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2026-04-27T05:04:33Z

UGH! Change. (┬┬﹏┬┬)

It's something I can never get used to or anticipate. I mean, who would've thought that within a full year most of your coworkers at your workplace are just G.O.N.E. by the end of the upcoming summer?

Here's some context, I work at a reselling franchise and I've been here since the place opened a year ago. I can't name specifics for legality reasons, NDA and all that. We just had our first year anniversary and that's a HUGE achievement! :D

The boss? I like my boss. I like him a lot more than the other places I've worked, he actually tries to do the right thing and he's more than fair. Usually.

My coworkers? Love 'em to death! I can't name another job where I genuinely liked everyone I worked with.

So, when I heard the first notice that my favorite of them was looking for another job, it took a while before my emotions set in and even longer to grapple with the fact it's only a matter of time before she gets accepted to another job. She's talented and has a keen eye, of course she'd be hired immediately. Contrary to me, she disliked some of the things around this place; for very good reasons. Even if it's fine for me, it's not for her; it was getting to the point where she was coming home to drink frequently. I'll never forget sometimes checking up on her and hearing that she took the blame for something she never did, usually calling her fiance to prepare a drink when she gets home.

Maybe I just had rose-tinted glasses is all; meaning that I couldn't see the signs. One thing I did notice, however, was the "game of telephone" as she'd say. Boss-man has a habit of telling one person something and relying on said person to relay that info instead of using the chat we all have. Which, to some degree I understand. Things happen sometimes and you forget to put the thing down in the first place, I do that sometimes too and that was prevalent in every interaction with another person I've had, never had a single moment where something was accurately echoed.

Another thing was the lack of procedure following on the boss' end. Which, granted, he's trying to get better at from what I've seen and he gets corrected by the manager sometimes and takes it in stride. For some reason he seems to get hostile at this coworker in particular, though. I only work on the weekends during school semesters and each time I return it's like some new feud between the two. For her mental health's sake, I'm glad she found greener pastures.

As for the other two that are leaving, one's going to college and the other needs more hours (my boss is allergic to scheduling anyone over 6 hours a day or past 22hrs a week.) If the hours thing doesn't work out here for me either, I'll be on a search after I graduate anyhow. We barely have enough people on the team, I don't want to be the reason this place goes down under just by leaving but I'm keeping my plans open.

If we survive our second summer, I'll be likely to stay so long as we have no more incidents.

ie, we had a special-guest we were hosting and even he was getting concerned about boss-man's mental health and pulled aside a coworker for questioning (to which, she lied about for reputation's sake and not burning a bridge before she leaves).

Can things get better or worse? Let's put it to the test, I guess 🥳

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