I'm going to have to...
I've been manager of the shop since November 1st. I was left with a back log of work that we finally got caught up on. The old manager took a lot with her when she left and I had minimal training, less than a month, at a job she had done for nine years.
I've been there for over three years now, one as assistant manager and I like most of the employees, but between the owners "polite" phone calls and meetings and his "Not so fucking polite" emails I'm going to be forced into changing something. We are going to have to switch to double shifts, later hours, or Sunday opening. If I could get people motivated none of the extra stuff would be necessary though. Everyone moves so slowly. I have seen one person spend an entire hour going through one box of clothing that should take no more than ten minutes.
Why is it that nobody cares about their work anymore? They take no pride in it at all. Sure it's a crappy low paying job with no chance of advancement, but at five o'clock they go home and do whatever the hell it is they do.
I'm a pushover. I let them get away with so much and many of them have no idea that most places don't. Suddenly need a day off? Who cares you were scheduled to work.........oh alright.....but this isn't happening again. yeah....right....damnit.
So starting tomorrow there will be no nice Becky. I must become the uber-bitch who says no and doesn't care about it. If they don't want to work they can be replaced. Gods I hate saying that, but treating them like people hasn't done anything so far. Worrying about their feelings and personal issues has put us behind again since the last bout of the flu swept through and left three of us running the shop for several days.
I've got the performance evaluations and will be meeting with people on Thursday. They'll have one week to show marked improvement or I'll "free them for future opportunities". The sad thing is they'll act surprised. I tell them over and over again what they need to do and when I do have to fire them..............they'll be surprised and ask why.
The shop lost money in January for the first month in a long time. Now he's gently nudging for more open hours and another shift. One of the few good things about this job is the 8:45-5:00ish hours Monday through Saturday. There are no benefits or perks otherwise. Opening on Sunday or starting an 11-7/8 shift for nothing but processing will not go over well especially since I'll be the one working it to close the store.
If I still have the job I'm taking a two week vacation in July and for the entirity of the glorious holiday I will not give thought one to the place. The Assistant Manager can handle it or it can burn to the ground and I won't care a bit.
I really don't like my job anymore. To do it well I have to change who I am. It's time to start looking for something else I believe. When I took the Manager's position it was with the understanding I would be leaving in May. I don't think that's such a bad idea really. Maybe it's time to stop talking about going back to school and do it. I don't have a lot of debt to worry about, just a twelve year old to feed and I could do that and still go part-time.
eh.........I don't know....
I've been there for over three years now, one as assistant manager and I like most of the employees, but between the owners "polite" phone calls and meetings and his "Not so fucking polite" emails I'm going to be forced into changing something. We are going to have to switch to double shifts, later hours, or Sunday opening. If I could get people motivated none of the extra stuff would be necessary though. Everyone moves so slowly. I have seen one person spend an entire hour going through one box of clothing that should take no more than ten minutes.
Why is it that nobody cares about their work anymore? They take no pride in it at all. Sure it's a crappy low paying job with no chance of advancement, but at five o'clock they go home and do whatever the hell it is they do.
I'm a pushover. I let them get away with so much and many of them have no idea that most places don't. Suddenly need a day off? Who cares you were scheduled to work.........oh alright.....but this isn't happening again. yeah....right....damnit.
So starting tomorrow there will be no nice Becky. I must become the uber-bitch who says no and doesn't care about it. If they don't want to work they can be replaced. Gods I hate saying that, but treating them like people hasn't done anything so far. Worrying about their feelings and personal issues has put us behind again since the last bout of the flu swept through and left three of us running the shop for several days.
I've got the performance evaluations and will be meeting with people on Thursday. They'll have one week to show marked improvement or I'll "free them for future opportunities". The sad thing is they'll act surprised. I tell them over and over again what they need to do and when I do have to fire them..............they'll be surprised and ask why.
The shop lost money in January for the first month in a long time. Now he's gently nudging for more open hours and another shift. One of the few good things about this job is the 8:45-5:00ish hours Monday through Saturday. There are no benefits or perks otherwise. Opening on Sunday or starting an 11-7/8 shift for nothing but processing will not go over well especially since I'll be the one working it to close the store.
If I still have the job I'm taking a two week vacation in July and for the entirity of the glorious holiday I will not give thought one to the place. The Assistant Manager can handle it or it can burn to the ground and I won't care a bit.
I really don't like my job anymore. To do it well I have to change who I am. It's time to start looking for something else I believe. When I took the Manager's position it was with the understanding I would be leaving in May. I don't think that's such a bad idea really. Maybe it's time to stop talking about going back to school and do it. I don't have a lot of debt to worry about, just a twelve year old to feed and I could do that and still go part-time.
eh.........I don't know....