Grrrr.. so off track .. vent..
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| Wed, 04-12-2006 - 3:23pm |
Hi Ladies;
it's been awhile since I've actually posted. There is so much going on at work. The past 2 months I had been traveling between KC and St.Louis to support both stores and train new employess. Then my boss and my vice president were both fired so I'm grounded for a little while until we hire up enough people to take on those responsibilities. I offered to take on the mgmt position here at the st. louis store. I've been doing the work and training mgrs for the past 1.5 years. I thought it would be in the best interest of the store, we wouldn't have to go through the 3-5 wk training period with a new mgr. Well the corporate office decided that I could just keep doing the job for "months and months and pay me the same while they look for a new guy" (direct quote) So now I'm doing the work of all the in house staff as well as mentoring in house staff at our other locations. The 10-12 hours a day that I had been working have now bumped up to 14-16 hour days... 6 days a week. I'm just tired and it's frustrating to me that the company thinks highly enough of me to train and develop these individuals as well as take on the added responsibilty of doing the job of 2 people, but they would rather go outside of the company and take a risk with someone off the street than to promote me. They are interviewing the few applicants they have that applied for the position tomorrow.. If they can find someone in that group and IF they can start immediately it's going to be at least 3 weeks before they will be in the store running it... even then it will be a good 2-4 months before they have a good clue as to how to do everything they need to do. I no longer have any desire to be the mgr and I'm not sure how much longer I can stay at this company with that kind of treatment. I do need my job.. but it's definitely made me want to be more "aware" of what's out there.
so.. while I'm po'ed at my company.. that's not really what's putting me off of my goals. I'm just working so much that when i'm finished I just want to go home and go to bed. I don't want to make something good.. so I've been going to fast food.. I don't want to work out.. I'm exhausted.. and it frustrates me that I can get so off track just by adding a few more working hours to my day.
*sigh* sorry for the unorganized vent ladies, but I appreciate you listeinin!
I'll try to post more soon.
jess


Jess--
Thats terrible that they would treat you like that and not even give you the opportunity to apply for the manager position, and then up your hours on top of it.
It is understandable to me for you to go off track as much as you are working that would give ANYONE out. Good luck to you, and I hope things work out for you soon.
Angela
Angela
Jess, I'm so sorry that you're going through this. Looks like you're working for a large corporation aren't you? This seams to be a very common way of thinking in these institutions right now. It's very stupid and very unfair. They just take their core team for granted and deplete their energy. On the other hand, they hire clueless people for tons of money and at the end of the day, you're still the one doing the whole job. I'll stop now before this turns into my vent :)
Anybody would've caved under these circumstances. Just do the best you can and it will be over soon.
Hugs
Such toads!
It's great that you were able to post/vent/acknowledge where you are, and I hope the situation improves for you sooner than you expect. Hang on there (for yourself, not necessarily this particular job)!
This does seem to be typical corporate/institutional behavior. When I left my last job, they hired two people to replace me. Sadly, I'd be ecstatically happy to go back now... oh well! And I know lots of folks who've only been able to progress by going back and forth between companies, up a notch each time. It sound like your company knows exactly how valuable you are, but da**ed if they'll acknowledge it in terms of position or compensation.
Yep, toads!
Good luck--
Misha
I'm gonna do a group reply here because I'm short on time, but I thank you all for your kind words.
Yes Sistah Deme you're right you do need to apply and I did apply using the proper internal channels. When I was checking with some of the other people that had been with the company slightly longer, they told me they felt it would be a good move to make, but not to get my hopes up because the president has had women managers in the past that haven't preformed well so now he tends to shy away from them. While I'm not sure if that's the reason I didn't get the position, I can't help but to wonder if it's not true now that they've hired yet another man and all of our managers are men. I hate to play the discrimination card for anything.. so if it is, it is.. as it stands I'm very actively looking for a new career.
While not on the same subject, I've very happy to see you posting again.. I was getting worried that maybe you had given up.. how is your journey going?
Lori and Angela :) thank you for your compassion and well wishes. I really feel like I have no other choice but to look outside the company. There is no room for growth for me here. I love all of my boys here, I just am so angry that they would treat me with such little reguard on the corporate level.
Mary I'm actually working for a small corporation we have less than 100 employess over 4 states. They've been dangling the advancement carrot in front of my nose for over a year now, then when the opportinuty is here, they hire outside of the company. When I walked in the door just over 2 yrs ago, I was very excited and motivated to help this place get to the next level. They lured me in with this is a family, the only stress you have is what you make for youself, as we grow there are plenty of opportunities for advancement. my home store under the leadership of myself and my old mgr had broken company records time and time again. They want to grow and be a big corporation, but I've said it before and I'll say it again, you can not grow a successful business with an average employee life span of 6 months to 1 year. Our business is just under 15 yrs old I think it says something to the character of the people running the business when a veteran employee has less than 4 years with the company! ok this is quickly turning into another venting session :)
Misha.. toads! so appropriate and made me smile. you're right it is definitely time to step away from this environment. It's currently not the right place for me. Who knows.. if I'm unhappy at another job, in a few years it might have improved and could be time for me to jump up that ladder.
as far as my weight loss journey.. at this point I'm just trying to maintain.. once the new guy gets trained and in here or I get antoher job.. whichever comes first. I'll get back on track :)
thanks yet again for listenin to me harp whine and bellyache :)
My First 10% of Body Weight
Glad you're feeling a bit more on top of this, Jess.
Please remember that my "stepping away from this environment" could be metaphorical, rather than actual (as in investing less of yourself in the job and your boys, but not so much less you lose your job!). Just knowing there are other options out there can be valuable!
Take care,
Misha