I am so over it! Great Job, Shitty Manager
I love my job. Up until recently I loved almost everything about it. I had a great manager and felt supported. Long story short, I moved from house manager to residential manager. I gave it a shot, but after 3 months I stepped back into the house manager role. They gave me an RM (new to the company) that has no person centered thinking skills at all…. NONE WHATSOEVER! I have had several issues starting from my second day back as an HM. It would take to long to explain every issue I’ve had in the 3 month she’s been my direct manager.
So we have a buddy system for HMs, where if you need time off whether you are using PTO or not, you can have another house manager take your calls. Well, I decided to take a 3 day weekend because I’ve been working 6 days a week since February 1st and I start my Bachelor’s in Human and Social Services on Wednesday. I dutifully set up for another HM to take calls for me these 3 days.
Today my RM texts me with a list of shit from her doing a site visit. Like there’s no thermometer in the chest freezer, (Yes there is, maybe try moving the food around to find it), One of the persons supported has no towels in the bathroom, (we keep them elsewhere), debris under the ramp outside, etc. Nothing on this list was an emergency.
I replied to her message thanks for letting me know and assured her I’d be on it first thing Monday morning. She told me she wanted it done today, for me to email my staff and delegate the tasks. I told her then she would need to call the HM that is on call for me this weekend, that she is the one taking my calls this weekend. This little girl (she’s 21 so maybe she thinks this is how she earns respect, by micromanaging and just being rude as hell) told me she not calling the other HM and she’ll be checking 8 am Monday to make sure it’s done. I told her if she’s not going to call the other HM then I will have it completed by Monday afternoon.
I just don’t understand why the constant attitude. It’s not just me, all three of her other HMs have very similar experiences with her. We’re all 100% fed up. I messaged the HM on call for me with receipts and she agrees. She said she would have had no issue at all emailing my staff to delegate tasks.
Maybe this is petty of me, but I told her DON’T do it. If the RM isn’t going to call her and ask her herself, then I’ll take care of it Monday.