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dollopheadedmerlin · 1 year

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Things that have happened at the job I just lost

Got promoted to Quality Assurance Manager

Had a sexist co manager start getting people fired if he didn't like them and bribing coworkers to lie for him to back up his claims - we'll call him M

M refuses to listen when I bring up quality concerns, and then blames me for all quality issues (which is very easy to do, as I am Quality Assurance)

Our boss - we'll call him B - hires an outside general manager to mediate - we'll call him S

S immediately takes Ms side on things because they are similar ages and both a lil bigoted tbh

They are so bad at making our product that when I was out for a week, our reject rate was 40%. When I returned, within two days, I got it lowered back to 2%.

M starts to make rumors about S as well, using the fact that he is Christian to insinuate that he is a predator of some sort, with no evidence (we had issues in the past with S making people uncomfortable by talking as though Christianity was the default)

S suddenly starts taking my side, so M uses the fact that S has anger issues to poke the bear until he snaps and threatens M, causing one of our other bosses to fire him

People start to complain to me that they are uncomfortable working with M, I tell my boss, but at this point it is my word against M's and M has been guilting/blackmailing/bribing people to lie for him

One day, we are understaffed, and having trouble reaching our goals for an order that is meant to be picked up that day. B texts us saying that no one is to call him unless it is an emergency because he is very busy

I tell M that I need everyone to work on the goals for the pickup and that the people who come in layer in the day must join in on those goals. He agrees, but once they come in, he takes them to work on a different task and refuses to allow me to borrow any of them

The person comes to pickup the order, and we are not finished and he angrily demands that I call B. I do so. He says that I "should have told [him] about this hours ago" and then hangs up. But there is a delay between when he hangs up and when his phone actually stops transmitting, so I hear him scream "FUUUUCK!"

So I am sobbing and the guy for the pickup starts blaming me for everything, including not being able to find a box that I didn't know he was supposed to take that wasn't where our boss said it was left, pointing at all the bad product and saying "someone isn't doing their job" (like I said, my manager was ignoring my quality concerns), and just all around telling me off

M catches wind of how bad the situation is and tells me that he has to leave early for an emergency

B texts us with a photo of a product that was taste tested and says how horrible it is, telling us that we have to discuss the issue and find a solution before the shift ends

I reply with this (the breakage thing was false, he just did not like the change because it took longer)

I realize that this is the FIRST time that M has not been in the kitchen with me (he never called out) and one by one most of the employees come to me to tell me that M touches then inappropriately whenever I am not there

I tell B on my way home, and encourage everyone else to contact B directly so that it is not solely word against his

I come back the next week to find that M had tried to put in his 2 week notice that day, but B told him not to come in

I am the only manager for a while and it is hell

I find out that M had been telling other people in the building that he was my boss (we had the same level position) and that I was after his job, wo a lot of the other companies we worked around hated me after he was fired/quit

We finally promote this one coworkers who has been "in training" for manager for half a year (M didn't like her so she never got promoted) - we'll call her R

My boss hires another outside manager, who promptly goes missing - we did a wellness check and found out she is, in fact, alive but we never heard from her again

R starts calling out very often because her bf is in a coma with tuberculosis

I am the only manager most days again

I recommend two people for promotions. R rexcomends four (including my two). I advise against one of her suggestions. That is who gets promoted to assistant manager - we'll call her A

She immediately starts to try and change the culture of the kitchen, being ableist towards our autistic coworkers, as well as just straight up not doing her job

I warn my boss that she is escalating, to little support. I say that I am comfortable sending her home if something happens but ask what I should do if she refuses. B just says "call me"

Haha it escalates

I ask for to step off the floor and speak to me and she immediately starts screaming for whatever reasing (idk what she expected that to do) so I switch from "I need to speak with you off the floor" to "you either need to step off an talk with me, or you need to go home"

She freaks out, turns around, and elbows me as hard as she can in my chest

I switch to "you need to get off the floor, you need to go home"

