Post by Dragon in the Shadows on Aug 29, 2014 21:28:14 GMT -5
Since there was no thread dedicated towards work I decided to start one. Rant about your employers/managers or discuss your achievements. I'll start with something I brought up in the Shoutbox.
I got to work early as usual on Wednesday and had sat down to read on my Kindle when the HR manager sat down on the opposite side of the table and asked to talk to me. Anywho she told me the woman who worked damage products processing had been let go and the position was available. Normally I hear about these things after the position has been filled. She then proceeded to tell me she wanted to fill the position from within since it would be relatively easy to convert someone and I was the ideal candidate. After some time thinking about it I realized she's right on that, I have been assisting her since she started and I helped the previous guy as well. So I told her I would take the job. Naturally she said she had to wait for the store manager's approval. Since he wasn't in that day I figured I would have an answer by Monday.
Later on that same day I was discussing it with our receiving manager and she told me that she was asked two weeks earlier who would be the best person on staff to fill the position if it were suddenly to become available. She told me that she had said that I was the ideal candidate for the position. So, there you go. Two managers want me in the position. And yet I still don't have an answer. Today the store manager told me he wants to discuss it on Tuesday which is when he and the HR manager will both be on, but it happens to be my day off. So odds are I gotta waste $2.50 to get the ball rolling. Honestly I don't understand the hesitation. The damages are piling up and I'm the only one who has shown interest in the position...One could say I'm the only stupid enough to take it.
So here are the perks. Weekends off with rare exceptions. Pay increase. Not much, but it's almost lead level. Better hours. Fewer cuts in hours. Different management, pretty much just answering to LP. No more going out for carts or carry outs. No more customer calls. No more dealing with the front desk. No more going upstairs (I have a bad knee). Occasional time acting as receiving manager. About a 1000 tasks that I hate, I wouldn't be able to do. And the negative aspects of the position I either already do or have had to do worse. Even the thought of endless paper work doesn't compare to cleaning bathrooms when your store is less than a quarter mile from a Taco Bell.