earlier this year, i decided to quit my good job because of bad management.
rewind a little...
i got put on a final warning in september. the reasons weren't quite justified, as there were several other employees doing the same things and not being reprimanded. i also provided documentation for my actions, and there was still no leniency.
in november, i attempted to give my 2 weeks notice. my manager was caught off guard, we talked, she explained she didn't want me to leave, etc. so i stayed. i owed her NOTHING and could've left that day, but i didn't.
3 months later, i was still on final warning. i decided to meet with my manager and talk about being taken off of it. she said she needed to see more consistency, not just for weeks, but for months. i told her being on final warning for 5 months was excessive and it wasn't motivating me to do any better, it was actually causing more stress. being on the chopping block is already hard, but coming to work not knowing if you're going to be fired on any given day for any reason, is even worse.
she refused to take me off of it, so i knew my days were going to be numbered. i couldn't handle the stress anymore.
monday, february 19th. i drove home and stopped for gas in annapolis. usually i stop before i get home (like, in rockville, or even somewhere random) or i run errands...but this day was different. got to annapolis & pumped a full tank of gas. and guess what? my car wouldn't start back up. i had to push the car into an empty space, and leave it there overnight at the gas station. luckily, i was in annapolis, so my mom came to help me push the car & pick me up. the next day, i was going to rent a car & go to work, but then i was like "how am i gonna keep this up?" so instead, that night, i called my manager. no answer. i contacted a coworker (her grandson's mother - oh yeah, nepotism) and asked if she'd text her and give her my personal # so i could speak to her. i contacted another coworker (her friend) and asked her to ask my manager if i could have her # to give her a quick call. neither of these women got responses. i sent an e-mail. i left a general voicemail at work, and then i left a private voicemail on her direct line.
the next day - i got NO responses all day. no replies to e-mail, no call backs, nothing. so at 5 pm, i e-mailed her my resignation letter.
it had been a long time coming, but i was done being jerked around like a puppet. i'm intelligent and i do excellent work. i knew i didn't deserve this type of treatment. and with me having to fix my car to be able to return to work, i knew that had i returned once it was fixed, she would've given me the axe.
then i would've had to cut her.
so i quit. it was a bold move for me because i'm the backup plan queen. i have never quit a job without having one lined up. however, my other backup plan is usually my savings. this time, i had money in savings, i had 401K, and i'd just gotten my tax returns. so i knew i'd be okay for at least a few months.
a week later, i started working at applebees. i have a lot of serving/bartending experience, and there's no extensive process to getting hired at a restaurant. basically, it's have experience, be cute (sometimes, lol), and be flexible. i worked there for 4 months. i had some days off. but i made enough money to pay my monthly bills and leave my savings alone, which felt amazing.
in may, i got a call from a recruiter, asking me to come in for an interview. i hadn't applied for the job, but was referred by an employee. i interviewed a few days later, and got rave reviews. the executives i interviewed with wanted to hire me the same day. they even wrote amazing remarks and pushed for me to start immediately. i wasn't supposed to hear from the recruiter for at least 2-3 business days because there were 6 other candidates who interviewed the same day i did, but i heard from the recruiter the very next morning.
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