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I started at my current job about 6-7 months ago. This was all just supposed to be a part-time job to help me pay bills while I'm going to school full-time.
They now have me working anywhere between 30-40 hours a week. Tomorrow will mark day 12 in a row that I've worked. Supervisors from other departments are trying to steal me away from my current department. Needless to say, I think they're pretty happy with my performance.
They will be opening another store on the south side of town, a little bit smaller than the one I'm working in. At first there were just talks of me being a Senior for the department, which would be really cool. It's full-time with some leadership responsibility, but it's not like being the Supervisor. After they had me talk with corporate (for some reason corporate loves me), they're now thinking Supervisor. Which would be OK, if I weren't a full-time college student.
So, I should be happy, right? When hours are being slashed across the store, supervisors are willing to give me their hours because they want the numbers in their departments to improve. I'm the 3rd highest paid person in my department, I'm 5th on the seniority list. I'm in line for a leadership role in a new store.
Why am I not completely thrilled? Because I'm starting to sense some animosity between myself and other coworkers. I really don't ask for this, I don't. I'm not bragging about my hours. I stay pretty quiet when I do have a great day. This actually pisses off my managers to a degree, because they like to know how sales are looking almost all the time. But, I choose not to showboat, because it's not my style. So, when my coworkers see the schedules and see that I'm being scheduled in their departments taking hours away from them, I have a feeling it'll only get worse.
I don't work with a single person that I would really call a slacker or anything of the sort. Everyone really has their strengths, that's for sure. A lot of people really try hard with their sales pitches, but don't have the success that I seem to have. You can't fault anyone for trying, that's all that should be asked of anyone on the floor. I just seem to have more success and the managers and supervisors just want to capitalize on it all. I don't blame them at all for wanting to improve their numbers, just like I don't blame people for being mad that their hours are being cut.
I'm the quietest person in the store. And at first, it was taken as a lack of enthusiasm to be there. I really like my job, I'm just soft spoken. You don't have to be loud and off the wall for customers to like you. I just offer a sincere smile, I shake their hands and I introduce myself to them. I ask for their names, ask how their day is going... and I use their names often. It shows that you've taken a personal interest in them, and that helps a lot. It's also the key to all my success there...
They now have me working anywhere between 30-40 hours a week. Tomorrow will mark day 12 in a row that I've worked. Supervisors from other departments are trying to steal me away from my current department. Needless to say, I think they're pretty happy with my performance.
They will be opening another store on the south side of town, a little bit smaller than the one I'm working in. At first there were just talks of me being a Senior for the department, which would be really cool. It's full-time with some leadership responsibility, but it's not like being the Supervisor. After they had me talk with corporate (for some reason corporate loves me), they're now thinking Supervisor. Which would be OK, if I weren't a full-time college student.
So, I should be happy, right? When hours are being slashed across the store, supervisors are willing to give me their hours because they want the numbers in their departments to improve. I'm the 3rd highest paid person in my department, I'm 5th on the seniority list. I'm in line for a leadership role in a new store.
Why am I not completely thrilled? Because I'm starting to sense some animosity between myself and other coworkers. I really don't ask for this, I don't. I'm not bragging about my hours. I stay pretty quiet when I do have a great day. This actually pisses off my managers to a degree, because they like to know how sales are looking almost all the time. But, I choose not to showboat, because it's not my style. So, when my coworkers see the schedules and see that I'm being scheduled in their departments taking hours away from them, I have a feeling it'll only get worse.
I don't work with a single person that I would really call a slacker or anything of the sort. Everyone really has their strengths, that's for sure. A lot of people really try hard with their sales pitches, but don't have the success that I seem to have. You can't fault anyone for trying, that's all that should be asked of anyone on the floor. I just seem to have more success and the managers and supervisors just want to capitalize on it all. I don't blame them at all for wanting to improve their numbers, just like I don't blame people for being mad that their hours are being cut.
I'm the quietest person in the store. And at first, it was taken as a lack of enthusiasm to be there. I really like my job, I'm just soft spoken. You don't have to be loud and off the wall for customers to like you. I just offer a sincere smile, I shake their hands and I introduce myself to them. I ask for their names, ask how their day is going... and I use their names often. It shows that you've taken a personal interest in them, and that helps a lot. It's also the key to all my success there...
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