The "royalty/peasant" mentality with the upper echelon of Cubesmart, being anyone above the district managers. My Divisional Vice President and his administrative assistant looked down their noses at the facility employees, treating them like chattle. Three examples: 1) When Cubesmart was planning to purchase my old site, the DVP and his adminstrative assistant came to visit the site. The Admin Asst asked me what I usually do for lunch. I told her that on my way from the bank deposit, I stop at the Burger at the corner of our street and pick up my lunch on the way back. In a haughty voice she said, "Well, we're going to put a stop to THAT!" meaning that I shouldn't get my lunch on business time. 2) When I was asked by the DVP what my hourly rate was, he said "OK, good" and left it to my very personable District Manager to tell me that since I was making more than any other manager in the area, that my salary would be cut by 75 cents an hour, in case any other managers were to find out what I was making. I told him that I earned that money over the years, and he shrugged his shoulders and said sorry. 3) Working on Sundays was mandatory for Assistant Manager, and instead of making the business hours employee friendly ( like 9 am to 1 pm) the store hours are 11-3, pretty much ruining any effort to have some family time on Sunday.
