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Anonymous asked in Social SciencePsychology · 1 decade ago

This has seriously all happend to me at my past jobs, tell me if its me or if its the girls?

I ended up moving to North Dakota back in 2007, I ended up moving with my sister and her husband in grand forks north dakota, when i got situated the first job that i had was at bath n body works, the training was bad, didn't train my right but i was working with a bunch of girls, when i started working there i was being bullied about where to stand, about how i talk to people and made fun of my of my religion etc, I ended up walking out of the job bc the girl was baptist and was mocking that I was turning into becoming catholic.

So, i walked out of that job and ended up finding another job at hugo's which was a grocery store that was local in grand forks North Dakota, when i worked there i was surrounded by a bunch of druggies, people who were local and i wasn't at all. Well, the Manager Sharon always nick picked on the way I dressed, lied about be having full time and started pushing me out bc I was helping one of the girls crying, she was pregnant and about to have a baby.

I was compassionate to the associates and they didn't like that i was towards them at all, So I ended up quiting that job bc they lied about me having full time hrs and was working only part time status. I ended finding a job at old navy, the people that worked there new the people at hugos bc its a small town, when i worked at old navy they didn't wanna train me right on the register at all, always locked me up in the fitting room, never let me on the sales floor at all.

My hrs were being cut bc I wasn't making any old navy cards but I was only working an hr shift and the people from manitoba canada would come down, the card never implied to them at all, they were bullying me at that job and making fun of my email address and finding reasons to be mean to me, i then was working at menards in the garden center and the girls, one specific name vonnie had a problem with me and would boss me around, harass me an try to get me fired.

When i first started working there they didn't train me right or gave me my packet to start work and all the plants died bc I never got it until later down the season, the people never wanted to talk to me and found reasons to harass me for whatever it may be. I would get yelled at to do one thing, then get yelled at from another person to do another thing, but I'm only one person I can't do.. one thing and then get mad at me for doing something else.

Anyways, i couldn't pay rent so I ended up moving back to minnesota an living with my parents, I think was jobless for about a yr and then.. applied at charlotte russe and I was the top sales associate working there during the holiday in a 4 hr shift, i then started getting cut from the girls i worked with, I wasnt included in that group, they would ask my stupid questions like.. what would you think if I wore this angela, would you judge me at all? I said no.. I don't care about how people dress, it's the personality that counts really.

And they would just laugh at me for it bc I'm not superficial about how people dress or act as long as they treat me with respect, anyways.. I ended up having this job now at A & W and my manager is friends with the store manager at pac sun, they have been cutting my hrs and messing with me as well, the girls are just mean to me for no reason at all. I keep thinking to myself am I selfish, what am I doing wrong, am I not finishing what I'm suppose to do or maybe I'm just depressed and insecure of what to do bc people keep telling me to do one thing and then do another thing at a time.

Can you give me advice, is it me or is it the girls?

Update:

it's 2010 and I'm still having issues at work.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Angela,

    It's you. You feel so sorry for yourself, and blame others for treating you badly or not training you correctly, or lying to you. I'm going to give it to you straight: You looking for all kind of reasons to justify why your jobs never seem to quite work out. Maybe you're working in the wrong sector of business. Maybe you need some type of work where you're not exposed to so many people or co-workers. Aside from that, you need to understand the world can be cruel. It doesn't owe you. You have to go out there and learn to fit in. You can't keep running because their "picking" on you. Get past it. You have to conform to certain things in order to make it in this world. Don't lose what I think your strength may be, and that's sensitivity. Just learn to channel it where you aren't so thinned-skinned and take everything personally.

    Many people will test you just to see what you're made of. You have to establish yourself as a grounded person. Look for something where you can help people...not in buying clothes, or ordering food, but a career-oriented path of work. Maybe a caregiver at daycare center. Nurse's aid, social worker, or anything where you can full fill your sense of helping people. But quit feeling sorry for yourself and move on. Otherwise, you'll continue to brood and feel sorry for yourself. That leads to inaction.

    good luck

  • 1 decade ago

    I would add, talk to your managers, or to the human resource department if there is one. Ask for advice and help on doing your job. Also see if there is an Employee Assistance Program that could get you some counseling.

    Asking for and getting outside help is a good thing. We often don't see our own weaknesses and need help to overcome them to become a better person.

    Good luck.

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