My manager is passive-aggressive with me whenever I leave on time, and I don't understand why.
I'm a designer at a very small company with only 6 people. I work from 9 to 5 and my salary is about $2100 a month. It's not a huge salary, and we definitely don't get paid for overtime. I stay late if there's a real work crunch, maybe twice a month or so, but that's it.
Usually, I leave at exactly 5. And I always deliver my projects on time.
But for about a month now, my manager has been acting very strangely as I'm leaving. When I say goodbye to her, she responds with a cold 'uh-huh' in a very annoyed tone. The vibe has completely changed.
A few weeks ago in a meeting, she asked me to redo a project based on new feedback from the client. She told me something like, 'If you think you need more time, you should stay late and make it perfect.' I didn't stay late, but I worked efficiently and finished it before the deadline the next day.
When I showed it to her, she told me my work looked rushed and that I wasn't proactive. She seemed genuinely annoyed that I didn't stay for extra hours and asked me to redo it again. I did it, finished it exactly on time, and was packing my things to leave today. I said 'see you tomorrow' as she walked past me, she looked right through me and kept walking.
I'm really confused. What am I even doing wrong? For context, this is my first real job and I've been here for about 10 months.