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"The work is grueling."
A frustrated manufacturing factory worker retains his focus and composure amidst rising tensions.
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"I worked in a factory for over 2 years. The work is grueling. I go to work and come home too tired to do anything. Even on weekends, I still feel exhausted and sore from the week. The pay is barely enough to survive on. After getting a promotion that was a lot more work and responsibility, I got a 1-dollar raise.
The main reason I left is because of my direct supervisor. She seems like the kind of manager you would want to have, until things aren't exactly how she wants them to be. She gets in moods where she will just snap at everyone and talk down to people like they're stupid, or go out of her way to get them in trouble. She has a spreadsheet of all of the mistakes employees have made."The worker detailed how after two years of exhausting work, long hours over a vindictive and authoritarian manager, they decided to leave their current role and look for other work. Her dark and unpredictable moods adding to the difficulty and stress of shifts.
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"A few weeks ago, I got written up because she started going off on me, I asked her to stop talking to me like that..."
Industrial workers work together on shift.
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"A few weeks ago, I got written up because she started going off on me. I asked her to stop talking to me like that, she said no, and I said "Are you f--g kidding me?" Which was apparently uncalled for.
I got a better job and put in my 2 weeks, and I was told I could either work 3 more weeks or 1. I wasn't allowed to work [for] 2 more weeks. I almost walked out then, but I tried to just grin and bear it for the sake of the people I do really like. Yesterday it got up to 90 degrees in our area. We were all sweating and suffering, and she announced that she's leaving because it's too hot for her. She left her employees suffering in the heat and went home. If I did that, I would've gotten written up, I guarantee it."
They stood their ground during a recent incident where their boss had been berating them, leading their boss to fly even further off the handle. The exchange made them start looking for other work as soon as they were home, submitting their notice as soon as they had found the first possible job.
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An overhead view of a metal works plant.
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"That leads to today. She is immediately in a mood and keeps getting snippy with me, so I write an email to the owner of the company (it's a small family-owned business) and HR telling them everything I've witnessed this manager do, including loudly saying how she wants to fire certain employees, and then I walked out. I'm not sure if it will have any [effect] at all, but that's no longer my problem. My hands are still shaking a little bit, but I feel so relieved."
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Workers walk the floor of a tidy metalworks plant.
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dabig49
People leave bad managers over bad jobs. Glad you found something elseNo-Fix-614
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Nothing hits like the peace of realizing you never have to see that manager again.
ComputerDecent463
Do you need a reference from her or HR?If not I would have just agreed to three weeks and left after two. They can’t not pay for you the two weeks you did work.
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