YEEE HAW!
Well, I was going to post a week or so ago but I never got around to it. I was going to post that I was on cloud nine, that my management job was kicking ass and the few initial problems I had with my co-workers were short-lived. They quickly came to appreciate that I wasnt trying to pretend to know it all, that I wasnt being a "ball buster", and that *gasp* I actually pitched in and helped them. I got numerous compliments and I was feeling a little smug that people started coming to me BEFORE going to a "real" manager with their problems.
Then all hell broke loose. This week (and half of last week) has been a cluster fuck. First of all, the manager who does the schedule is a moron. The only reason he hasnt been fired yet is because we are seriously short on managers. So, he schedules people for shifts that they have no availability, he schedules people that are no longer employed, etc, and on top of that we had to fire a couple people and one or two more quit. So, we've been SEVERELY short staffed and scrambling to find people to cover shifts. This on top of constantly being out of stuff, and a bunch of work drama from two people who decided to mess around and it got ugly, and then the GM's brother took ill so hes been MIA, so we've all been putting in the OT and busting ass.
I was kinda feeling a little useless, and out of place, but (I thought) I stumbled along and did what I could do at least. And today, my favorite manager gave me a huge compliment. He just recently got switched to days so I've been working with him a lot. He told me that he has really enjoyed working with me this week, despite the madness, and that when things got tough, I "really shined" and he was really impressed at the way I jumped in and helped out and how he was totally confident leaving me to manage the front of the house, freeing him up to worry about the back. *BEAM* It feels SOOOO good to know that I am doing a good job, and its being noticed. The area director told me the expected timeline for me to go into MIT was 2-3 months of doing this, and its been brought up a lot lately, so i'm hoping its sooner rather than later.
AND, tonite was chaos. Short staffed, and its homecoming for like 3 schools. We were slammed. I called another store and asked them to send over a couple of servers to help out. They got there, I got them all set up, I took care of everything all night while the moron manager (the one who does the schedule) sat in the back smoking pot for all I know, he was MIA most of the night. One of the loaner servers made a comment to the effect of "is that other manager a drunk or something?" haha I dont know I said why? She said "because he just stares off blankly into space and he doesnt DO ANYTHING!" ROFLMAO! This is the manager who gave a speech the other night that if we dont get a good score on our AOA (its some acronym for basically a corporate inspection) he could lose his job, and he didnt want to lose his job, and he didnt think we want him to lose his job either, cuz hes such a good manager right? cuz he always helps out and looks after us right? *crickets* It was so fucking priceless!
Ok, I better stop before my ego gets too big =)
I cant wait to start the Manager in Training program. I have like, no desire to serve anymore, but we get a new manager next week so its back to the trenches for a while and I'll only be filling in instead of doing it full time *sigh* Believe it or not tho, I'm kinda looking forward to "taking it easy" by serving lol.
Then all hell broke loose. This week (and half of last week) has been a cluster fuck. First of all, the manager who does the schedule is a moron. The only reason he hasnt been fired yet is because we are seriously short on managers. So, he schedules people for shifts that they have no availability, he schedules people that are no longer employed, etc, and on top of that we had to fire a couple people and one or two more quit. So, we've been SEVERELY short staffed and scrambling to find people to cover shifts. This on top of constantly being out of stuff, and a bunch of work drama from two people who decided to mess around and it got ugly, and then the GM's brother took ill so hes been MIA, so we've all been putting in the OT and busting ass.
I was kinda feeling a little useless, and out of place, but (I thought) I stumbled along and did what I could do at least. And today, my favorite manager gave me a huge compliment. He just recently got switched to days so I've been working with him a lot. He told me that he has really enjoyed working with me this week, despite the madness, and that when things got tough, I "really shined" and he was really impressed at the way I jumped in and helped out and how he was totally confident leaving me to manage the front of the house, freeing him up to worry about the back. *BEAM* It feels SOOOO good to know that I am doing a good job, and its being noticed. The area director told me the expected timeline for me to go into MIT was 2-3 months of doing this, and its been brought up a lot lately, so i'm hoping its sooner rather than later.
AND, tonite was chaos. Short staffed, and its homecoming for like 3 schools. We were slammed. I called another store and asked them to send over a couple of servers to help out. They got there, I got them all set up, I took care of everything all night while the moron manager (the one who does the schedule) sat in the back smoking pot for all I know, he was MIA most of the night. One of the loaner servers made a comment to the effect of "is that other manager a drunk or something?" haha I dont know I said why? She said "because he just stares off blankly into space and he doesnt DO ANYTHING!" ROFLMAO! This is the manager who gave a speech the other night that if we dont get a good score on our AOA (its some acronym for basically a corporate inspection) he could lose his job, and he didnt want to lose his job, and he didnt think we want him to lose his job either, cuz hes such a good manager right? cuz he always helps out and looks after us right? *crickets* It was so fucking priceless!
Ok, I better stop before my ego gets too big =)
I cant wait to start the Manager in Training program. I have like, no desire to serve anymore, but we get a new manager next week so its back to the trenches for a while and I'll only be filling in instead of doing it full time *sigh* Believe it or not tho, I'm kinda looking forward to "taking it easy" by serving lol.