So much has happened in the last 3 months....where to start.
We made it through the Christmas season without me killing anyone. I was able to get Holly promoted to my Asst. Mgr the first part of December...without her I think I would have lost my mind.
My Replenishment Mgr should have been terminated forever ago but alas I am still having to deal with her bs. My DM that was suppose to be assisting me in getting her out but lead me astray then quit herself....ok I am getting ahead of myself. Let me back track a bit.
So lots of long hours and 7 day work week let into December and a visit from my ZVP and our ZHRM. I was so nervous. Still not getting the work out of my replenishment manager, no official assistant manager and fighting my customer experience manager to do something other than classes and my ZVP makes an unscheduled visit to my store right after Black Friday.
The visit went well...to well in my DM's eyes. She became very paranoid afterwards. She was already overly sensitive about the ZVP's sudden visit especially with the ZHRM in tow. She felt like they were singling her out and looking for something to nail her on.
Honestly the visit from my ZVP had been the first positive visit I had had in my new store. He walk with Holly and I, pointing out the opportunities and the success. He gave us praise for what we had accomplished and suggestions on how to fix the opportunities. If felt amazing to have the positive feedback.
My DM on the other hand was suspicious of the visit and grilled us relentlessly on it. She had us tell her every detail. Everything that was said or hinted at while they were in the store. She just knew we had thrown her under the bus some how. I don't know why she would have assumed that. I have never done anything but be loyal to her....I guess all the bs that the new SM in my old store was spewing had settled into the back of her mind.
I work my ass off for everything I have....I had to work 3x as hard now. I won't say my DM abandoned me at this point but she was not readily there to assist me. I worked long days and often extra shifts to keep my store going through peak season. I was so looking forward to an opportunity to have a few days to de-stress. I had been promised after the second week of January I could cash in on some of the lost days leading up to and during the transition to my new store.
As I had mentioned before my DM was extremely paranoid at this point that our ZVP was trying to find a reason to get rid of her. She felt that he held her at a different standard and was contently on her...well she up an quit the second week of January. No notice no nothing. Yes I said the second week of January...right before I was suppose to be able to finally have a few days to myself. Needless to say that did not happen. So many promises made now broken. We as a district were left dangling in the wind.
The DM from a neighboring district has taken over. He is nothing like my last DM. In some ways this is good, some not so much. Remember I love change and challenges....so I will take this on.
He toured my store on my day off this past week(which was suppose to be my first 3 day weekend EVER)...so of course I high tailed it in to be there for at least part of the visit. 5 hours later I leave with mixed emotions of how it went. That's a lie it was a D visit. I have NEVER gotten below a B before but it was understandable. We deserved a D but it's a base line for a start.
I am not sure how he left feeling about me and my staff. I have HUGE opportunities with my staff and I know it...and my last DM put me in this store knowing it. I know I am a good SM....but I find myself wondering does he know it. It was widely know that my last DM thought of me as her best SM. This was something that I have been told multiple times...so what does that mean for me now especially with this new DM whom is the total opposite of her.
Can you tell I am stressed.
