Manager Neglects Employee's Warning to Fill Up a Vacant Weekend Position, Gets Demoted for It

Asking for assistance is perfectly acceptable. We are all human; therefore, no one expects us to be flawless all the time.

Furthermore, it doesn't necessarily mean that someone is being cruel or patronizing if they try to explain what you're doing incorrectly. They might simply be trying to help you because they want to see you succeed.

Being negative at work is helpful to no one. However, this particular manager was unable to comprehend this. 

Her predecessor had an emergency, so she had only recently been promoted to supervisor. This meant that she lacked the skills necessary to handle the issues that arose every day.

The icing on the cake was that she detested asking for assistance or help of any sort. Additionally, it meant that employees had to correct her errors, which resulted in late work and missed shifts.

However, they typically succeeded, except for one occasion when she made a serious mistake and lost her job as a result. The OP was the one who tried to ensure that this mistake was averted, but instead, she wanted to prove that she had everything under control.

Read the entire story for yourself below.

The OP kicks off his story with a title

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The OP often had to ask around for extra shifts to make ends meet

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The OP often told her that he'd be available for more shifts to cover X or Y

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Her response was an extra-long email on work ethics and respect for colleagues' time

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They couldn't just put the OP on the schedule and expect him to show up

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The OP made it clear that she made no attempt to contact him

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The OP ended up being promoted to full-time shortly after Brenda left

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To summarize the whole story...

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Here is some extra information about the bits and pieces in the story

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There is a process to improve employee performance

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She realized too late that she had messed up

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The Reddit post has over 23k upvotes with more than 200 comments. Below are some of their replies.

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Someone also shared a similar story

I’ve had something similar happen to me when I worked at the Blue Light Special Store. I would check the schedule and see I was off on such-and-such a day, two or three days out. I’d check it daily to make sure, and up until the last day I was working that week, I was scheduled off that day.Well, like you, I’d be doing something on that off day, and I’d get called, asking where I was, that I was supposed to be working from 8 AM (when the store opened) to 5 PM. I asked when the schedule changed. They’d say last night before closing. I asked exactly when. They’d say something like 6 or 7 PM. Well, that’s odd, because when I checked the schedule when I left yesterday at FIVE O’CLOCK, it said I was still off. They asked if I could come in. I really needed the hours, but I said I couldn’t; I was in the middle of something I couldn’t break away from. As productivity expert Robin Sharma states, "Time management is life management," emphasizing the importance of respecting our own schedules and commitments. That “something” might have been watching TV, playing some games, washing dishes, or just doing nothing.

Sounds like they were trying to get you fired

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Things would have never changed

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Just because you hold a high position doesn't mean that you can handle everything. Sometimes, it's important to listen and seek help where necessary.

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