My job is making me extremely unhappy and everyone thinks I’m overreacting.
First time poster.
I am a 31F, I have been in my current profession for 14 years as I started right out of high school. I have worked many different jobs (same field) but different variations.
I started my career at a corporate chain as an w-2 employee before trying booth rent and then commission pay.
My issue is I’m extremely unhappy at my job, honestly the only thing keeping me there is that I genuinely love what I do. This job is also the highest I have EVER been paid. I have looked for other employment in the same field but would be taking a major pay cut, to where I may not be able to afford my bills. Most things about this job are great but I’ll get down to the issues.
Firstly, our manager has no experience in the field. I can accept that, some people are great at technically skills, others are numbers growing the business/helping employees build skills and day to day managerial duties.
She does none of that, we are constantly out of supplies we need in the workplace. We never have change for customers because she doesn’t “feel like going to the bank”
Anytime she does something wrong, or even an honest mistake. She will take no accountability; not even a “my bad” no apology, nothing.
Honestly I think the root of the problem is that she has (still is) been having an affair with the owner of the business. He is technically still married and the knew his wife who was helping with the business when our current manager was a part time employee. After the affair started, she became manager and it has led to all kinds of issues. Favoritism, double standards, the inappropriate workplace environment. She is constantly taking almost every weekend off to go on a trip but says it’s “the rules” to find a cover for your shift (even if you request off 6 months in advance) (also since everyone is already working, how could anyone else cover?)
I’m truly as a loss. The only reason I stay is because of the money, I’ve never made this much in my life and have looked and found nowhere close to this amount. It’s tearing me about trying to decide is it worth crying everyday, destroying my mental health when the trade off is to leave and not be able to pay my bills.
Sorry this post is so long. I just really need advice.
(Side note: there is no HR to report to since this is a small business)