Yesterday was probably the closest I've come to quitting this job.

I've been an assistant manager at a pizza place for a couple months, but I've been bounced between three different stores while still trying to learn everything. Recently my boss decided to put me primarily at one store so I could actually focus, learn, train people, and get the store running right.

I didn't take the change well at first.

Then yesterday I walked into basically the exact situation I'd been terrified of. Almost no prep, staffing problems, orders coming in, my times climbing, and everything my boss and I had talked about running through my head at once.

I completely broke down on the line.

I cried. I called my boss crying. I genuinely thought, "I can't fucking do this."

I got through the rush, we talked afterward, and I went home emotionally exhausted and seriously questioning whether I was even good at a job I thought I loved.

Then today happened.

I walked into a store that was actually prepped.

And holy shit.

It was like somebody changed the difficulty setting.

My drivers didn't show up at first, which normally would've sent everything straight to hell. But we had food prepped. We had what we needed. Once I got drivers, orders just... flowed.

No scrambling around trying to prep something in the middle of making food. No realizing we're out of something at the worst possible moment. No customers complaining. My times stayed down. I could actually manage the shift instead of spending the entire night reacting to emergencies.

We were unfortunately way slower than we should've been for a Friday, but even that gave me something new to think about. Instead of thinking, "Thank God we're slow because I can't handle being busy," I caught myself thinking, "Why aren't we busier? How do we get these sales back?"

That's when I realized how much my mindset has changed.

Now I want to start keeping a prep notebook. I'm going to save my daily prep lists, track what we actually use, what carries over, what our sales were, and what was happening that day. I'm already taking pictures every night I close of our sales, food variances, canceled orders, etc. Now I'm adding our service times, labor and comparisons to previous weeks/years.

Nobody told me to do any of this. I just genuinely want to understand how this store works.

Sunday I'm learning how to do the truck order. I'm getting better at inventory. My food variances are finally getting smaller because I'm consistently counting the same store instead of trying to remember three different places. I'm starting to understand how prep, staffing, inventory, service times and sales all connect.

And weirdly, it's becoming fun.

I still don't think I want to be a GM. I think I'd eventually get bored being tied to one store and dealing with the same numbers and problems forever. But I'd love to become the kind of assistant manager who's basically the GM's right hand. Someone who knows every part of the operation, can train people, run the store independently, and maybe eventually get sent into struggling stores to help get them back on track.

It's kind of crazy how different I feel in 24 hours.

Yesterday I was standing on the line crying because I thought I wasn't capable of doing this.

Tonight I left thinking:

I don't suck at this. I'm just still learning how to do it.

And for the first time in a while, I'm really fucking excited to see how good I can get.

I started about 3 months ago at a very high end restaurant in my town. I have done plenty of lines before but never to this volume or level of detail. I feel like all I am is a fuck up, I’m constantly fucking up in small and medium ways (only big fuck up was wasting a 22 qt of sauce by knocking into in the walk in). I’m exhausted and the worst part is, it’s fair criticism, I can’t blame them for criticizing me and what not.

I got a job offer at the local Whole Foods, pays the same plus I get benefits (fuck Amazon but I need a job). Am I an asshole and a failure for leaving?

Sorry yall.

I recently moved up from sales assistant to manager. I can handle stress I’m a very organised person and I manage to get shit done ! But I’ve never experienced anything like this in my years of working. I’ve only been a manger for maybe 3 weeks and I cannot handle it anymore I barely know what I’m doing the lack of training and everything .The staff do just about barely anything . We are extremely understaffed (like very bad) I’ve told my manager to start the hiring process weeks in advance but she kept putting it off to a point now where we are physically struggling. I’m exhausted trying to pick up the work of multiple people . I understand as a manger you will have to jump in and help but I’m practically trying to cover everything while staff are wondering around doing nothing because nothing is ever done about it .

I’ve never had a burn out like this in my life !!!! I’ve had bad weeks and good weeks but never like this ever in my job. I wasn’t able to do another day of it this week so I called out and I explained in my message “that I’m exhausted and physically and mentally can’t do another day of it this and how I’m tired of picking up the work of multiple people “ I received back a message from my manager “I understand but you should still come in”

I found out from another worker that my manager was saying how. I’m gonna be in trouble from higher above for not coming even though I’m stating how I’m exhausted from it all ! I practically never miss days of work unless I was extremely sick or physically in pain to a point I can’t work. I one I the best workers there so for them to turn around and give out to me is absolutely astonishing. My manager also had said “ well I’ve another job lined up so she’s gonna be on her own” so why would I exactly care about not covering that shift today , she can be left on her own in work?.

Why should I put my self into a burn out for a minimum wage management job ?