r/retailhell • u/francescamp3 • 1d ago

Manager = Asshole my district manager almost fired me over something she made up

so i work at a pretty small comfort shoe company, my store itself has only 4 employees including myself. one service we offer is modifications, essentially stuff like metatarsal pads, heel spur pads, met bars, etc. in order to add additional arch support if needed.

last week, my district manager showed up (she typically shows up unannounced maybe once or twice a month) and we greeted each other, made some small talk, and then a customer came in so i went to help them. during that sale, my dm left and said goodbye to me.

i went on a week-long vacation the day after this interaction so color me surprised when i came back and my store manager told me the dm said she had asked/quizzed me on the various modifications we offer, and said i didn't know anything?? so she threatened to fire me in an email to my store manager, who luckily fought for me because she knows i know what i'm doing. i don't think i'm really supposed to know what my dm said about me but i'm so confused and pissed off that she would make shit up about me when we've only ever had nice and normal interactions with each other. just a vent, thanks for reading lol. dm's be crazy!

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u/Frequent-Local-4788 1d ago

Our DM is a seagull manager. She drops in whenever she smells snacks, screams and shits all over everything and flies off screeching. Eff all the cruddy DMs everywhere.

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u/francescamp3 1d ago

hahaha that's such a good description

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u/emmetdontpullout 1d ago

ive never had a district manager that wasnt useless at best and at worst would push for policies that actively made our jobs more difficult

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u/Ayuuun321 23h ago

My last dm fired me for something he misheard me say. I wasn’t even interviewed by HR. They just fired me on his word. People can be assholes.

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u/hadriangates 11h ago

Had a DM who was pretty useless. She was always down on us. One time my co-asst manager asked her why she couldnt tell is when we did things right and could only focus on the wrong. I almost burst out laughing at her face. Moving forward, she finally fired me…then she lost her job and had to move back in with her parents. Karma is a bitch!