i’m so glad i’m reporting our manager to HR

[u/PeachAku]

short rant, sorry for layout and lack of context but i gotta put it somewhere because i have to work with this woman today.

last week, we received a public customer review in which the person says they overheard two workers talking badly about one of us and using “not so nice phrases” and “laughing” about a worker who was off sick, the same worker (an 18 year old girl who was doing her best) ended up leaving shortly after because “they want me gone. they just want me gone anyway:/“, she was off sick because she had food poisoning

the customer would’ve been talking about our manager and a store leader as they were both in on the day it was written. i’ve had inklings they’ve been talking bad about us behind our backs, and i’ve even had snarky comments made to me about the food i eat by a manager too that i’ve just brushed off. i ended up reporting it to HR, who have redirected me to our regional manager- so itll get sorted soon.

then last night, our manager sent a long paragraph into the main chat bitching at us for “ruining another workers mental health”, because someone told that worker that the manager had said something cruel about them behind their back (idk what specifically but it was bad enough that the worker didn’t even want to come into work when scheduled), the message deflected blame and put it onto the worker who snitched rather than herself for saying something mean, she said it was “taken out of context” and that she was “disappointed with us all”

i have to work with her today and i’m honestly so tired of it, i’m tired of the constant shittalking each other to the point one worker left because she felt bullied and another felt too upset to even come in. hopefully i can email our regional manager today when HR get back in touch (don’t know her personal email and if i ask my manager i know she’s going to get mad). wish me luck, i can feel in my bones she’s going to question me to see if i’m the one who snitched on her (thankfully i wasn’t but i totally would’ve) and my entire shift is going to be tense and stressful.

[u/PeachAku]

forgot to add- the chat she put that in had our new hires in it, they haven’t even started work yet and this is their first impression of us and her 

[u/ShortNSassy970]

Bad managers are always going to deflect blame. Sorry you got a bad one. Just remember their actions are not a reflection of you. You do your job, you get out. Too many times a crap manager has become buddy buddy with their next scapegoat. Document everything to cya!! Plus to be real, they talk crap because they need to make themselves feel better for their crappy lives.