crisis averted! probably.
this morning i got up fairly early (for me, considering i didn't have work until three) so i could take my car up to be washed. instead, i got sidetracked by two things. the first was that i've caught a cold, which SUCKS. (dammit, jordan, why'd you get sick and infect the rest of us?) the other was a phone call from a coworker.
as i have previously mentioned, our company had placed a hold on new hirings and promotions until they had redefined our positions. shop managers are remaining shop manager, full time assistants (me) are now sales managers, part time assistants are now sales leaders, and sales associates remain sales associates. what i was unaware of was that there are now only four sales manager positions available in my district...which currently has at least one full time assistant per store. some, like both glendale and santa anita, have two. and there are thirteen stores in our district.
in case you are unable to do the math, that means that there are only four full time positions available now for more than thirteen people. people have been offered the option of either stepping down to a part time position with a pay decrease and loss of health benefits, or they are welcome to leave the company.
my coworker (from my old store) was calling to let me know that they'd left the company because they hadn't been offered one of the four spots. they weren't supposed to tell me this, but we're pretty close, and they wanted to give me a heads up as to what i might be dealing with. we ended up talking for almost an hour and a half, and i wasn't able to take my car to the car wash because i had to run and get ready for work.
i was really nervous. my coworker who hadn't gotten one of the positions is more qualified than i am for the job, in my opinion. their numbers aren't always as good as mine, but they are much more capable of running a store than i am. i was sure that i was going to be demoted, and then i'd have to go on the hunt for a new job, because i HAVE to have health insurance--that is non-negotiable to me.
my shop manager and i worked together for most of the day, and she stopped me right before i took my break and said she needed to have a conversation with me. she told me that my position at her store was being eliminated, but that i would be transferring to another store (she couldn't tell me which one yet) as a sales manager--aka, i got one of the four full time slots.
so now it just depends on where i'm being transferred to. reliable sources have said i'm going to the pasadena store, but that depends on whether someone else transfers to santa anita. if that person chooses NOT to go to santa anita, then that' s probably where i will end up. and that would be all kinds of awkward, because while i absolutely loved working at that store, it would be odd to outrank the other people i used to be equals with. then again, the pasadena store has a tendency to be SLOW and i don't know how i would handle that...i obviously don't handle it very well in montebello...
"girls will be boys and boys will be girls.
it's a mixed up muddled up shook up world
except for lola."
as i have previously mentioned, our company had placed a hold on new hirings and promotions until they had redefined our positions. shop managers are remaining shop manager, full time assistants (me) are now sales managers, part time assistants are now sales leaders, and sales associates remain sales associates. what i was unaware of was that there are now only four sales manager positions available in my district...which currently has at least one full time assistant per store. some, like both glendale and santa anita, have two. and there are thirteen stores in our district.
in case you are unable to do the math, that means that there are only four full time positions available now for more than thirteen people. people have been offered the option of either stepping down to a part time position with a pay decrease and loss of health benefits, or they are welcome to leave the company.
my coworker (from my old store) was calling to let me know that they'd left the company because they hadn't been offered one of the four spots. they weren't supposed to tell me this, but we're pretty close, and they wanted to give me a heads up as to what i might be dealing with. we ended up talking for almost an hour and a half, and i wasn't able to take my car to the car wash because i had to run and get ready for work.
i was really nervous. my coworker who hadn't gotten one of the positions is more qualified than i am for the job, in my opinion. their numbers aren't always as good as mine, but they are much more capable of running a store than i am. i was sure that i was going to be demoted, and then i'd have to go on the hunt for a new job, because i HAVE to have health insurance--that is non-negotiable to me.
my shop manager and i worked together for most of the day, and she stopped me right before i took my break and said she needed to have a conversation with me. she told me that my position at her store was being eliminated, but that i would be transferring to another store (she couldn't tell me which one yet) as a sales manager--aka, i got one of the four full time slots.
so now it just depends on where i'm being transferred to. reliable sources have said i'm going to the pasadena store, but that depends on whether someone else transfers to santa anita. if that person chooses NOT to go to santa anita, then that' s probably where i will end up. and that would be all kinds of awkward, because while i absolutely loved working at that store, it would be odd to outrank the other people i used to be equals with. then again, the pasadena store has a tendency to be SLOW and i don't know how i would handle that...i obviously don't handle it very well in montebello...
"girls will be boys and boys will be girls.
it's a mixed up muddled up shook up world
except for lola."