i hate my manager

i recently got my first job working at a candy store. when i first met my manager she was nice and friendly, she would tell me all these cool stories and we made lots of small talk while working. well, that certaintly didnt last long. within the first week of working there, i would always mess up sealing these bags of candy and was a little shy when greeting the customers. i guess that really ticked me off, because she became all cold and harsh on me. she kept telling me i keep messing up with the smallest, easiest tasks anyone could do while working at a candy shop. at first i understood her frusturation and took her criticisms to fix my mistakes, but no.. that did not make things better. when im working with my coworkers, she sends me to mop the back while she complains to them about how im making such an easy job seem so difficult. she's this middle-aged lady and i'm only 16 and she's gossiping and talking smack about me like some sort of mean girl in high school. i was initially able to ignore all of this, but all this stress built up over time. finals week and i was stressed out. i couldnt celebrate my birthday because i was too stressed over my major tests, but i was called in to work on the day of my birthday. i was extremely sleep deprived and tired from taking all my tests, so i go to work hoping to just work silently along my manager. she kept commanding and demanding to do things and i silently complied though i was annoyed. she then makes fun of me for "bending over" so much when i read the scale, saying i looked "weird" to the customers. then she asks me if a "brush my hair" saying i looked unpresentable and sent me to the back to brush my hair. i apolgize, because my hair was pretty messy, but it the way she worded her words made me want to cry. during the last hour, im exhausted. the store owner comes in, and she can tell im freaking burnt out. she says i have a piece of hair sticking out and kindly gets a bobby pin, fixing my hair for me while asking if my birthday was this week. as i tell her that today was my birthday, i hear the manager in the back laughing to herself "she really needs to learn how to use a hairbrush too". atp i couldnt hold in my tears anymore and just started crying. my manager glares at me as if im hysterical and crazy while the owner is genuinely concerned for me. time skip a new girl is hired, and i wondered if the manager would treat her the same way. but no. the manager adores her like all the other coworkers, and she's always joking around with them, "massaging their backs" when they feel sore, and kindly correcting them if they mess up. the two of them stand behind the counter talking while the manager assigns me to go do the tedious work wiping candy bins on the floor and i can only stand there and watch them talk. right when the manager leaves my new coworker says she was "frightened" by the way the manger talked to me, saying she sounded so cold and harsh which was surprising. well. she clearly hates me and i genuinely do not know what i did wrong. she makes me feel like such a helpless loser. qojpr3ewifrskdjbghkjrji32013r9owejpfidslk

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anonymous Work February 07, 2026 at 8:40 pm 0 0