Its been awhile since my last post....I could feel a change brewing. I love change so I was not worried....maybe I should have been a little worried.
The SM for the Rehoboth Beach store went out right after the Leadership Conference for knee surgery. While she was out I was asked to help oversee her store. Her Asst Mgr was to run the store and I would spend a couple of days a week with her. During this time we discovered there were all kinds of issues in that store. I had assumed, as well as my DM, it was the SM fault the store wasn't running right. Of course the Asst Mgr let us believe this, she even feed into the theory.
So what I feared would happen did...The Rehoboth SM actually ended up quitting within a few weeks of returning. The Asst Mgr was promoted to SM of my store and I was moved to the Rehoboth Beach store.
In a way it was a promotion for me...I like a challenge and I had done all I could at this point in my P3 store. I was nervous and excited. I knew there were issues but OMG I truly had no fucking clue how bad the store was truly.
I have had 2 weeks of hell so far. The store was way understaffed for this time of the year. The staff that was in place does not fully understand or do their job. Way behind on framing production and freight. It was a horrible mess.
So my first week in this store not having a clue about anyone....I found myself losing my shit on several people. I hired 8 people which is still not enough. I worked double shifts everyday and a few overnight shifts just trying to get caught up. I don't mind the long hours or having to work hard...the part I have a problem with is finding out that I was lied to and back stabbed.
I have your attention now....yep. The Asst Mgr that I was mentoring, teaching, and trusted was doing what every she could to get herself promoted to SM of my store. She was behind a lot of the crap that was wrong in the store and let us all believe it was the SM. I am not saying the SM was totally innocent but she was set up to fail. She allow herself to be pushed out instead of fighting....that I am sad about now. Now after the fact so much more is coming out. I am truly learning how much of a conniving opportunist the Asst Mgr/new SM really was/is.
My old store had its issues but over all it truly is a great store for a new SM. The staff is fully trained. The team took it hard when I was moved...but they all agreed to continue to do their very best to keep the store successful. So when I heard the new SM was taking cheap shots at me and complaining I had not been running the store properly, I felt betrayed. You can imagine how well that went over with the staff.... I know what I had done and my team knew what the truth was. So yes it hurt my feeling but I let it go. What I can not let go and hurts the most is she has gone out of her way to cause strife between my DM and I. I think she honestly believes by tearing me down will help build her up.
I have taken a lot of shit because of this new SM the last couple of weeks. I will not take anymore. I am done. I have earned my place in the district as one of the best SM. My DM knows my work or she would not have put me in this store if she had had any doubts. I have to remember that. The new SM is in my store because it was in a good place...
I knew if I could get it out I would feel better. I have to remember who has earned my trust and who has not. I have a plan and will get this store right. Thank you for listening.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Saturday, July 26, 2014
End of a Horrible week...start of vacation
I have been stressing so bad the last couple of weeks....I have 2 vacation weeks way to close together.
I have so much going on at work. Most of my team is awesome (my favorite word lol) and I know I can rely on them. Then I have a few I worry a little about but know that they will at least try to do whats right---then I have those that are elated I am not their so they can fuck off! Those are the once that screw it up for the rest and make my life miserable.
I found myself in the middle of a horrible week--my boss was scheduled to be at my store to do certifications on Wednesday. I felt we were ready--my store looks good--we followed the guide to get everything ready--I re-walked with MODs....but nope not ready after all. My boss had to reschedule pushing us back a day so different associates were in the store when she arrived for one. My boss can say it isn't true but her demeanor changes with different associates. It was like she was searching to find something wrong and she did. I got ripped a new one :( Then had to be on a conference call with the whole district while she ripped me another new one and explain to everyone why I failed and what they need to do to not epic fail as I did. With in an hour of the conference call I had 2 managers call to make sure I was ok. They felt my humiliation and pain on the call. I think what upsets me the most is she next to never visits my store. She always cancels on me. She forgets to inform me of stuff because she doesn't visit my store like all of the other stores. I am being held accountable for information I know nothing about. My store, even though it is the lowest volume store in the district, is generally on the top of all the comparison list. I run my store to the best of my ability with what is given to me. I am held to the higher standard. She was making an example out of me for the rest of the district.
