Even though it wasn’t really my fault, I feel bad for the role I played in my manager deciding to quit

The boss clearly favored me despite the shit ton of work and effort he put in. I mean sure my sales were pretty good, but he was the main person ensuring everything ran smoothly. He worked his ass off and customers loved him. He had ambitious ideas for the store and did his best to implement them. But I was the “golden pony” as he put it. Me, who shows up late everyday and usually doesn’t finish doing inventory.

I feel a bit guilty. I mean I’m glad the boss likes me and everything but it feels a bit undeserved. He was the real star

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MarkPaul · 26-30, M

I don't know what to say. This seems underhanded [u]if[/u] you grandstanded to push him out of the way to showcase your own ambitions.

Zeuro · 26-30, F

@MarkPaul I don’t really know how I could have grandstanded or anything like that. All I really did was have good sales numbers. My boss would praise me and I would say thank you, sometimes saying it was probably luck being scheduled at certain days/times.

To the extent that it was conversationally relevant, I did my best to let her know how much the manager did to enable us to sell well, I knew he desperately needed a raise and wanted to do what I could to convince the boss that he deserved one.

It seemed like the main thing my boss cared about was just the numbers on the paper and I guess mine were the highest more often than chance.

There’s other reasons he quit to but I think not being appreciated was the main one.

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

@Zeuro Oh... well maybe I didn't know all the facts then.