I work for an Australian supermarket chain as a duty manager. I am currently in the process of transferring to a store closer to home. I work there 2 days a week whilst maintaining 3 days at my old store.
This morning, I got a call from the store's second duty manager, asking if I am available to work a shift tomorrow. I say I am already working at my old store, and that I am unavailable. I have told the new store that I am not available for sudden shift changes, as it will affect my old store if I just transfer the staff shortage to them. I am then told that my old store is no longer my store, and that priority must be given to the new store. I respond saying that I still have a choice in where I work, just because you need me does not mean I have to make myself available at the drop of a hat.
A moment later, I get a call from the store manager who gives me an ultimatum: His store, or my old store. I don’t think he expected my response. I chose my old store. I hand in my resignation notice tomorrow.
The lesson here though is to trust your feelings. When I started working at the new store, I could sense a culture that didn’t align with my beliefs. There was a stay back, unpaid, mantra throughout the staff, and I was looked at strangely when I did not ‘ask’ staff to stay back when I knew full well that the shortcomings were in no way caused by them. Whatever work you could you would make somebody else’s responsibility, and then blame them when it wasn’t done.
I knew pretty quickly that my spirit would soon be worn away if I continued to work there. So I quit and feel fantastic about it. I did have a fall back though, my old store is happy to take me back.
No amount of convenience was worth the stress I was beginning to feel working there. So please let this be an important deciding factor if you are considering changing workplaces. Your mental health is just as important as your financial health.
Submitted October 17, 2017 at 09:46PM by cardiacman http://ift.tt/2yq4hWM
