my store manager-is this normal?
I started as a key holder in late December, moved up to assistant manager a couple months ago.
Our store manager has himself on the schedule from 7:15 to 5:15 just about every day of the week except sundays. A couple weekends ago, he stated he wanted to take the weekend off and scheduled me to open on Saturday and another associate keyholder to open on Sunday. Then, two weekends later, he’s scheduled himself off another weekend. Meaning I have to work six days in a row, Friday being 11-close (9:30ish) and then Saturday coming to open around 7:30 to 515.
He NEVER works past about 230. any days that are not dry truck stocking days, he’s there by himself til 1ish and so I realize as the only person in the store to run a register (even though we are not particularly busy on weekday mornings), there isn’t a lot he can realistically get done.
But there are 1 million planograms, end caps, and tier tables that he has neglected to reset. He doesn’t do his damn job worth a crap. He tries to put his responsibilities on his other employees and then berate and even insult us when we are not working as efficiently as he would prefer.
I have a suspicion that he thinks he’s going to be able to take every weekend off. If he continues to work the hours he’s been working, less Saturdays, that will put him at less than 40 hours a week as a SALARIED store manager, less than what I often work, and definitely less than one of my coworkers does. Am I wrong in thinking those are some cush hours for a manager of a store like this? I’m sick of this bullshit. He doesn’t do his job properly, doesn’t use his time properly, and it affects all of the rest of us being able to train ppl and do our job properly. I was hired at part time, I should’ve never taken the assistant manager position but I wanted the pay bump (which is still pitiful), but I spoke with him a month ago informing him that I needed to go back to part time even if it meant letting go of assistant manager position and he agreed for to letting me do that once the school year ended, which is happening next week and does not reflect on my schedule next week. I just reminded him of that today as he has a habit of conveniently forgetting things. I have two kids that will be out of school for the summer and I split time 50/50 with their dad. any advice? I’m lucky in my situation as I receive a small amount of child support and I don’t have to pay rent and in all honesty, my sanity, work – life balance, and time with my kids is more important than working that many hours a week for the moment, especially w the ridiculous stress of this job. ps i’m looking for a better job, but I’m also struggling to find a moment to breathe in between all my responsibilities and this godforsaken place