My Boss Says if You Can’t Make Karen Happy Find Another Job... So I Maliciously Comply
Am I the Jerk?
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🗓️ 8 June 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | My boss says if you can't make Karen happy find another job so I maliciously |
| 0:06.2 | comply here's what happened subscribe to am I the jerk on YouTube and hit the |
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| 0:13.2 | I work at a well-known huge grocery store in the bakery slash deli. |
| 0:17.6 | I've been in the general area now for three years, been in management and recently stepped down this year to focus on college. |
| 0:25.0 | In early July, I turned in my letter of resignation, letting them know that August 13th would be my last |
| 0:30.8 | day. |
| 0:31.8 | It's now about mid-July, and we've got an audit going on. |
| 0:35.2 | Basically everything has to be perfect. They ask you questions about your job and |
| 0:40.0 | everything has to be up to code. Up till this point, we've been having an issue with staffing because instead of hiring |
| 0:46.0 | employees full-time, they hire everyone part-time. |
| 0:49.6 | I'm the only full-time employee in my department. |
| 0:53.2 | Because of this, there's never enough people to work, and they'll schedule four people |
| 0:57.1 | working three to four-hour shifts one night. |
| 0:59.9 | And then the next one person will be closing alone the entire night, usually me. |
| 1:04.9 | I'm fine with that. |
| 1:06.2 | I enjoy working alone. |
| 1:08.0 | But this night was extra stressful with all the extra work I had to do because of the audit. I was all alone the night in question and |
| 1:15.0 | working a shorter shift than usual. We tend to close the deli around 8 p.m. and have two hours to clean |
| 1:21.3 | up. I was scheduled till 830 and spoke to my managers about it and got permission |
| 1:26.2 | to close at 5 so I could take my lunch break and have two hours to close up. My managers also said that |
| 1:32.1 | I would be sent someone around 7.30 PM to help me close on time. |
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