Betated Christmas Wishes!
Dec. 27th, 2024 10:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
popkin16I want to thank everyone who sent me a Christmas card - I really appreciate it and it brightened my day considerably!
This was my first holiday season as a manager, and was it a rough one! We were 9 people below headcount, and our efforts to get people in and trained before things got CRAZY were of mixed success. I don't remember last Christmas season being this horrific - especially the two weeks before Christmas! I stayed late almost every shift and had to work one 13 hour day. I am drained and so are my people.
We got a new store manager, and there was a lot of drama surrounding him. He cut hours all over the store despite it being the holiday season, and an assistant manager position opened up and he promised it to someone from his previous store - completely ignoring the fact that there were people at our store that wanted the position. He also likes to talk shit about people behind their backs, but in front of other managers, and he spent all the money the store uses to have a Christmas party for the associates on renovating his new office. He likes to sneak up on people and stand uncomfortably close to them as well. He also said he's not going to promote from within our store, which is a slap in the face to all the great people who want to move up in the company.
So when my department started to struggle because we were drowning under orders, we'd get on the radio and call for help...only to be told there was little to nobody around to actually help. I've been in the online pickup department since it opened, and we've NEVER been this busy. Which I guess is good - I mean, job security and all that - but it got to the point where I was just so stressed and dreading going to work every day. And then one of my co-managers accepted a position at another store because they want to promote up eventually and it's not going to happen here. I'm particularly bummed because she and I were often of the same opinion on things, and she was not afraid to argue and speak...I wouldn't say aggressively, but perhaps passionately, with our boss. My boss has also made comments about wanting to leave, and I REALLY hope she doesn't. While she's not the best boss, she's not so bad - surprisingly reasonable about things - and better the devil you know.
I do read the messages on WhatsApp, and I keep meaning to show up for the Squee video chats, but to be honest all of my energy just went to surviving the holidays. I miss everyone though, and I hope I get to talk to everyone soon.
I hope everyone had the best holiday!
This was my first holiday season as a manager, and was it a rough one! We were 9 people below headcount, and our efforts to get people in and trained before things got CRAZY were of mixed success. I don't remember last Christmas season being this horrific - especially the two weeks before Christmas! I stayed late almost every shift and had to work one 13 hour day. I am drained and so are my people.
We got a new store manager, and there was a lot of drama surrounding him. He cut hours all over the store despite it being the holiday season, and an assistant manager position opened up and he promised it to someone from his previous store - completely ignoring the fact that there were people at our store that wanted the position. He also likes to talk shit about people behind their backs, but in front of other managers, and he spent all the money the store uses to have a Christmas party for the associates on renovating his new office. He likes to sneak up on people and stand uncomfortably close to them as well. He also said he's not going to promote from within our store, which is a slap in the face to all the great people who want to move up in the company.
So when my department started to struggle because we were drowning under orders, we'd get on the radio and call for help...only to be told there was little to nobody around to actually help. I've been in the online pickup department since it opened, and we've NEVER been this busy. Which I guess is good - I mean, job security and all that - but it got to the point where I was just so stressed and dreading going to work every day. And then one of my co-managers accepted a position at another store because they want to promote up eventually and it's not going to happen here. I'm particularly bummed because she and I were often of the same opinion on things, and she was not afraid to argue and speak...I wouldn't say aggressively, but perhaps passionately, with our boss. My boss has also made comments about wanting to leave, and I REALLY hope she doesn't. While she's not the best boss, she's not so bad - surprisingly reasonable about things - and better the devil you know.
I do read the messages on WhatsApp, and I keep meaning to show up for the Squee video chats, but to be honest all of my energy just went to surviving the holidays. I miss everyone though, and I hope I get to talk to everyone soon.
I hope everyone had the best holiday!
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Date: 2024-12-28 08:11 am (UTC)I'm so sorry hon. People like that new guy are all over the place and on power trips. Hope he winds up getting pushed out. Maybe if people complain behind his back to management you can be rid of him.
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Date: 2024-12-29 03:00 am (UTC)Yeah, this is his first time being a store manager and I think it's going to his head. Walmart does this "employee satisfaction" survey and I'm pretty sure everyone is going to mention they hate our new store manager, but I'm not sure if anything will actually be done about it...
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Date: 2024-12-29 03:05 am (UTC)"HUGS"
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Date: 2024-12-29 03:01 am (UTC)Thank you - I'm just glad it's finally over =_= It has been chill the past couple days, thankfully, but I think I need several days off in a row to recover.
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Date: 2024-12-28 04:22 pm (UTC)We miss you tooooooo ā¤ļø
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Date: 2024-12-29 03:02 am (UTC)šššš
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Date: 2024-12-29 03:02 am (UTC)*HUGS* I'll do my best to hang in there :)
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