A couple of weeks ago I started a part-time job at a small business in my area. I thought it would be better than working for some big retailer. I worked a few shifts, was told that they are very happy to have me, and then a couple of days passed. I then get an email from the owner basically listing all of these ways that I need to improve. None of this had been mentioned while I was working. So then the owner just decides for some reason to arbitrarily wait to let me know about all this “feedback” he has, which not only includes things that are contradictory to what I was initially told at the job, but also nitpicks facets of my personality that can't be easily changed.
An example is that when I was hired, I was told to greet customers when they come in to make them feel welcome, but in the email the owner said that I'm greeting them too quickly. He also said that I'm too enthusiastic, do not match the other more “mellow” employees, and that I need to take more downtime during my shifts, which is peculiar because every time I've gone to work there, he's always harping on about how much we have to do and how it absolutely all needs to get done today (while sitting in his office on his laptop and not contributing). I guess I'm just kind of confused and unsure of what it is that bosses are expecting these days. I feel like if I actually did take more breaks or was quieter/more shy around customers, I'd magically get excoriated for that also. It's stressful and annoying and makes me not want to stay at this job.