Assistant Store Manager Badly Treated an Employee and Sparked a Walk-Out, Leading to a Catastrophic Chain of Events

There are many higher-ups for whom you’ll be grateful, even if you’re working long hours each week. These mentor-like figures are someone to lean on and wouldn’t dangle their position over your head when they want to extort something from you.

Then there are the bosses who see nothing but power. No teamwork, no work ethic, just blinding authority. The power trip they experience from abusing their privileges often makes you question why they were hired in the first place.

You might be familiar with that situation, but it’s not every day that you get the chance to exact revenge on them. So, if you need to live vicariously through someone, this OP has the right story for you.

OP has been working in her industry for about eight years. She started and continued her seven years in one branch, and during her eighth year, she was transferred to another store after deciding to move in with her best friend and her husband.

That store assumed she wanted to work part-time, so she took on another part-time job at a gym. Even then, she moved from department to department as the store was still short-staffed.

A few months after her move, her best friend's godchild was born. OP opted to take care of her whenever she could, not realizing how much a certain new assistant manager would hold that against her.

This is how OP started the post

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OP recounted how she had to move from one state to another

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The store was functioning with a skeletal workforce while she pushed for a full-time job

Then OP’s godchild was born, which was a great gift.

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OP made a good impression on her co-workers and continued to work hard

Everything was going well until the new assistant manager arrived.

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When OP finally worked full-time with the supervisor, a lot of conflict ensued

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Rumors started circulating around the workplace that OP’s niece was, in fact, her actual daughter, and there was suspicion that it was the ASM behind it

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OP's problems began to pile up ever since they canceled her leave

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She was in contact with her supervisor, who then tested positive, so she had to isolate, but they still hounded her with work calls

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OP then had an emergency that required her to be absent from work

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They called her relentlessly despite the dangerous circumstances if she returned to work

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OP filed her resignation after the third strike but was blackmailed by the ASM

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OP finally confirmed the source of the rumor, and the ASM didn't realize that OP's friends knew about it. They were as upset as OP

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After OP quit, a series of unfortunate events unfolded for management

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Department after department began to leave

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This update was the last OP knew, and it was catastrophic, to say the least

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OP is doing great with her new job, especially without an ASM like the last one

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Redditors are very aware of how badly OP was treated by the ASM and wish her nothing but revenge as well

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If OP wishes to update us, we’re all ears

Roariii

Maybe it isn’t surprising to find someone like the ASM in that specific chain of stores, and OP was just lucky to have worked with better co-workers during her seven years

Slumbering_Oaf

His jaw must’ve dropped quickly, and so did his attitude

Artilleryman08

The only thing the ASM could positively contribute is the negative impact employees like her have on a company’s demise

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People were surprised that OP and her co-workers weren’t stopped by the higher-ups when they tried to take matters into their own hands

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And OP explained how they did it without being run over by unnecessary rules

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If some of them decide to take legal action, then OP can consider this

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The workers didn’t deserve that treatment, and they weren’t paid enough to deal with the drama. If they can gain something positive from it, it might be worth looking into legal counsel

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Unfortunately, there might not be protections in place for workers in the U.S.A.

LuxNocte

If the ASM was doing all of that, where was her boss?

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It wasn’t the best answer

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But after everything, it proved one thing

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People think that power is the greatest thing they’ll have in their workplace. But OP didn’t last that long just because she was drunk on power. 

It was because she treated her work and her co-workers well. They didn’t value her, though, and what workers collectively contribute to the company; that's why the chain of events sparked so quickly.

What do you think happened next to the ASM? We’d love to hear your guesses in the comments.