Did I mention during this time I was also preparing for vacation and my floors were being stripped and waxed--which means I was pulling extra hours. I was getting into work at 4am and not leaving until 6pm several days in a row just to make sure we were ready! .
OMG the floors--the crew (2 people) that is doing my floors suck! They don't speak English very well. I have to keep repeating myself over and over showing them issues and still they have no clue. My floors look like shit. I contacted my corp guy about it. He assured me they would be dealt with and be back to fix the issues....I am so tired of stupid shit this week.
Then to make it even better some how I managed to get myself into an incident with my Hubby. A small little half laugh at the wrong moment caused several days of him being pissed at me and us not talking right when I needed him the most.
So now I am on vacation---I have to let work go! Even though I know once I am back my boss will be visiting to ensure my certification is complete and if not then I get a final written warning. My team promises me they will have everything fixed by the time I get back so I can re-walk the areas again. I have to let it go for now I will dwell on it all week. The whole point of a vacation is to get away from work stress :(
So that is my rant for now....Maybe I will post again at some point this week with some happy stuff
I have so much going on at work. Most of my team is awesome (my favorite word lol) and I know I can rely on them. Then I have a few I worry a little about but know that they will at least try to do whats right---then I have those that are elated I am not their so they can fuck off! Those are the once that screw it up for the rest and make my life miserable.
I found myself in the middle of a horrible week--my boss was scheduled to be at my store to do certifications on Wednesday. I felt we were ready--my store looks good--we followed the guide to get everything ready--I re-walked with MODs....but nope not ready after all. My boss had to reschedule pushing us back a day so different associates were in the store when she arrived for one. My boss can say it isn't true but her demeanor changes with different associates. It was like she was searching to find something wrong and she did. I got ripped a new one :( Then had to be on a conference call with the whole district while she ripped me another new one and explain to everyone why I failed and what they need to do to not epic fail as I did. With in an hour of the conference call I had 2 managers call to make sure I was ok. They felt my humiliation and pain on the call. I think what upsets me the most is she next to never visits my store. She always cancels on me. She forgets to inform me of stuff because she doesn't visit my store like all of the other stores. I am being held accountable for information I know nothing about. My store, even though it is the lowest volume store in the district, is generally on the top of all the comparison list. I run my store to the best of my ability with what is given to me. I am held to the higher standard. She was making an example out of me for the rest of the district.
Did I mention during this time I was also preparing for vacation and my floors were being stripped and waxed--which means I was pulling extra hours. I was getting into work at 4am and not leaving until 6pm several days in a row just to make sure we were ready! .
OMG the floors--the crew (2 people) that is doing my floors suck! They don't speak English very well. I have to keep repeating myself over and over showing them issues and still they have no clue. My floors look like shit. I contacted my corp guy about it. He assured me they would be dealt with and be back to fix the issues....I am so tired of stupid shit this week.
Then to make it even better some how I managed to get myself into an incident with my Hubby. A small little half laugh at the wrong moment caused several days of him being pissed at me and us not talking right when I needed him the most.
So now I am on vacation---I have to let work go! Even though I know once I am back my boss will be visiting to ensure my certification is complete and if not then I get a final written warning. My team promises me they will have everything fixed by the time I get back so I can re-walk the areas again. I have to let it go for now I will dwell on it all week. The whole point of a vacation is to get away from work stress :(
So that is my rant for now....Maybe I will post again at some point this week with some happy stuff
Thursday, June 26, 2014
One more day....
So yesterday made me even more excited about my vacation that starts tomorrow afternoon at 4:30!!!!!
Yesterday I started my day at 4am with outrageous hiccups...none stop hiccups for over half an hour when I should have been sleeping. Sooooo I got up and prepared for my day once I realized they were not going to stop.
1st stop of my day Salisbury to rewalk their store AGAIN for audit issues. That store makes me so sad sometimes...so much potential wasted on stupid petty crap. Staff that wants to do better squashed by those that suck ass.
Next to my store...so much I need to do to prepare for my week off. Nope no sooner I get there I received an email to go to the Rehoboth and Dover to re-audit them. I get my staff updated on what is going on and off I go...
