Accounting clerk gets denied a raise after assuming the work of 2-3 people, she quits, overwhelms her boss with tasks: 'My ex-boss quit [just] two weeks after I left'

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  • A businesswoman in a white shirt and pink jacket analyzes a report with her team.
  • "My Previous Supervisor Quit Right After I Did"

    I worked for a large automotive company for only 6 months. My position was in the accounting department at their corporate office.
  • In that short amount of time, I faced immense burnout doing the work of 2-3 people with no recognition. I cried more at that job than any of the other jobs
  • combined. The building had a special room where crying is common, and I would see my coworkers rant to supervisors and cry, but obviously nothing was done about it. HR was useless.
  • My first supervisor was cool and understood that I was training and said it usually takes 6 months to a year to fully understand the job. Sadly he got promoted and his replacement made my life miserable.
  • Each accounting clerk has their own store locations and within 3- 4 months I had 4 stores to cover. My previous boss only had 2, and any excess work she was supposed to do, she would pass
  • it off to me and my colleagues. We always had a quota to reach and we would get pulled into that room if we weren't putting in 100% everyday.
  • A young businesswoman places her hands on her face as she looks at her laptop at work.
  • Well I became her target. Before her promotion she would always pull me aside and give me "tips" like when I would joke about things she told me to be more feminine and "read the room" all while joking about how she can tell I used to work around men.
  • My 90 days at this point was coming up and from what I knew everyone got a raise. My boss kept making excuses, we didn't have time, we'll do it in a couple weeks, etc. One time she even
  • said she got coffee on my paperwork, whatever. Two months later, our systems were down and so right then and there I'm like "we have time now".
  • I was denied a raise over two mistakes I made after the 90-day period. Make that make sense. I was already doing the work of two people every day, with zero
  • acknowledgment, and that was the thanks I got. I also got threatened a write up at that review if I made a mistake again.
  • So I started putting in minimal effort, aka just my job. I stopped helping others with their work, I stopped offering up my time. I just came in, did my work and gone home all while applying for new jobs. My boss noticed this.
  • You'd think "wow she did so much work it's taking a toll on me maybe I should treat her better". No...
  • I got pulled and got a write up over it. She said "we noticed your effort has gone down since your review. I know not getting a raise ks but that doesn't excuse not S
  • helping the team. I flat out told her that if I'm doing such a bad job then why would they put extra work on me? She shut up.
  • She ended up moving my desk next to hers so that she can see everything I do. She'd do petty things, like on my break I got out my phone and she nagged me that it was out. I had to remind her it was my break.
  • I got sick of the micromanaging and I had an interview and the day I got an offer I said peace out. When I told her I needed to "talk" she had me sit down with head of HR. She didn't know I
  • was going to put in my notice so I wondered why she wanted HR to be there. Should've seen her face when I made her read my resignation letter.
  • After I left a previous coworker reached out to me saying my ex boss quit due to being "overwhelmed", two weeks after I left. Guess I wasn't the problem.
  • An overwhelmed young businesswoman places her hands on her face at work.

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