Good/Bad/Exciting/Anxiety Causing/Expected/Surprising News
I have not posted in a while. Why? Because the only thing I have to post about, the only thing I do in my life anymore is... Work! Sadly work is rarely exciting or post worthy, and when it is I am either too tired or not wanting to recount the details of what took place so there inlies the problem.
But anyway, I have been pretty frustrated lately because I work so hard and what do I get out of it? I still have trouble just getting by! My last check was bigger than normal because I got "vacation pay" and I was still almost completely out of money three days after I received it! So I talked to my district manager about this.
I knew it wasn't going to be a salary negotiation and I knew for the most part there wasn't anything she could do, but I figured I'd talk to her anyway and at least get it off my chest, maybe even get some advice or whatnot. I have known for a while that she has been dropping my name as someone to promote up to general manager. There have been rumors floating around for a while about current general managers in Norman going to other stores or stepping down, etc. and according to Anthony I am "next in line" in Norman to take over a store so he has been trying to teach me more and more things and kind of groom me to be ready if/when the time comes for me to step up. Well after my talk with Fran (the district manager) she felt that the only way to keep me with the company was to hurry and promote me. So the day after I talked to her Anthony told me that Fran had talked to Jaime who needs a general manager for her store and Fran wants me to be ready to move up as early as March 1! So you can imagine I have a plethora of mixed feelings about this. Overall I am having positive feelings, but I know it will definitely not be all good. I'm sure there will be times when I hate it, but at least it looks like I will be going to Jaime's store. She is the Training Manager and she is who conducted my management training so I know that I will continue to receive support and further training under her watch.
I just hope I do not disappoint!
But anyway, I have been pretty frustrated lately because I work so hard and what do I get out of it? I still have trouble just getting by! My last check was bigger than normal because I got "vacation pay" and I was still almost completely out of money three days after I received it! So I talked to my district manager about this.
I knew it wasn't going to be a salary negotiation and I knew for the most part there wasn't anything she could do, but I figured I'd talk to her anyway and at least get it off my chest, maybe even get some advice or whatnot. I have known for a while that she has been dropping my name as someone to promote up to general manager. There have been rumors floating around for a while about current general managers in Norman going to other stores or stepping down, etc. and according to Anthony I am "next in line" in Norman to take over a store so he has been trying to teach me more and more things and kind of groom me to be ready if/when the time comes for me to step up. Well after my talk with Fran (the district manager) she felt that the only way to keep me with the company was to hurry and promote me. So the day after I talked to her Anthony told me that Fran had talked to Jaime who needs a general manager for her store and Fran wants me to be ready to move up as early as March 1! So you can imagine I have a plethora of mixed feelings about this. Overall I am having positive feelings, but I know it will definitely not be all good. I'm sure there will be times when I hate it, but at least it looks like I will be going to Jaime's store. She is the Training Manager and she is who conducted my management training so I know that I will continue to receive support and further training under her watch.
I just hope I do not disappoint!