Work sucks. I'm totally burned out and fed up with the company I work for. They seem to have decided that short term goals are more important that long term benefits and it's just stupid.
Not too long ago, they announced that they were doing away with the position of Assistant Manager and Customer Service Lead at all but the busiest stores and implementing a new position that combined the two in an effort to improve customer service. Huh? The theory being that this would free up some payroll so we could have more people on the floor.
All of the people that were in danger of being made redundant were to be assessed and the position given to the best candidate. As it would be the number two spot in the store, the new position carries more responsibility than CSL, so more pay was discussed. Everyone who assessed poorly would be given a severance package. Including out CSL. I was inline to get the new spot, my last, best chance to move up with this company since the removal of the AM position.
Three days before the changes were going to take place, someone finally did the math and realized that with so many of the CSLs assessing poorly they would be paying out a huge amount of money. Cue the 180 degree flip. All CSLs were automatically given the new position and since they are calling it a sideways move, there's no pay increase. So now we have a TON of poorly assessed people as the second in charge in a TON of stores. And me still in my little corner.
Which I thought I was ok with, because I really did like my job. But now I just feel bitter and annoyed and frankly, taken advantage of. All.The.Fucking.Time.
Meanwhile, the things I said months ago to my current boss are starting to come to pass. General Managers who have been with the company for years and got screwed over this year by this and other company wide fuck ups, are starting to leave. My old GM, who I loved to death got screwed one too many times, lied to too many times, and just left to go work with a company that has a long term vision promoting growth, not penny pinching. I see his former AM, now a GM in her own store, heading that way soon too, but time will tell.
Oh and the mythical payroll that was supposed to increase customer service by putting more people on the floor? Dried up. Good luck finding someone on the floor to help you unless we're working freight.
I give them until July to prove me wrong in my theory that they're going to drive the company into the ground in pursuit of the almighty dollar. That's when I get my yearly review and normally, a pay increase. If I don't get one, they can blow me.
