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My boss is seriously on some other ##%. (kinda long)
Basically, I had one boss, the owner of my store, but he decided to take on 2 partners, one of which is now my direct superior. My first boss (original owner) wanted to take a step back from the Operations side of the company but he is still a 50% owner.
Anyway, the store I run has had all sorts of problems since before I became the GM of the store. Equipment and system malfunctions are the biggest issue which cause loss of product, and everything breaks down on a weekly basis. Original boss knows all about this and knows that we spent months trying to get it under control. The final result was that we could not solve the problem but try and get the "symptoms" under control, however every once in awhile, things go haywire again and I can't stop it.
Well we just had another cycle of this recently, and new boss wrote me up for it. I gave a 2.5 page response to my write up addressing all the things he wrote me up for and explaining how it's been an on-going problem and original boss knows this. I even offered up 4 months worth of emails between me, the owner and the CEO of our company showing that this had been a problem before he even joined the company. I even spoke to him on the phone about it and he said he understood, yet he still gave me the write-up anyway. Another thing he does is that if I make a small mistake, say on my inventory where I forget to fill in a space, he won't tell me about it so that I can correct the mistake, but will still hold it against me.
I was having an issue on my inventory and called to ask him about it and he said "That's because you're entering the information wrong. You've done it the last 3 weeks and every time I have to go in and correct it." yet not once did he call and tell me that I entered the numbers wrong or show me how to correct it.
How can you expect me to correct something if you don't tell me that it's wrong?
He seriously has no social skills or know how to talk to people. He asks me for marketing ideas and if I give him one and he doesn't like it, he's laugh at me, roll his eyes or tell me that it's the stupidest idea he's ever heard and then when I don't offer up ideas anymore (because I'm tired of getting that reaction) then he gets on my case about why I'm not offering up marketing ideas. I really feel like he just doesn't like me and is trying to look for every way he can to fire me by giving me bogus write-ups. I need this job because I make great money and get a company car to drive, but I'm so tired of dealing with him and go to work stressed. Plus I'm afraid if he fires me, I won't be able to get unemployment and I'll be %%% out. I want to go talk to my original boss about this because he knows that the stuff going on in the store isn't my fault, but I don't want it to look like I'm running behind new bosses back to tattle. What should I do?
Cliffs notes:
Original boss took on partners
New boss is an @%*@+%% who writes me up for stuff that I can't control
I'm afraid he's looking for reasons to fire me
I'm scared I won't get unemployment if he does fire me
I want to talk to original boss about new boss but don't wanna get in trouble for tattling
Basically, I had one boss, the owner of my store, but he decided to take on 2 partners, one of which is now my direct superior. My first boss (original owner) wanted to take a step back from the Operations side of the company but he is still a 50% owner.
Anyway, the store I run has had all sorts of problems since before I became the GM of the store. Equipment and system malfunctions are the biggest issue which cause loss of product, and everything breaks down on a weekly basis. Original boss knows all about this and knows that we spent months trying to get it under control. The final result was that we could not solve the problem but try and get the "symptoms" under control, however every once in awhile, things go haywire again and I can't stop it.
Well we just had another cycle of this recently, and new boss wrote me up for it. I gave a 2.5 page response to my write up addressing all the things he wrote me up for and explaining how it's been an on-going problem and original boss knows this. I even offered up 4 months worth of emails between me, the owner and the CEO of our company showing that this had been a problem before he even joined the company. I even spoke to him on the phone about it and he said he understood, yet he still gave me the write-up anyway. Another thing he does is that if I make a small mistake, say on my inventory where I forget to fill in a space, he won't tell me about it so that I can correct the mistake, but will still hold it against me.
I was having an issue on my inventory and called to ask him about it and he said "That's because you're entering the information wrong. You've done it the last 3 weeks and every time I have to go in and correct it." yet not once did he call and tell me that I entered the numbers wrong or show me how to correct it.
He seriously has no social skills or know how to talk to people. He asks me for marketing ideas and if I give him one and he doesn't like it, he's laugh at me, roll his eyes or tell me that it's the stupidest idea he's ever heard and then when I don't offer up ideas anymore (because I'm tired of getting that reaction) then he gets on my case about why I'm not offering up marketing ideas. I really feel like he just doesn't like me and is trying to look for every way he can to fire me by giving me bogus write-ups. I need this job because I make great money and get a company car to drive, but I'm so tired of dealing with him and go to work stressed. Plus I'm afraid if he fires me, I won't be able to get unemployment and I'll be %%% out. I want to go talk to my original boss about this because he knows that the stuff going on in the store isn't my fault, but I don't want it to look like I'm running behind new bosses back to tattle. What should I do?
Cliffs notes:
Original boss took on partners
New boss is an @%*@+%% who writes me up for stuff that I can't control
I'm afraid he's looking for reasons to fire me
I'm scared I won't get unemployment if he does fire me
I want to talk to original boss about new boss but don't wanna get in trouble for tattling
