Work Woes
Cut because, well, I'm not sure this is available to the public just yet.
I mentioned that I worked late on Thursday. I didn't get in until after 5:30; this meant I missed any important phone calls or visits or whatnot, and I didn't take the DM's voice mail message. R came right out and said there will be big changes coming to the store. I'm not sure where this is coming from--I couldn't find anything in the daily broadcast messages. However, it looks like the WB name is going by the wayside, like real soon. As in, our regional manager, the head of our part of the company, our HR person, all gone, and we're being covered by the superstore people. (I'm not mentioning the name because I'd prefer this not be found through a search engine, if that's possible.) Like, our district is now swallowed into the superstore's district, save for our Indiana store, as IN apparently is covered by someone else. That makes me sad. The girl I met from over there was pretty nice. And the name change is supposedly imminent, like within the next few weeks. This totally sucks. One, because I don't want to be a BE (ask me in person if you want to know what that is). I don't want to carry DVDs or CDs or any of that crap. When I started working here, it was because we sold books. If I'd wanted to work in a place that sold multimedia, I'd have applied at the superstore. Two, it doesn't make sense to have a BE across the street from a regular store. It was dumb of the company to put the superstore across the street from the mall in the first place, especially considering there's one within five miles to begin with, but now it'll be totally clear that we're related stores. We've worried for a few years that we might close. Our saving graces are that we're the only bookstore in the mall right now, and the superstore across the street isn't doing that well. It never has. Why? Because it shouldn't have been put there in the first place! Anyway, so this is pissing me off. I've thought to myself, if we go through the conversion, I may just leave. I know books better than movies or music, and my mad book skills have deteriorated through the years because I've stopped reading pretty much anything aside from newspapers. I want to get out of retail, so this could be the perfect opportunity. Of course, since I'm so good with my writing and stuff *cough*, this would mean I'd have to find another job, and there's nothing I want to do. I'd make a good secretary for someone, but that doesn't really interest me, and I'm not sure what would be out there. I like this area and don't wish to leave, so I'd like a job in the area. Maybe I'll be a paperboy...hmm... So, that's the scoop. If I become crankier than normal, this is part of it. It also doesn't help that R goes on vacation Wednesday and I get to work nine days in a row because of it. (I guess that's a warning that I could be VERY cranky in the next few weeks. But the kiosk only has two more weeks as well, so that may make me happier. We shall see.)
Any thoughts on this situation? Laura, I'm looking at you especially.
I mentioned that I worked late on Thursday. I didn't get in until after 5:30; this meant I missed any important phone calls or visits or whatnot, and I didn't take the DM's voice mail message. R came right out and said there will be big changes coming to the store. I'm not sure where this is coming from--I couldn't find anything in the daily broadcast messages. However, it looks like the WB name is going by the wayside, like real soon. As in, our regional manager, the head of our part of the company, our HR person, all gone, and we're being covered by the superstore people. (I'm not mentioning the name because I'd prefer this not be found through a search engine, if that's possible.) Like, our district is now swallowed into the superstore's district, save for our Indiana store, as IN apparently is covered by someone else. That makes me sad. The girl I met from over there was pretty nice. And the name change is supposedly imminent, like within the next few weeks. This totally sucks. One, because I don't want to be a BE (ask me in person if you want to know what that is). I don't want to carry DVDs or CDs or any of that crap. When I started working here, it was because we sold books. If I'd wanted to work in a place that sold multimedia, I'd have applied at the superstore. Two, it doesn't make sense to have a BE across the street from a regular store. It was dumb of the company to put the superstore across the street from the mall in the first place, especially considering there's one within five miles to begin with, but now it'll be totally clear that we're related stores. We've worried for a few years that we might close. Our saving graces are that we're the only bookstore in the mall right now, and the superstore across the street isn't doing that well. It never has. Why? Because it shouldn't have been put there in the first place! Anyway, so this is pissing me off. I've thought to myself, if we go through the conversion, I may just leave. I know books better than movies or music, and my mad book skills have deteriorated through the years because I've stopped reading pretty much anything aside from newspapers. I want to get out of retail, so this could be the perfect opportunity. Of course, since I'm so good with my writing and stuff *cough*, this would mean I'd have to find another job, and there's nothing I want to do. I'd make a good secretary for someone, but that doesn't really interest me, and I'm not sure what would be out there. I like this area and don't wish to leave, so I'd like a job in the area. Maybe I'll be a paperboy...hmm... So, that's the scoop. If I become crankier than normal, this is part of it. It also doesn't help that R goes on vacation Wednesday and I get to work nine days in a row because of it. (I guess that's a warning that I could be VERY cranky in the next few weeks. But the kiosk only has two more weeks as well, so that may make me happier. We shall see.)
Any thoughts on this situation? Laura, I'm looking at you especially.