Saturday I had an incident with a customer. The assistant manager wanted me to work off the clock for this customer. I refused. The customer was following me screaming at me. I asked repeatedly for the manager to stop her following me and diffuse the situation. After about 15 feet of her following me screaming in my ears I finally turned and screamed at her. Afterwards I spoke with the store manager, who is actually great and is the kind of manager that makes you want to work and do your best, about the situation for about 30 minutes. He chose not to do more than give me a verbal warning, and said he was going to speak to the assistant manager. This also isn't the first situation I've had with this assistant manager. His first day, he called me a disrespectful little girl, and young lady. Thursday he threatened…
Hi, I recently began an office job on the west coast. I quit after 3 days. Why? Hear me out and let me know if I was being unreasonable. Day 1: On the first day, I showed up on the front door. I had to call my manager as no one was at the front desk. My manager kicked the door open (lifted his foot and pushed the door open toward me with his foot). This was the second time ever meeting him (first was during an in person interview pre-Omicron). Anyway, later I am taken to “my office” which was a nice size office, but was full of shit. There were 3 coffee mugs with caked/dry coffee on the bottom. An open container of oats, a gallon of water, other odds and ends. Anyway, the whole office was dusty and there were dead flies all around the inside perimeter.…
Why Micromanagers Ruin Talent
So, I work for a company that services a major retailer. We stock certain products on the shelves, and reset certain areas when inventory needs to be moved. I have been here since the store opened. I've got a good rapport with the employees. We stay out of each other's way, and there have been very few issues. I generally write my own schedule, and part of my job description is that I'm supposed to act independently and adjust the order of tasks as needed. One of the interesting things about my job is that each task has an “estimated completion time”. So I might have a 4 hour, two 2 hour tasks, and a couple 1 hours in a given shift (I work 10 hour days by choice). I'm lazy. I don't believe in working hard, I believe in working smart. I was very clear about this when I…
Just had an argument with a coworker
Coworker calls me lazy because “when I was your age I was working 12 hour shifts 7 days a week” I told him it's not my fault corporate greed didn't brainwash me like it did you and he just kept calling me lazy for saying I wouldn't mind 10 hour shifts every few days. Guy is in his 50s and lives with his mom