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I am a soon to be 24 yo and I just joined a new company a almost a month ago. During the first two weeks I was in a training center and since last week I was deemed ready and put in an office branch.
I am quite introverted, and eversince I came to the office, I just can't befriends my coworker (ex: i can't join the conversation but wheb I do they ignore me) and slowly a small mistake I made like sitting in their swat will make them loudly shout at me.
And I am at fault too since I can't hide my annoyed expression. However ever since then they keep nitpicking my mistakes and make them seems like it's a great deal for the office. Even my way to do something are criticized loudly that even the office boy and the guards will see me getting reprimanded in front of every single person. They will insult my incompetencies in front of customer.
Yesteday, we have to attend a meeting in other branch and I met my friend from training center. They waved at ne cheerfully, and i waved back at them. However they mistook it as me waving at them and they've been whispering that i am such a weird kid, disgusting, and how they glad they wont see once one year paased (my contract only limited for one year).
I am tired. But i am the breadwinner of my family. I want to cry and quit but i need money....
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ReplyI'm middle aged male so older and have worked for several companies over time.
One of my first jobs was at an OfficeMax store working in electronics. When the girls in the back, who worked the Copy Center, would take breaks and lunches, I would cover their area. While there, I always played with those large industrial copiers to figure out all the features and, because I took time to do that, I quickly became the most advanced user back there and knew how to make the machines do things none of the others could. In addition to filling in for them from time to time, they started calling me back to assist when they would have an advance order. Eventually I was moved back there permanently and, when our manager quit, I was promoted to the manager spot.
I had a manager title, I was making more money than I had ever made before, and I thought I was on top of the world and assumed I would just work there for the rest of my life. In reality, I was too young and didn't have enough experience to be a good manager. The pay was higher than any I had gotten before but I was too young to know that the salary was actually quite low, especially considering the responsibilities for the position. Most of the other workers in my area were far older than I was, they were all female, and they were quick to despise me for being their boss. I could tell friends and family that I was the manager and it would make me feel good and they all seemed impressed that I could accomplish such a thing at such a young age but, what they didn't know, is that I was terribly miserable. That low pay that I though was so high wasn't enough to make me want to deal with the stresses of the position.
We had a GM and he was a super nice guy and there were, for some reason, three managers under him. Unfortunately, those managers were SUPER rude. One was an old man who had retired from the military. I guess he though he was still at war. I can't count the number of times he actually yelled at me for something with no regard to being on the floor, being in front of other coworkers, or being in front of customers. This guy was scary and often times yelled at me for things that weren't wrong/broken. In most cases, he just misunderstood something about the product, service, or situation. Another of the two, an old lady, came walking up once with a well dressed woman at her side. When they approached my counter, that manager asked me why I told this lady that we had "some item" in stock when, in fact, we didn't. I had no clue what she was talking about and expressed this to her. She replied stating that this customer, the lady standing beside her, had called the store and that someone with my name said we had this item in stock at the store but, of course, we don't so the customer is upset and this manager escorts her to my area to confront me about it, angrily, in front of other coworkers and customers. After she got in her second dump of hatred, the customer chimed in and said that my voice didn't sound like the voice of the person she was speaking to on the phone. Later, they discovered who provided the incorrect information; the guy had used my name on the phone because he took the call while on his way to break and didn't want to look for the product before responding to the customer so he could start his break asap. And the that third manager once underpriced a large copy job by nearly $700 and wanted me to sign off on the paperwork for it which, essentially, said I was in charge of this job meaning I gave the customer the incorrect price and that I would produce the copies and assemble the manuals. She told me that I wouldn't get in trouble for the incorrect price but she did need me to sign the paperwork since I would be doing the actual work. I refused because of the incorrect price she provided to the customer and she wrote me up for this. I had to go to the GM to straighten this one out.
Those are just SOME of the examples of the things I put up with while I worked at that place and I say all of that to say this; I was too young and inexperienced to know I didn't have to put up with such crap. It was only my second job and I just assumed, "this is what it's like to go to work every day". Nope, I was wrong! None of these managers were good at their jobs and it seems they were all corrupt and/or on a power trip.
Later in life, I earned a degree and started a career. Over the years I've worked for several companies that took such good care of their employees and I would never, never deal with the crap I went through at Office Max so many years ago.
You should know that what you're describing here sounds like a work place no one should be at. As a man whose been around the work force for more than half his life, I would suggest the following. First, you should start looking for a new job. While you're on the hunt for a new place of employment, make notes of the things these people are doing that make you feel uncomfortable and try to ride it out until you can get out of there. If things get worse, and you really feel like you're ready to snap, go to HR with your notes and let them know what you've been dealing with and cite the most recent incident that's pushed you over the edge. You can hope this will resolve the problem but, based on my experiences and stories I've heard from friends and family, you really only have a 50/50 shot of that working out. If things continue to get worse, you'll certainly want to quit. In cases like these, and it's happened to me twice, I don't even turn in a two-weeks' notice. I simply turn in a resignation effective immediately and cite my reasoning for leaving under such short notice. If you're able to ride this out until you find new employment, you'll be good. If you wind up quitting because they're being too rude, you'll want to take a day or two to do absolutely nothing at all. Take a break, visit with some friends, have a few drinks, just do whatever it is you need to do to wind down from it all. Then, when you've reset, get back on the job hunt.
Be sure to check all the major sites with job listings and don't forget to search for openings at the websites for major companies in your area as they may not post one recruiter sites. Don't limit yourself to local work if your skillset will allow for remote work. You could live in Florida and work for a company in Maine. For some companies/positions, they will even offer to pay for your relocation if they need you in the office as opposed to working from home. Keeping these tips in mind will greatly increase the number of jobs you find available to you that you may qualify for.
No matter what happens, we're wishing you the very best in this situation!
Good Luck!
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