I locked myself in the toilet for 2 hours in quiet protest (lol) and walked out of the office at closing time. I received a suspension mail at midnight (talk about no time boundary) on the grounds of rudeness and insubordination. Was asked to explain my two hour absence from my desk and was mandated to attend a training on office etiquette for two weeks (without pay ) and come back with proof from my office etiquette trainer, of my reformed behaviour. I responded with a filmsy excuse explaining my time in the toilet as I had lost all liver at this point; I was pained but still wanted the job. I also feigned sickness so I wouldn’t be able to work that day. He lied (🤣) to get me to send the copy of the office keys with me, which I did. After he confirmed receipt of the keys, he stopped responding to me. Tried to reach out to him about the suspension and a bit of company fund with me, but no response.
I spent the two weeks just asking what the heck? Like I know I could have handled the situation better, maybe not locked myself in the toilet, though I couldn’t bear to look at him right then and I didn’t want others seeing me cry. Either way not an excuse. But still the way he chose to deal with said situation was a two week suspension and a salary slash? Nah. I was doing it for the work experience but I’ll rather have work experience somewhere where I’m sure I’m not the only employee on a steady payroll, where there is a standard way of handling employee matters and an actual plan for managing members of staff, not when you’ve think you’ve done well and are deserving, someone comes to ask “what extra did you do for the day? “.
Maybe I’m just lazy; wanting to just carry out instructions and not take on managerial responsibility. Maybe I’m wrong and I was deserving of the punishment I got. Either way a decision had to be made, go back, be miserable and be subject to the whims of ,”the all powerful and entitled”, who takes no responsibility for his doings, clearly doesn’t hold up his end of the bargain and dosen’t pay enough to compensate for his assholery. Or look for a better paying job with better managerial plans and support .
I know the smarter plan would have been to stay there and continue my job hunt while I still had a job. At least I wouldn’t be completely broke, and yes, I know there’s no guarantee that I wouldn’t encounter a similar experience at a new job. However I decided it’s too early in my life to be miserable. I’ll do my job search from home and spend the time bettering myself. I’ll have my time to myself and not have to wake up 5:30 every morning to go to a job I hate while I can afford not to. Yes, I’m missing out on job experience and free Wi-Fi and a stipend, and even though my mental health is still not it since I left (the job market is brutal) I doubt it’ll be better there.
So there’s that.
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