Her friends finally get her into the lobby and I call my boss

B comes in, talks to A, talks to A's friends, and then talks to me

I tell B what happened and he says "that's not what I heard" and proceeds to reveal that A and her friends lied about what happened and A had manipulated one of the autistic employees to lie for her as well, saying I came after he and someone had to "break us up"

I am sent home

I ask if she is also being sent home and my boss says no. I say "I don't think it is appropriate for her to go back into the kitchen after that" (note that I never asks to stay in the kitchen, I just expressed that she should also be sent home), but he insists that she will stay

Ha, I get this email a few hours later

And then this one the next day

I go back in on Tuesday and he gives me a teary eyed apology, I think to myself that this is the last chance I give this job (it's the most I've ever been paid and I am good at it)

He says he is going to hire another outside general manager

This last chance is looking sour already

B has J (one of the people I suggested for a promotion) take over some of A's duties. I get my hopes up thinking he will get promoted, but he doesn't even get a pay raise

R resigns because her bf woke up from his coma and she wants to work closer to him

Another person resigned because she was friends with A

The new GM arrives and I decide to give him a chance because it's not his fault that B hired outside

Spoiler: he sucks - we'll call him K

I leave for two weeks to help my bf with a medical thing and when I come back, I found that they have fired someone for messing something up, despite the fact that they had made her do something she hadn't been trained to do. They hired K's cousin. And changed my position

I am no longer Quality Assurance manager because I fixed all the Quality Issues so well that product consistently turns out great without troubleshooting. They say I will now be facilities manager, and be in charge of equipment and tool maintenance and such. This does not come with a pay raise (despite me finding out that three people have independently suggested to B that I get a raise)

K is continuing to be ableist towards our autistic coworkers as well as lie about me and I am so tired of playing social warfare with all these people B panic hires/promotes that I don't say anything because I plan to give the information to B as I resign so that it is his responsibility

I decide to finally start job hunting

We move from our communal kitchen to our own building

I set things up, help them map out where everything is supposed to go, and whatnot.

I get a job offer from an interview

I finish typing up our recipe and process in full (it's never all been written in one place before) and make a detailed list of all the things that they will need to be restocked/maintenanced now that we are responsible for our own building, including links on where to buy compatible brands and replacement parts because I wanted to set them up all nice before I left

The DAY I send those documents over, they ask to catch up after the shift

B stands behind K and has K fire me

They didn't know I was going to put my two weeks in on monday

The reason for firing was "negatively impacting morale"

That's rich since M was far more than "negatively impacting morale" for months and I was forced to put up with that, A and K were both ableist, which I'd say puts a pretty sour damper on morale but alright

B doesn't even have the decency to say it himself, can't fire his oldest and most loyal employee with his own mouth

I had only been back for two weeks and they never brought the issue up with me beforehand

I just say "okay" to everything and then get my stuff

As I stood by the door, I turned around, waved goodbye, and said "good luck guys :)"

I texted our coworkers that I got fired and everyone reacted with either being pissed off or confused as hell. One person thought I was playing a joke on her

I know of at least two people who plan to quit now that I am gone

Good luck, indeed

#mine #first manager position as well #rant #vent #uhh idk how to tw this for tags #uhh #workplace harassment #i had been told multiple times that i was the best manager some people have ever had #felt good #i was even told this by some people i didn't even like!#which is GREAT #means i was managing unbiasedly #like bro you are so annoying but like you dont deserve to get fired or even always be put on the least favorable tasks #lets be fair #fought so hard to keep that workplace safe #and they do this #i was so giddy i got fired #what an end to a saga #i had friends congratulate me #for being fired #HA #i would pay to see what happened in that room after i left #i would also pay to see the security footage of me being hit #i should have asked for it #probably too late now sadly #thought it was funny one of the main reasons for leaving was becoming my boss took everything everyone said at face value #except for me #which made no sense #like bro i literally never lied to you #anywho

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