The moment I decided to give myself the ultimatum that I’d either have a job before 30 days is up or I won’t I felt better. I already have at least one interview lined up elsewhere.
TL;DR at the bottom.
I work retail, think “Always Blue”. The store I work at is in the Deep South and regardless of all their peddling of diversity this and acceptance that it’s all a crock of shit. My store is one of the worst in the entire country due to incompetent managers hiring bootlickers and reenacting the worst parts of the Mean Girls movies. They took away our bonuses because we got a one dollar raise, company wide. New employees are getting hired for 17+ and hour for the basic level of work, while I’m practically managing my department and ineligible for a promotion or raise because I cussed out a bigot that picked a fight with me and refused to drop it.
At least once a month in nearly two years at my store have I encountered hostility related to my gender presentation. From customers, managers and other employees. Nothing is ever done about it, and even if they had done anything the managers only seem to hire people that are just as shitty as them. Case in point, one of our overnight leads has employed tokenism and talked over me repeatedly when I’ve brought up concerns of discrimination.
Home office is no better. Did nothing when I got sent home for wearing a dress that was within dress code because “us women” know how to wear them, a blatant discrimination based on my being AMAB.
Im scorching earth, legally, on my way out. Reporting them to their home office for creating a hostile work environment, cashing out my 401k if I don’t find something before my 30 days are up, and putting all this behind me. It’s literally killing me from anxiety and constant looking over my shoulder. I’ve been stalked, harassed and threatened so many times at this store I’ve lost count. It’s affecting my physical health and my relationship with my partner, who’s been wonderfully supportive through everything.
TL;DR my job is actually killing me from stress and fear, and deciding to quit has made me feel so much better than I have in months.