Why this US woman’s resignation letter on Reddit is going viral

A woman employee resigned from her position, citing that her manager’s micromanagement, stifled communication and a disregard for employee safety as key reasons for the departure. In an email to her manager, the employee detailed their growing dissatisfaction with the work environment and said that the manager wanted “robots, but we are people.” The letter has been posted by the employee on Reddit, garnering much support from the community.
The woman, who worked as a housekeeper, accused the manager of micromanaging their tasks, leading to anxiety and a sense of being constantly monitored. The comments suggest that this happened in the US.

“I have never sent an employer such an email, but I am very hurt. This job was one of the best I have had, yet my manager managed to suck the spirit out of me and I grew to hate it with a passion. I was a housekeeper mainly, and often wasn’t provided the supplies to do my job,” she says in the post.

Lack of communication one of the reasons

The employee stated that communication with coworkers was discouraged, resulting in a lonely work environment. They also criticised the perceived lack of value placed on employee input during staff meetings.
“We have had multiple bedbug outbreaks, and my manager failed to follow the protocol and would send me into an infested room to clean anyway and would just say ‘make sure you disinfect really well, and when you get home just drop your clothes at the door and put them into the wash’. She was a micromanager to the extreme, but I did not want to go into every little detail as it was unnecessary,” she added.

Safety concerns were a major point of contention

The employee also expressed frustration at the lack of basic cleaning supplies.
“Multiple employees, myself included, had spoken to her in person about the cleaning supplies and the bedbug issue and nothing changed. Our best employees quit over a month ago due to her poor management as well. She wants robots, but we are people. I started another job where I won’t have to worry about this anymore,” she added.
“We work in a building full of sick children and we go above and beyond to make sure we keep things clean for them, but I felt there was a complete disregard of safety when it came down to the people keeping it clean for those children,” the email reads.
The employee expressed regret for leaving a job they once enjoyed but felt unable to continue under the current conditions.
You can read the full letter here.

How people reacted to her post

An individual wrote, “CC every email address in the company you can lay your hands on. Otherwise, your boss won’t even read it to the end.”
“I think you wrote an excellent resignation letter, and if it makes your supervisor think even a little about the harm they cause, then you did a good thing,” posted someone else.