26+ year grocery store employee calls out "micromanagers" by name in company-wide email: 'The working conditions are so bad I don't even want to be here myself'

This person decided to elevate company problems beyond just their own boss — in fact, they included the entire store!

When you work at a job long enough, you know exactly who to report to with your problems. The chain of command is clear: you bring most of your issues to your direct boss, and if they can't or won't help you, you can go above their head. But you've got to be very cautious with a move like that. When you make your own boss look incompetent, they're not going to keep standing up for you. They might even retaliate against you, which is obviously illegal, but won't stop the pettiest of bosses from putting you on graveyard shifts or making you do your least favorite cleaning chores just to put you in your place.

This dude went above and beyond by firing off an email to the entirety of their store's employee email list. I'm curious if they sent it to literally all of the workers nationwide, which would be about 400,000 people, or just their store's immediate employees, which would be maybe 100 or so. Either way, that is a bold move!

This person is extra brave, too, because they called out their managers, saying that they "don't speak up and just go along with it knowing how bad it is." They accuse management of malicious compliance with policies that aren't working, but realize that their complaints just go unheard.

I agree with this person, but I do think that they aren't listening to their managers. If their managers are saying their words will go unheard, why does this person think their sincere email highlighting their issues with a store they clearly care deeply about will be taken seriously? I think their management has been trying to explain to them that these are systemic issues that'll never be resolved because that would take too much money or effort. If anything, I hope this person finds a job that values a worker who cares this much about their position, because even though they weren't fired for sending an all-hands email, they may just be happier at another store.

Up next, read about an entitled janitor who demanded $50 from an office worker simply because he thought they could "afford it": 'Apparently kindness equals being his personal ATM.'

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