Should i switch jobs?
I work at McDonald’s. Believe it or not, the job isn’t all that stressful for me because I only work in the kitchen. However there is one person who gets me down every time he works and it’s dreadful when he clocks in or I arrive and he’s there.
He was the guy who trained me on my first 2 weeks. Im not sure if all McDonald’s are like this but there’s managers, supervisors and then there’s like people who aren’t supervisors but are given the role to lead. Well anyway he’s like a team lead. It just depends on seniority or something like that.
I find him dreadful because he’s always losing his cool and cussing up a storm whenever things don’t go his way. For example, we just started cooking the McRib again and it was my first time cooking that item. I messed up the process twice but not in a really bad way. I simply cooked too many and had them sitting in the food warmer. I was already kind of unfocused because I know how he is and then on top of that, another co-worker was giving me directives while I was in the middle of learning. So it was one of those situations where I had to learn while doing 3 other things as well.
I can’t remember the exact phrases he uses but he really makes it so that you know he’s mad at you. Like I said earlier, he’ll cuss and raise his voice. He just seems to have no control over his anger.
What I really like about this job is how easy it is physically and the rest of my co-workers. But this one guy just seems to really drain my energy when I’m there.
In my early days, I wasn’t as fast and so he was extra upset with me then. He was yelling and cussing and the store manager saw it all happening. She sees it happening all the time but doesn’t ever do anything to address the problem. It’s like she’s okay with his behavior.
I’ve left plenty of jobs because of people like this but I’m sickened tired of doing that. I want to hold my ground this time and stay. I don’t think it’s fair for toxic employees to scare off people who aren’t unhinged like this. I’m just glad he isn’t a manager.
It’s not the best job but after having over 30 jobs at the age of 28. I kinda want to build up a level of trust among employers. I had to lie about my past just to get this job and I’m tired of doing that. The rest of my co-workers are easy to get along with and some of them even think the same about this “team lead” as me.
The guy is living out of his car, so he’s stressed and that’s why I don’t ever say a word while he’s in his angry mood but that doesn’t give him the right to berate us.
Everyone has bad days, I have bad days but I don’t take it out on others to deal with it like he does. That’s selfish and unkind. And it’s not like I hate the guy, I even thought about giving him my battery starter because I don’t drive anymore and I figured he might need it if his car battery every dies on him. I can understand peoples behavior but I think I’m getting to a point in my life where I stop tolerating peoples BS.
I had a job interview today at Chick-Fil-A. I didn’t go but I was really tempted. Not really because of the increase in pay but just for the chance at maybe switching to a less toxic workplace. But who knows, maybe it would’ve been worse.
He was the guy who trained me on my first 2 weeks. Im not sure if all McDonald’s are like this but there’s managers, supervisors and then there’s like people who aren’t supervisors but are given the role to lead. Well anyway he’s like a team lead. It just depends on seniority or something like that.
I find him dreadful because he’s always losing his cool and cussing up a storm whenever things don’t go his way. For example, we just started cooking the McRib again and it was my first time cooking that item. I messed up the process twice but not in a really bad way. I simply cooked too many and had them sitting in the food warmer. I was already kind of unfocused because I know how he is and then on top of that, another co-worker was giving me directives while I was in the middle of learning. So it was one of those situations where I had to learn while doing 3 other things as well.
I can’t remember the exact phrases he uses but he really makes it so that you know he’s mad at you. Like I said earlier, he’ll cuss and raise his voice. He just seems to have no control over his anger.
What I really like about this job is how easy it is physically and the rest of my co-workers. But this one guy just seems to really drain my energy when I’m there.
In my early days, I wasn’t as fast and so he was extra upset with me then. He was yelling and cussing and the store manager saw it all happening. She sees it happening all the time but doesn’t ever do anything to address the problem. It’s like she’s okay with his behavior.
I’ve left plenty of jobs because of people like this but I’m sickened tired of doing that. I want to hold my ground this time and stay. I don’t think it’s fair for toxic employees to scare off people who aren’t unhinged like this. I’m just glad he isn’t a manager.
It’s not the best job but after having over 30 jobs at the age of 28. I kinda want to build up a level of trust among employers. I had to lie about my past just to get this job and I’m tired of doing that. The rest of my co-workers are easy to get along with and some of them even think the same about this “team lead” as me.
The guy is living out of his car, so he’s stressed and that’s why I don’t ever say a word while he’s in his angry mood but that doesn’t give him the right to berate us.
Everyone has bad days, I have bad days but I don’t take it out on others to deal with it like he does. That’s selfish and unkind. And it’s not like I hate the guy, I even thought about giving him my battery starter because I don’t drive anymore and I figured he might need it if his car battery every dies on him. I can understand peoples behavior but I think I’m getting to a point in my life where I stop tolerating peoples BS.
I had a job interview today at Chick-Fil-A. I didn’t go but I was really tempted. Not really because of the increase in pay but just for the chance at maybe switching to a less toxic workplace. But who knows, maybe it would’ve been worse.
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