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.
