u/witchbitchbeauty

Hello Reddit, I am in need of some insight or perspective from those who have no skin in the game. I (36F) have worked full time at my job for almost 7 years now. I run the catering department at a sub shop. Not a major chain but a chain nonetheless. At my peek my sales gained me notoriety in the company and I was #3 of the 30 some stores we have. They even offered me a promotion but I turned it down because with my tips I made more than what was offered to me. After this, they opened up two new stores in my city. Yes my delivery radius was cut for their openings but my sales were still double theirs each and every week. My company still gave me ridiculously high projections not taking into account the sales cannibleization the new stores inflicted. My sales platued.

Around this time we got a new area director, I will call him Bane. Bane never liked me and has been very rude and sometimes a straight up dick to me. But he is to everyone so I shrugged it off and tried to keep my distance when he would visit. Bane implemented changes that were sometimes counterintuitive and just out right made my job harder for no apartment reason, but I complied and made whatever changes he asked for. On one particular visit he had nothing to complain about, that is until he found out that I made the croutons. Instead of asking why catering made the croutons (it is the bakers job) instead of making sales calls, he dumped out a couple cups and when through each piece one by one stating " this one is too big, this one's fine" and so on so forth. I looked at him stunned as I didnt measure each and every peice of bread and none of them were extremely big. I asked how they tasted and he said "perfect" and walked away.

Last October I was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer, it was a shock but I kept working full time until I underwent surgery at the end of December. The surgery was a success but I needed 6 weeks of recovery followed by 6 months of taking the chemo pill. I was denied my short term disability I had been paying into for 6 years and was absolutely broke from medical bills and my regular bills. I was determined to go back to work as soon as possible, and I did. I was very proud of myself for working full time, and sometimes overtime, while exhausted from chemo. That is until last week when Bane visited.

He didn't speak to me at all, which was fine with me. My GM, who I am very close with, looked distraught after he left. I asked if there was anything I needed to work on and she said she needed to digest everything and would talk to me the next morning. The next morning she tells me that Bane said the store's sales (both retail and catering) were down and it is the catering departments fault. The catering department is one person, me. She said he said "I don't care she had cancer, you have to hold her accountable or I will hold you accountable". I could tell this is not a conversation she would ever willingly have. I told her since I was back i had been sending my sales emails and logging them. When I was gone the girl covering for me hadn't done any, so why am I to blame? I guess my emails weren't good enough though and he wants me to go out to businesses and drum up sales.

The problem is I'm immunocompromised from my chemo. I wear a mask when I'm out on deliveries and my interactions with clients are pretty limited. I go in and set up the food and leave. I don't shake hands and ask for their card and have a conversation. Nor do I think going into businesses with a mask on trying to sell them food is a good look. Am I wrong? I'm so tired after my shift I just want to go home and not go out and get sales. Am I being lazy and unreasonable? Any insight is appreciated. Thanks.

Hello Reddit, I am in need of some insight or perspective from those who have no skin in the game. I (36F) have worked full time at my job for almost 7 years now. I run the catering department at a sub shop. Not a major chain but a chain nonetheless. At my peek my sales gained me notoriety in the company and I was #3 of the 30 some stores we have. They even offered me a promotion but I turned it down because with my tips I made more than what was offered to me. After this, they opened up two new stores in my city. Yes my delivery radius was cut for their openings but my sales were still double theirs each and every week. My company still gave me ridiculously high projections not taking into account the sales cannibleization the new stores inflicted. My sales platued.

Around this time we got a new area director, I will call him Bane. Bane never liked me and has been very rude and sometimes a straight up dick to me. But he is to everyone so I shrugged it off and tried to keep my distance when he would visit. Bane implemented changes that were sometimes counterintuitive and just out right made my job harder for no apartment reason, but I complied and made whatever changes he asked for. On one particular visit he had nothing to complain about, that is until he found out that I made the croutons. Instead of asking why catering made the croutons (it is the bakers job) instead of making sales calls, he dumped out a couple cups and when through each piece one by one stating " this one is too big, this one's fine" and so on so forth. I looked at him stunned as I didnt measure each and every peice of bread and none of them were extremely big. I asked how they tasted and he said "perfect" and walked away.

Last October I was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer, it was a shock but I kept working full time until I underwent surgery at the end of December. The surgery was a success but I needed 6 weeks of recovery followed by 6 months of taking the chemo pill. I was denied my short term disability I had been paying into for 6 years and was absolutely broke from medical bills and my regular bills. I was determined to go back to work as soon as possible, and I did. I was very proud of myself for working full time, and sometimes overtime, while exhausted from chemo. That is until last week when Bane visited.

He didn't speak to me at all, which was fine with me. My GM, who I am very close with, looked distraught after he left. I asked if there was anything I needed to work on and she said she needed to digest everything and would talk to me the next morning. The next morning she tells me that Bane said the store's sales (both retail and catering) were down and it is the catering departments fault. The catering department is one person, me. She said he said "I don't care she had cancer, you have to hold her accountable or I will hold you accountable". I could tell this is not a conversation she would ever willingly have. I told her since I was back i had been sending my sales emails and logging them. When I was gone the girl covering for me hadn't done any, so why am I to blame? I guess my emails weren't good enough though and he wants me to go out to businesses and drum up sales.

The problem is I'm immunocompromised from my chemo. I wear a mask when I'm out on deliveries and my interactions with clients are pretty limited. I go in and set up the food and leave. I don't shake hands and ask for their card and have a conversation. Nor do I think going into businesses with a mask on trying to sell them food is a good look. Am I wrong? I'm so tired after my shift I just want to go home and not go out and get sales. Am I being lazy and unreasonable? Any insight is appreciated. Thanks.