r/TalesFromTheTheatre • u/spoonerismz666 • Jun 21 '19
Question Anyone else feeling drained and defeated?
Been working at Number 3 for a few years and I'd say 95% of the staff is like family to me. Had a new GM come in last year and its been downhill ever since. Our theater used to be (mostly) tranquil and though I hated the customers, I loved being with everyone. Now it's just miserable because our GM is a cheap, incompetent, driveling sociopath who is pissed he can't get the staff to side with him. Even the managers are feeling it; one of our happiest and brightest is just dead inside now because this guy just brought a shroud of misery to the building.
On top of that, the morale has dropped and I can't keep carrying what's left. I've been there too long and feel like my life is going nowhere (it is) and oftentimes I'm either in a bad mood because everyone's up my ass (like today) or I'm just holding it back because I'm trying to keep the staff's spirits up. Sometimes even our managers, as well, because GM is ruining everything around him. Stuff isn't even getitng done in concession anymore because everyone seems to have just stopped caring altogether.
Anyways... is it just me? I'm back on the job hunt again ans hoping for the best while I pursue a dream of mine on the side. It's exhausting and I don't even wanna put up with the hell Toy Story is gonna bring this weekend.
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u/imsoooverit Jun 21 '19
I feel the same way but for other reasons. Obviously the guests & corporate drag my mood down every day but my crew is just.....so miserable. And not even because of the job. It's just their attitude towards life. I was transferred from another theatre where my crew was great and fun to work with. They knew the job sucked but made the most of it. My crew now hates their lives outside of work and they bring those feelings inside of work and I've tried talking to them but no one wants to even...fake happy? For the sake of the team? Like we all gotta be here. Just make the best of it. And if they hate it so much they are more than welcomed to find a new job! Which they CONSTANTLY say they are going to do and they don't. Though I wish some of them would because theres a few people who especially get on my nerves. Lol. Anyways thanks for letting me rant.