Taking over an established business usually comes with a learning curve—and presumably, some interest in learning from the person who already knows how everything works. One tutoring center manager says her new bosses apparently missed that memo.

For the past two and a half years, OP says she’s essentially kept the entire operation running, handling everything from marketing and finances to hiring, scheduling, student learning plans and even tutoring itself. So when two inexperienced new owners bought the business, she was prepared to help them learn the ropes.

Instead, OP says they’ve barely bothered to learn what she does while simultaneously belittling her, making sexist jokes and seemingly trying to prove they’re smarter than she is. After one boss even challenged her to a chess match only to insult her when she beat him, OP finally decided she’s done going above and beyond.

My new bosses, with no experience in the field, disrespect me without even knowing what all I do.

I run a tutoring center. For the last 2.5 years, I have been responsible for absolutely everything but paying the overhead expenses and processing the payroll. I think about my job with three “umbrellas.”

The first is the “business umbrella:” marketing, sales, client retention, partnerships, planning events, kpi tracking, collecting payments, costs vs revenue….

The second is the “management umbrella:” Hiring staff, training staff, scheduling staff, managing daily operations, cleaning (I do everything but wiping down surfaces which the staff members do), ordering supplies, answering the phone and emails, taking appointments, administrative duties….

Sounds like a HUGE job.

The last is the “education umbrella:” grading, updating student learning plans, keeping track of their grades in school, helping with homework, progress assessments, conferencing with parents, contacting teachers, actually doing the tutoring myself most days since we are so short staffed…

The point is, if anyone asks “who takes care of x?” The answer is me.

My old boss (who was no saint either but at least she had a background in education) sold the business to two young guys with zero business or education background. They have no idea how much I do, because they simply don’t know what they don’t know.

Oh brother.

That would be fine if they were willing to learn. They’re not. They have spent the first month since taking over mostly twiddling their thumbs.

They refuse to sit down with me to actually talk about the plan for the business, instead preferring to ignore my presence and whisper about what useless crap they want to buy from Amazon to decorate the center.

They feel it is appropriate to belittle me. Some gems I have experienced so far include: sexist jokes, randomly interrupting me to tell me to solve a Rubik’s cube (clearly some weird test they got from some alpha bro manual. — they were shocked when I actually knew how to do it), sarcastically asking if I really need to be reimbursed for a $10 supplies expense, trying to pay me my bonus in cash so “I” (really, they) don’t have to pay taxes on it and then when I insited it go on my paycheck they said they will have to pay it to me late…

Wowza.

And my personal favorite: Day 1, they gestured to the chess boards and ask if we have a chess club (we do, it’s been on our website for two years, did you not do any research about the business you’re buying?) and when I said yes and explained I am a competitive player, one challenged me to a game.

I foolishly thought this was his attempt to bond with me. Boy was I wrong. A few days later we actually did play, and I crushed him.

He said, “Well, I hope you got your little high out of that and you’re actually ready to work now.” Sore loser. Obviously that was another weird attempt to establish dominance that catastrophically backfired.

This is getting bizarre.

The point is, they stink. They really stink.

I took this job originally because I thought it was less stress than being a teacher. For a while that was true, until my old boss decided she had no interest in lifting a finger to do any duties a business owner really should be doing.

And now these two new guys have the same mentality.

Ugh.

After being the new bosses for a whole month, they have only been present for maybe 20 total hours of our open hours. They only stayed til closing once, and it was because I had to leave.

If I want things to get done, I have to mother them, but they have rudely told me several times to stop bothering them and let them run it the way they want.

Okay. Fine. I am quiet quitting. I am overqualified for this job anyways. I don’t know why the business should benefit from said qualifications if I’m going to be treated like sh*t.

Commenters had one major piece of advice for OP: stop protecting these guys from the consequences of their own incompetence.

Readers were stunned by just how many roles OP has been performing, with many arguing she hasn’t simply been managing a tutoring center—she’s effectively been operating the business without receiving the ownership, authority or compensation that should come with that responsibility.

The new owners’ behavior only made commenters more convinced that it was time for OP to pull back. Between barely showing up, refusing to learn the business and disrespecting the employee who knows how to run it, readers felt the pair had made it clear they don’t value her expertise. If they insist on running the business their own way, commenters said OP should let them discover exactly how much work that entails.

Many went even further and encouraged her to start looking for another job rather than merely quiet quitting. With experience spanning education, operations, management, sales and client relations, commenters felt OP had plenty of transferable skills—and little reason to keep carrying a business for owners who treat her like she’s beneath them.

As satisfying as it might be to watch everything unravel once she stops doing three jobs at once, the bigger victory may be taking those skills somewhere they’re actually appreciated. At least, that’s what this person says.

Like, she needs to stop doing what she’s doing.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about an employee who quiet quit, then quit for real, following a no-overtime mandate.

This person is in total agreeance.

If the new bosses are determined to prove they can run the business without her, it might be time to stop doing it for them.