So just for retrospect I live 15-20 min from the Salisbury store, an hour from my store, 45-50 min from the Rehoboth store and about an hour from the Dover store. The Salisbury store is 30 min from my store, Rehoboth is an hour from my store and Dover is 2 hours....so I spent a shit-ton of my day driving. That I could have avoided if my boss had called/text me what she wanted. I could have rerouted a better agenda. Oh well.....
Rehoboth's manager met me at her store to walk the audit together. Not bad better than it had been. Still pisses me off they are not passing with high marks yet. But it is a higher volume store with lots of drama. I really think that there needs to be a change of management in that store. Maybe switch the SM with the SM in Salisbury....not sure the SM in Salisbury would like that but I know the SM in Rehoboth would.....she is getting burnt out. She inherited the store in the condition it is in and is slowly making progress---oh did I mention the current SM in Salisbury use to be the Asst Manager in Rehoboth and left it like that. Anywho I digress---so we make a plan and off I go to Dover :)
Dover wasn't nearly as bad. It was the first time I had actually walked with the SM himself. Last time I walked with the OPs Manager--she is awesome though. Almost all of the issues from the last visit were corrected a few new things popped up. All fixable with in a short amount time with a little effort. I ended up spending several hours with them. I figured at this point I was not going to drive the 2+ hours back to my store when I could be useful there and then only drive an hour home :)
Then at 2p my boss sent out an email that we would have a conference call at 3p....yep so glad I had decided to stay....I hate taking conf calls from the car! Guess what the call was about--an hour long call about audits. Yeah me! She went over all the result I had been sending her, the results she had been finding and what the Company Auditor had found at our Laurel store. My stores are doing hella better than what she was finding. At this point I think the SM in Laurel needs to be removed from that store.
Back story on the Laurel store---last month he was visited my our ZVP the store was a mess and he threw our DM under the bus. So the district sent all kinds of staff to assist him out---he used almost 2k extra hours last month to get the store where it needed to be. And then the Company Auditor went in on Tuesday and he scored a 33.9 OMG WTF! That gave a black eye to the whole district. It is unfucking real. My store has been cutting hours for the last month to assist in the over spent hours in that store for what NOTHING.
Ok enough venting for now----because lets be honest that is what I was doing lol. I feel a better
Yesterday I started my day at 4am with outrageous hiccups...none stop hiccups for over half an hour when I should have been sleeping. Sooooo I got up and prepared for my day once I realized they were not going to stop.
1st stop of my day Salisbury to rewalk their store AGAIN for audit issues. That store makes me so sad sometimes...so much potential wasted on stupid petty crap. Staff that wants to do better squashed by those that suck ass.
Next to my store...so much I need to do to prepare for my week off. Nope no sooner I get there I received an email to go to the Rehoboth and Dover to re-audit them. I get my staff updated on what is going on and off I go...
So just for retrospect I live 15-20 min from the Salisbury store, an hour from my store, 45-50 min from the Rehoboth store and about an hour from the Dover store. The Salisbury store is 30 min from my store, Rehoboth is an hour from my store and Dover is 2 hours....so I spent a shit-ton of my day driving. That I could have avoided if my boss had called/text me what she wanted. I could have rerouted a better agenda. Oh well.....
Rehoboth's manager met me at her store to walk the audit together. Not bad better than it had been. Still pisses me off they are not passing with high marks yet. But it is a higher volume store with lots of drama. I really think that there needs to be a change of management in that store. Maybe switch the SM with the SM in Salisbury....not sure the SM in Salisbury would like that but I know the SM in Rehoboth would.....she is getting burnt out. She inherited the store in the condition it is in and is slowly making progress---oh did I mention the current SM in Salisbury use to be the Asst Manager in Rehoboth and left it like that. Anywho I digress---so we make a plan and off I go to Dover :)
Dover wasn't nearly as bad. It was the first time I had actually walked with the SM himself. Last time I walked with the OPs Manager--she is awesome though. Almost all of the issues from the last visit were corrected a few new things popped up. All fixable with in a short amount time with a little effort. I ended up spending several hours with them. I figured at this point I was not going to drive the 2+ hours back to my store when I could be useful there and then only drive an hour home :)
Then at 2p my boss sent out an email that we would have a conference call at 3p....yep so glad I had decided to stay....I hate taking conf calls from the car! Guess what the call was about--an hour long call about audits. Yeah me! She went over all the result I had been sending her, the results she had been finding and what the Company Auditor had found at our Laurel store. My stores are doing hella better than what she was finding. At this point I think the SM in Laurel needs to be removed from that store.
