriend noticed a change in me. ive started to feel unhappy at work and outside of it because i would just be worried about going to work the next day.
so this week, yesterday, i resigned.
it feels good to know i wont have to deal with this anymore, but..
my old lady manager is very mad at me. she was supposed to take a week break for memorial day. she said i am leaving her “hanging” but shes never been nice to me, shes never respected my time, am i wrong for doing this? leaving for the sake of my health? i dont think i could bear another week pulling her weight after mothers day week right now.
i feel guilty about it, but everyone i know told me the pay is not worth the struggle she gave me everyday for nearly 7 months. i just need reassurance ive made the right choice