Newness at work
Starting November 6th, I will hold one of the District Trainer/Market Trainer titles for my company. That's right, I got the job....AND MORE! One of my training bosses resigned to go back into operations (management) so I get to take on her responsibilities as well. Apparently I get to do some out of town training in our market. Toronto and Ottawa are in the market....SCORE. As well, I will be an employee of our market's head office. A bit of paid travel and change....something to look forward to. I haven't learned anything new in a long time, and I feel like November is not coming fast enough.
However, my current boss and DM is pulling the guilt card on me. She believes that I belong in operations due to consistency in hitting numbers, winning of the National Award this year, audit excellence etc. She's in panic mode due to my departure from operations, and my best friend Dana moving to England. Now, she's stuck with mediocre managers and being forced to promote employees that aren't ready. All I know is, whoever comes to my store WILL drop the ball from its excellent standing. I felt bad at first....but then I thought about it:
No more collection calls. No more irate customers. No more being under lockdown for 7 hours a day by myself. No more juggling the CSR/Branch Manager/part-time trainer roles and being paid one salary.
I had to sit through an hour long speech and lecture from Tara the other day. She's trying to discourage me from taking this role, and using some really not-so-nice tactics. "If you dont like it, you're stuck with it for a year."
"I'm afraid you're not going to have enough to do." "It's not fair for someone so strong in operations to go into the training department fully." "What if I dont have a management spot for you, and they don't continue your postion after a year." BLAH BLAH BLAH. So I asked her: "If they decide not to continue this position after a year, you won't take me back?" To which she replied, "Of course I will, but what if......(lists ten things)
I'm not a lifer at this company. I'm thinking of taking a distance ed degree through red river. I was looking into becoming a Business Analyst or something of that nature. Point is, I'm just glad to get a break from operations, and believe I will excel. WISH ME LUCK ;)
However, my current boss and DM is pulling the guilt card on me. She believes that I belong in operations due to consistency in hitting numbers, winning of the National Award this year, audit excellence etc. She's in panic mode due to my departure from operations, and my best friend Dana moving to England. Now, she's stuck with mediocre managers and being forced to promote employees that aren't ready. All I know is, whoever comes to my store WILL drop the ball from its excellent standing. I felt bad at first....but then I thought about it:
No more collection calls. No more irate customers. No more being under lockdown for 7 hours a day by myself. No more juggling the CSR/Branch Manager/part-time trainer roles and being paid one salary.
I had to sit through an hour long speech and lecture from Tara the other day. She's trying to discourage me from taking this role, and using some really not-so-nice tactics. "If you dont like it, you're stuck with it for a year."
"I'm afraid you're not going to have enough to do." "It's not fair for someone so strong in operations to go into the training department fully." "What if I dont have a management spot for you, and they don't continue your postion after a year." BLAH BLAH BLAH. So I asked her: "If they decide not to continue this position after a year, you won't take me back?" To which she replied, "Of course I will, but what if......(lists ten things)
I'm not a lifer at this company. I'm thinking of taking a distance ed degree through red river. I was looking into becoming a Business Analyst or something of that nature. Point is, I'm just glad to get a break from operations, and believe I will excel. WISH ME LUCK ;)