Back story on the Laurel store---last month he was visited my our ZVP the store was a mess and he threw our DM under the bus. So the district sent all kinds of staff to assist him out---he used almost 2k extra hours last month to get the store where it needed to be. And then the Company Auditor went in on Tuesday and he scored a 33.9 OMG WTF! That gave a black eye to the whole district. It is unfucking real. My store has been cutting hours for the last month to assist in the over spent hours in that store for what NOTHING.
Ok enough venting for now----because lets be honest that is what I was doing lol. I feel a better
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
You can not fix stupid
I saw that on a shirt and thought yep that's about right....;0)
I am sitting in my room on my big comfy bed watching chick flicks thinking I am so glad its only a few more days until my vacation. I am a little on the tired side of my job right now...not so much my store but the company in general. I am tired of all the negativeness that my boss seems to be spewing all over me lately.... not just me but all of the district. I know she has her boss coming down on her but negative does breed positive. Somewhere along the lines something has to give. Maybe I just need a week off to recharge my batteries. I am just so done with being stressed out so bad my head feels like its going to explode.
Enough about work......I am tired of my life revolving around work
I want to be able to walk out from work....on time and forget about it and relax. I want to have a personal life. I want to enjoy my life.
Can you believe it my youngest child is turning 16 in a few weeks.....I have no idea if he wants a party or just to go out to a movie or something.
I am so random tonight....wow stupid head is aching like a mofo and the DND group in my dinning room is so loud. I thought hanging out in my bedroom with my computer would be a good idea....what was I thinking.
You know what annoys the shit out of me.....duck lip selfies! OMG enough its not sexy just stop.
Ok maybe I should just stop....
I am sitting in my room on my big comfy bed watching chick flicks thinking I am so glad its only a few more days until my vacation. I am a little on the tired side of my job right now...not so much my store but the company in general. I am tired of all the negativeness that my boss seems to be spewing all over me lately.... not just me but all of the district. I know she has her boss coming down on her but negative does breed positive. Somewhere along the lines something has to give. Maybe I just need a week off to recharge my batteries. I am just so done with being stressed out so bad my head feels like its going to explode.
Enough about work......I am tired of my life revolving around work
I want to be able to walk out from work....on time and forget about it and relax. I want to have a personal life. I want to enjoy my life.
Can you believe it my youngest child is turning 16 in a few weeks.....I have no idea if he wants a party or just to go out to a movie or something.
I am so random tonight....wow stupid head is aching like a mofo and the DND group in my dinning room is so loud. I thought hanging out in my bedroom with my computer would be a good idea....what was I thinking.
You know what annoys the shit out of me.....duck lip selfies! OMG enough its not sexy just stop.
Ok maybe I should just stop....
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Why lie...my life does revolve around work
Not because I want it to.....
It seems no matter how much I want to leave work at work on my days off....it never happens. If I am not at work I get on average 10 text messages from work about work. I need to re-evaluate who I have as my asst managers.
My Ops Manager--my second in command is my worst. She is finally stepping down this week. I would have much rather her have stepped up to her position but she just couldn't. She honestly felt like she was doing her best and I was to demanding. She hadn't even scratched the surface of all of her duties. And the ones she has she did not do to the fullest. You can not half ass your way through being an Ops Manager
My CEM of Events is more my right hand. She has not wanted to step up to the Ops Manager position but with a little push is now going to go for it. I so hope she will take it on like a trooper. I always feel better when she is on duty. She isn't a slacker like my current Ops. She has the same fire I do about the store.
My Night and Weekend CEM is another great addition. She is contently wanting more and more to do. And even better she actually takes pride in doing a good job...She will make an excellent addition to my full time staff. More time to get more accomplished :)
So who to round out my staff...I need someone that meshes with my current CEMs and I can trust. I have a couple of people in mind. I would love to promote Mickey-she is young but has the right desire and the means to manage others--but I need her in my frame shop. Then there is Sarah--she has the desire but not the tack to guide others. Finally Lacey--she is my best cashier. My CEMs seem to think she will be perfect but I am not sure yet. I will have to do a full interview to be sure. I do not want to rush in. At the same time I want a full staff as soon as possible. We have inventory in a couple of weeks.
