- Apr 20, 2006
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I don't really need validation for this. It's more of a rhetorical question...
I have a generic, full-time, 9-5 desk monkey job that I enjoy quite a bit. In order to earn a little extra income, as well as get an employee discount, I took a (very) part time job at a retail store. It's a smaller store, so all seven employees know each other fairly well, and we get along great, except for the (now fired
) manager.
Basically, he was an ass. Not that that is uncommon by any means, but he was extra asshole-y. He would consistently break company policies, but if any other employees did, intentionally or not, he would flip his shit. He'd spout shit about "fairness and equality" and other bullshit. Any sort of bonus items that were for customers he would just straight up take. All of them. And if any other employees asked for any of that sort of thing he would bring up the fairness and equality shit again as well as "you didn't purchase x, so why should you get one?"
He never did any work. Any and all procedural stuff was done by the assistant manager, except the schedule, of course. He had to make sure he got the exact shifts he wanted. Speaking of that, he fudged payroll a LOT. He would often extend his hours so that it looked like he was really at the store, when he wasn't. Oh, and he also sexually harassed the hell out of the assistant manager. He is gay so he always thought it was okay to grab her ass, say dirty things, etc. I remember he called her a "fucking beloved patriot" once too (she's Jewish).
He was just a bad manager, and honestly a bad person. So I wrote up a pretty long email to the head of HR for the corporation, who told me to forward it to the regional HR director. I did so, and he called me within an hour. I talked with him for about thirty minutes and he thanked me for my time. I expected him to wag his finger at the manager, but what happened instead was much better. He drove out to our store with the district manager while the manager wasn't there and they both interviewed the ASM and the guy third in command, and they spilled the beans on everything. It was glorious.
They worked with him a lot more than I did, so they had even better stories than I had. The reason they hadn't turned him in before is that they were both too timid. They didn't have any trouble sharing their info once confronted, though. The next day the manager came in to work and the district manager was waiting for him, and he fired him. Straight up. Apparently he left the store in tears, and none of us have ever heard from him again :awe:
I guess I don't know why I'm posting this, but I like it when people get what they deserve, and he definitely deserved more than just merely losing his job. Has anyone else ever had a similar experience? Am I just an asshole?
I have a generic, full-time, 9-5 desk monkey job that I enjoy quite a bit. In order to earn a little extra income, as well as get an employee discount, I took a (very) part time job at a retail store. It's a smaller store, so all seven employees know each other fairly well, and we get along great, except for the (now fired
) manager.Basically, he was an ass. Not that that is uncommon by any means, but he was extra asshole-y. He would consistently break company policies, but if any other employees did, intentionally or not, he would flip his shit. He'd spout shit about "fairness and equality" and other bullshit. Any sort of bonus items that were for customers he would just straight up take. All of them. And if any other employees asked for any of that sort of thing he would bring up the fairness and equality shit again as well as "you didn't purchase x, so why should you get one?"
He never did any work. Any and all procedural stuff was done by the assistant manager, except the schedule, of course. He had to make sure he got the exact shifts he wanted. Speaking of that, he fudged payroll a LOT. He would often extend his hours so that it looked like he was really at the store, when he wasn't. Oh, and he also sexually harassed the hell out of the assistant manager. He is gay so he always thought it was okay to grab her ass, say dirty things, etc. I remember he called her a "fucking beloved patriot" once too (she's Jewish).
He was just a bad manager, and honestly a bad person. So I wrote up a pretty long email to the head of HR for the corporation, who told me to forward it to the regional HR director. I did so, and he called me within an hour. I talked with him for about thirty minutes and he thanked me for my time. I expected him to wag his finger at the manager, but what happened instead was much better. He drove out to our store with the district manager while the manager wasn't there and they both interviewed the ASM and the guy third in command, and they spilled the beans on everything. It was glorious.
They worked with him a lot more than I did, so they had even better stories than I had. The reason they hadn't turned him in before is that they were both too timid. They didn't have any trouble sharing their info once confronted, though. The next day the manager came in to work and the district manager was waiting for him, and he fired him. Straight up. Apparently he left the store in tears, and none of us have ever heard from him again :awe:
I guess I don't know why I'm posting this, but I like it when people get what they deserve, and he definitely deserved more than just merely losing his job. Has anyone else ever had a similar experience? Am I just an asshole?
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