I have a friend who’s a manager for a small company that has multiple locations around Birmingham. She’s been with the company for 15 years and is really good at her job. There’s only one problem.
She’s absolutely miserable at work — but she won’t quit.
Every time I see this woman and her husband, the primary topic is the dysfunction in her company. For the last five years or so, there’s been a new owner and he’s a nightmare. She says he’s a “trust fund baby” who’s never worked or made his own money, but he keeps buying small businesses with inherited money and running them into the ground.
Her company is constantly on the verge of shutting down. The power has been turned off for non-payment. Equipment has been repossessed during the work day. Payroll checks have bounced multiple times.
Her husband wants her to quit. She’s been offered multiple other jobs. I’ve suggested over and over that she needs to get out. But she refuses to quit.
Film hurts when I hear, ‘I’ve seen what we can be like together’
I lost my way that night — and it seems I never found my way back
Smallest ray of hope can make us feel a change we need is coming
I can force child to obey me, but obedience comes with high cost
Without things to look forward to, the human heart gets ready to die
He couldn’t mold her into himself, but my dad broke Mother’s spirit
We’re neither friends nor enemies, just strangers who share the past
‘This path leads to somewhere I think I can finally say, I’m home’
When love finally dies, it’s like a fever breaks and the pain is gone