See once again I have gone on and on about work...It just seems to always be on my mind. Maybe once I have the right staff in place and my inventory is over I can relax....take a few days off.
for tonight a hot shower and a few hours of family tv time....
It seems no matter how much I want to leave work at work on my days off....it never happens. If I am not at work I get on average 10 text messages from work about work. I need to re-evaluate who I have as my asst managers.
My Ops Manager--my second in command is my worst. She is finally stepping down this week. I would have much rather her have stepped up to her position but she just couldn't. She honestly felt like she was doing her best and I was to demanding. She hadn't even scratched the surface of all of her duties. And the ones she has she did not do to the fullest. You can not half ass your way through being an Ops Manager
My CEM of Events is more my right hand. She has not wanted to step up to the Ops Manager position but with a little push is now going to go for it. I so hope she will take it on like a trooper. I always feel better when she is on duty. She isn't a slacker like my current Ops. She has the same fire I do about the store.
My Night and Weekend CEM is another great addition. She is contently wanting more and more to do. And even better she actually takes pride in doing a good job...She will make an excellent addition to my full time staff. More time to get more accomplished :)
So who to round out my staff...I need someone that meshes with my current CEMs and I can trust. I have a couple of people in mind. I would love to promote Mickey-she is young but has the right desire and the means to manage others--but I need her in my frame shop. Then there is Sarah--she has the desire but not the tack to guide others. Finally Lacey--she is my best cashier. My CEMs seem to think she will be perfect but I am not sure yet. I will have to do a full interview to be sure. I do not want to rush in. At the same time I want a full staff as soon as possible. We have inventory in a couple of weeks.
See once again I have gone on and on about work...It just seems to always be on my mind. Maybe once I have the right staff in place and my inventory is over I can relax....take a few days off.
for tonight a hot shower and a few hours of family tv time....
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Mini Vacation :)
Time for a mini vacation for me.....You have no idea how excited I am to have 3 days off and in a row! OMG. I have been working 6 days a week for the last month and the next month and half is going to be the same....so much going on at work.
Tomorrow is a special day for my hubby and I. That is the reason I am on this mini vacation to celebrate our 16th Anniversary. I have to make sure not to let myself slip back into work mode over the next few days...especially tomorrow. It so hard for me sometimes.
Who knows what we will do tomorrow...maybe nothing... as long as we are together I will be happy. It will be the first day of spring, most of the snow will be melted away and hopefully it will be nice out. Maybe we will take a trip up to Dover or Milton. Maybe we will have lunch at Abbott's Grill on Broad Creek, a new restaurant in Laurel. My hubby says the original in Milton has great reviews so why not try out the local one.
Honestly I will be happy doing anything. I need a rest away from work and spending time with my hubby is good enough.
I was going to bore you with work related BS but I have changed my mind. I will leave it on the hope of a great Anniversary....
Tomorrow is a special day for my hubby and I. That is the reason I am on this mini vacation to celebrate our 16th Anniversary. I have to make sure not to let myself slip back into work mode over the next few days...especially tomorrow. It so hard for me sometimes.
Who knows what we will do tomorrow...maybe nothing... as long as we are together I will be happy. It will be the first day of spring, most of the snow will be melted away and hopefully it will be nice out. Maybe we will take a trip up to Dover or Milton. Maybe we will have lunch at Abbott's Grill on Broad Creek, a new restaurant in Laurel. My hubby says the original in Milton has great reviews so why not try out the local one.
Honestly I will be happy doing anything. I need a rest away from work and spending time with my hubby is good enough.
I was going to bore you with work related BS but I have changed my mind. I will leave it on the hope of a great Anniversary....
Friday, February 21, 2014
Wow has it really been 4 months
I really do suck at this blogging thing don't I.
So much has happen...Made it through the Holiday seasons at work and home.
