I at least try to be a good manager.
I had my baby last year and took 1 year maternity leave. I’m just trying to enjoy the time I have before going back to the “grind”
Did I make a good choice?
I decided to quit my minimum wage job with nothing lined up, because it was just mentally draining. The job isn't hard, but with new management It feels worse that it was before. (Going from a hands off management to strict hands on by the book management) The job offers no benefits to my future career, the people I have no real attachment to, and it's become more restricted in what freedoms we have with standing at the front desk our whole shift. (Our new manager checks the cameras in the daily for example) As I finish out my last two weeks, I'm wondering if I'm making the right choice because of the lack of income I'll have. I live with family for now so I won't be homeless or starving but my family also has negative ways that can bring a person down when they make choices that sound…
a third shift coworker screamed at me, twice. The first time in front of a customer i was helping, the second in front of several coworkers and customers. Why? Because i brought a cart of returns (stuff that doesnt belong in my area) up to customer service, for it to be organized into the bins of the areas they belong in. I bring my bin from the front and put my stuff away daily. In the past ive tried to put the returns i collect away, but get yelled at for “wandering” There is no winning here. She sat there screaming about how management will know, but shit, even if they did do something, how is it somehow ok for her to scream across a store at me? Just incredibly frustrating.
Nightmare stage capitalism
“Just sharing a little positivity on such a negative sub te he”, “just showing that not all bosses are raging assholes about days off” This is all, at best, off topic, but in actuality, it erodes the political currents this sub is supposedly designed to promote. Every such post reduces turnout at a strike or a protest or just convinces someone not to speak up at work because 'it isnt that bad'. The number of posts in here i've seen about “it took me so long to realise that *intensely abusive act by a boss* wasnt acceptable” or “I hope your protest goes well but my workplace is nice so I wont join” tracks back to trends like this for showing that “not every boss is a bad one” or “just injecting some positivity”. Dont harass any of the posters, they probably genuinely believe they're helping keep morale up, rather…