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Hey!!
Hoping to get some honest opinions/thoughts. I will try to keep this as short as possible.
So I (27, F) have been at my retail job for the past 3 years 9 months. Overall it's been pretty good especially compared to other retail jobs. We've had some management changes in this time (fired, quit, etc).
I think some context/backstreet is helpful. "E" was the store manager. "K" was my department manager. "E" wasn't liked very well and "K" wasn't on the sales floor often. I suppose though I had built trust with both and "K" taught me how to order a certain product for the department. That started in 2023ish. Both "E" and "K" drilled into me that doing this order for the product was a big deal and that not everyone gets to do it. "K" even got a raise for me for doing this. Months go by doing it without problem. I made a mistake with applying to a different position at a different store. I was told it showed how "inexperienced" I was and was reminded of the raise i had received and that I was ordering the product for the department and the big deal. I will admit I could have handled the applying better, but being able to do the order felt fragile.
Fast forward to "now"... "H" is now the store manager and "A" is my department manager. Neither "H" or "A" have seemed to have a problem with me continuing to do the order. If they've given feedback or asked me to order more/less I do what is asked. Trust seemed to be "solid".
We changed our point of sale a month ago and changed our way of ordering products and fulfilling online orders. And for the past month ive still been able to learn and continue to do the order I have been doing. Even helping "A" when they get confused or don't remember how to do something.
Today, however, I found out that I will no longer be able to / allowed to do this order. The "higher ups" supposedly want to have consistency across the stores. (We are a small company. Maybe 500 ish people). I was told I hadn't done anything wrong but that the manager needed to do it. But that "A" needed help with expiration dates. (Which i already periodically check) . I felt like with the way I had been talked to previously , this could've been a step to move up, and I felt almost accomplished and responsible. And it feels like im being torn down to expiration dates. I dont have a title other than sales associate.
It stung that I can't and feel like im almost being "pushed out". I have wanted to cry and even look at other jobs. Other coworkers who know seem to side with management and seem to take their side saying "it makes sense" . One said it was a blessing and now i dont have to deal with "C" ("c" being someone who checks stuff in). Or that im taking it too personally. Am I? Am I over thinking?