#WorkplaceAbuse #ToxicWorkEnvironment #ManagerialBehavior
Hey everyone, 🌟
I need your input on something that happened at work recently and I want to know if I’m the crazy one here. 🤔
So, my manager completely lost it the other day when I made a mistake with an order (only my second one in 9 months!). Not only did he scream and yell at me, but he actually ripped the company phone out of the wall and threw it on the ground! 🚫📞
Here’s what went down:
– Manager cussed me out and called me a bad worker
– He blamed me for everything wrong with the takeout department
– I was left in tears and feeling completely belittled
I brought it up to the general manager, and they shrugged it off, focusing only on my mistake rather than the manager’s behavior. 😡
I’m at a loss here. Is this kind of behavior normal in the workplace? Am I overreacting by feeling upset? 🤯
Possible Solutions:
– Consider talking to HR or a higher-up in the company
– Seek advice from a workplace counselor or therapist
– Connect with other coworkers to see if they have similar experiences
Please share your thoughts and advice on how to handle this situation. I could really use some guidance! 🙏
just a heads up if a man in his 40s is in a supervisor job that a teenager or young adult is eligible for it says A LOT about that person. If youre living with your parents and you dont need the job give him what he gives you. Antagonize him, if that MF touches you….youll be rich AF considering youre a minor
They have shown you how to communicate, screaming and shouting, slamming and breaking stuff… In the end ‘you just had a bad day’
2nd mistake in 9 months, that is a job well done. Everybody makes mistakes, sometimes things happen. During that time, company made a lot of profit from the things you made right. Probably, the customer is not even angry, he just wants his sandwich. How many times have you been at a fast food place and had to get back because some item was missing? Did it bankrupt that place?
What did your bully do to resolve the issue? Yell and cosplay as a drill seargent? If someone fucked up, it was not a missing sandwich. It was the person who hired that sad excuse for a manager. That’s a whole salary to turn you away from that company.
Nothing about his behavior is normal. Gtfo asap
he has anger management issues and is a liability, if the GM does not can him for destruction of property then i would go to the police and file a report about the event you told us so if he escalates there is a papertrail and the restaurant can also be liable should you get hurt by him. Also go to HR as well as it as already escalated to destruction of property.
Maybe I missed something. You said this is a multi- million dollar company, right?
If that’s the case, everyone has a boss. I would be calling the corporate office and having a chat with the Human resource office.
If there’s a corporate behind it, have someone call and report his behavior. I’d imagine this was in an area customers could see?
Quit! Torch the person and restaurant on every site you can.
If this place is a franchise you need to reach out to corporate. Also, look for new employment asap. No notice on this one….
He is a 40 year old man working at the same job you are as a teenager. if it makes you feel any better he is a HUGE loser and you should not take anything he says seriously. think of him like a clown
Tell the gm, loudly. Don’t let him brush it under the rug.
My immediate reaction while he is shouting and screaming would be a 111 / 911 / 999 call to the police requiring urgent attendance as you feel you may be in danger.
His response to forgetting a sandwich is absolutely unhinged. Your GM allowing that shit to continue is beyond comprehension. It’s a fucking sandwich.
Please find a different job. This kind of behavior will fuck up your mental health.
Go get yourself a little notebook. Each and every time this coddled toddler has a tantrum, write down the date, time, whom he directed his hissy fit at, where in the restaurant the hissy fit happened, and the circumstances that lead to it happening. Tough it out for a bit if you can, and under no circumstances *allow anyone to see what you are doing*.
Once you have a dozen or so documented examples, take this to the GM’s boss. In this meeting, you **must** use the phrases “we are afraid for our safety around him” and “hostile work environment” – these are trigger phrases for any management with an ounce of self preservation that should provide all the pucker power required to force a change. Also, document the meeting to the best of your ability.
If nothing changes, or if your hours are mysteriously reduced, find and speak with a labor lawyer immediately – you have documented harassment and intimidation, and your employer is willfully ignoring it. If your hours are cut, you should be able to file for unemployment benefits for the difference in most states *while* you are still employed.
Nothing about that behavior is normal, and he should be talked to by General Manager and given a write-up if not outright termination. Mistakes happen, but they are not the end of the world.
Speaking as a person that has sometimes had my food orders messed up, I would feel that the delay in getting my sandwich does not merit the reaction of this manager.
Not normal. Not common. Not decent. This is a toxic workplace.
Were you subconsciously fearing he would throw the phone hardware at you?! I would be. That type of unhinged rage is scary. You can leave and work elsewhere. Maybe this is constructive dismissal from what he yelled. I hope someone recorded it because this is an awful work environment. Go file for unemployment or get legal aid at the local college or law school. I hope a coworker can support you as a witness to the behavior.
Imagine me – I’m old and get compensated well, but I have to take harsh and bully behavior from both the ragey CEO (f) and a VP petty jerk (m). CEO has lectured me many times, for as long as 20 minutes once how I haven’t done anything since I was hired, I’m not working or care to work. She is applying so much pressure on me that I’m fearing I’ll break. I was hired to replace two full-time roles. I am drowning and feeling frozen with fear at times, so I started counseling a few months ago because I was so fearful of being at work. I was fearing being yelled at like other employees.
You’re not crazy. It’s also not your fault. People will miss things. Mgmt needs to add a check, a process, a step, a person, or something that will lower the frequency of these misses
This is abusive behavior and this guy is a bully. Amazing that he can destroy company property without any consequences
these are the times that you throw out the term “hostile work environment” when talking to the GM. if you keep referring to it as such they will get worried about legal action and actually do something. had an issue in a restaurant i worked in and the moment i said that, they fired the person causing the issue.
Whenever anyone at work starts yelling, just calmy walk away. If you are brave thrn you could try recording, but uf that person is having a tantrum/psychotic episode then doing so mught give them a reason(from their idiotic perspective) to be violent.
Just walk away.
Then leave