Home first:
Hubby did not quit his job but he did cut back to part time status. He works 24-30 hours a week all on the weekends. He started school then a ton of shit happened all at once and he decided to hold off one more semester. He is in the middle of a huge project for Samaria Sheepdog. Fall of Man. I am excited for him. He is forever second guessing himself...He doesn't have the confidence he once had.
My daughter was home for a couple of months during her winter break. I love her to death but she has no clue about real life sometimes. I have to let her make her mistakes and hopefully learn from them. It is so hard sometimes. I don't want her to have to go through all the mistakes I have. I want her to have a better life...but I suppose if its just handed to her she won't appreciate it. She is finding money doesn't grow on trees and finally attempting to get a part time job. LoL Something we have been trying to get her to do for years...
My son is a trip. He has enough confidence to do anything he sets his mind to except find a girlfriend that isn't a crazy bitch. I thought he was past the little mind game playing brat from the summer but no...somehow she wiggled her way back into his good graces only to screw him over again. I don't even want to discuss it any further. I think he is finally over her now.
I hit a big buck dear coming off the bypass on 50 going to work right before Thanksgiving. Scared the shit out of me. My poor Avenger was pretty messed up. We took it the dealership we bought it from for the repairs...Hertrich. They had my baby for almost a month. When we went to pick her up I know something wasn't right. I even pointed it out to them. Several weeks of going back and forth and it costing us a ton of $$ even after the insurance company paid what they considered their part, it still isn't fixed. It has been sitting in my front yard motionless for months...it looks brand new.
Hubby decided we couldn't keep trying to share the truck....it was cost a fortune in gas. I was dead set on getting a Kia Soul. So he rented one for me to test drive.....yeah they are not what the commercial makes out. I ended up getting a Ford Focus SE Hatchback. It is the smallest car I have ever owned but I love it. We are working with different mechanic to get the Avenger fixed.. not sure what we are going to do with it yet. My son wants it. He will be 16 this summer...who knows.
I celebrated 4 years CANCER FREE in December. WOOHOO. Ok enough of me babbling for now. I will not promise to write more soon but maybe just maybe...
So much has happen...Made it through the Holiday seasons at work and home.
Home first:
Hubby did not quit his job but he did cut back to part time status. He works 24-30 hours a week all on the weekends. He started school then a ton of shit happened all at once and he decided to hold off one more semester. He is in the middle of a huge project for Samaria Sheepdog. Fall of Man. I am excited for him. He is forever second guessing himself...He doesn't have the confidence he once had.
My daughter was home for a couple of months during her winter break. I love her to death but she has no clue about real life sometimes. I have to let her make her mistakes and hopefully learn from them. It is so hard sometimes. I don't want her to have to go through all the mistakes I have. I want her to have a better life...but I suppose if its just handed to her she won't appreciate it. She is finding money doesn't grow on trees and finally attempting to get a part time job. LoL Something we have been trying to get her to do for years...
My son is a trip. He has enough confidence to do anything he sets his mind to except find a girlfriend that isn't a crazy bitch. I thought he was past the little mind game playing brat from the summer but no...somehow she wiggled her way back into his good graces only to screw him over again. I don't even want to discuss it any further. I think he is finally over her now.
I hit a big buck dear coming off the bypass on 50 going to work right before Thanksgiving. Scared the shit out of me. My poor Avenger was pretty messed up. We took it the dealership we bought it from for the repairs...Hertrich. They had my baby for almost a month. When we went to pick her up I know something wasn't right. I even pointed it out to them. Several weeks of going back and forth and it costing us a ton of $$ even after the insurance company paid what they considered their part, it still isn't fixed. It has been sitting in my front yard motionless for months...it looks brand new.
Hubby decided we couldn't keep trying to share the truck....it was cost a fortune in gas. I was dead set on getting a Kia Soul. So he rented one for me to test drive.....yeah they are not what the commercial makes out. I ended up getting a Ford Focus SE Hatchback. It is the smallest car I have ever owned but I love it. We are working with different mechanic to get the Avenger fixed.. not sure what we are going to do with it yet. My son wants it. He will be 16 this summer...who knows.
I celebrated 4 years CANCER FREE in December. WOOHOO. Ok enough of me babbling for now. I will not promise to write more soon but maybe just maybe...
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