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I'm a university graduate and I've been working at my current job for about 7 months now. After I graduated I had a lot of trouble finding a job. The store I worked at during school offered to let me join their assistant manager program which would take 1-3 years, but I thought that with my experience I could get hired elsewhere. I worked retail for the past five years at big chains and now I am working at a small business with two stores. I was originally under the impression that I was being hired as an assistant manager at a dance, swim and clothing store, but pretty quickly after being hired it was clear that I was not considered management in any capacity.
Since I started there, I've tried really hard to be upbeat and follow their rules, but it's been difficult. I used to work at chains, so it's hard to acclimate to working conditions where the rules change at the owner's whims and where I'm expected to know what the manager wants without being told. I've always worked in places where I've been complimented for my efficiency and creativity, but here the priorities are very different. I've been told off, for example, for making too much noise- closing the cash register too loudly, or using tape too loudly. Although I was hired as a full time employee, I was only given part time hours for 2.5 months solid because they considered me "in training" the entire time. Even now, having worked there for seven months, my training continues and I am not allowed to help customers with certain things. I get asked repeatedly to do jobs that no one else wants to do and I do them efficiently. I can't go into detail without giving away exactly where I work; they really are odd jobs. When the store had to do inventory, for example, I got the awesome job of doing it all single handedly because I'm the fastest.
When I was hired and in training I was told repeatedly that they needed an assistant manager. I have thought, like an idiot, for the past few months that I was being trained into the position, and that all the obscure jobs were to prepare me. I found out today that I am not, and that a girl hired after me is being actively trained for the position.
I know this is childish, but I am absolutely livid.
I would not have agreed to work part time for months (which I technically didn't agree to, they just did it without asking me, and treating me like an idiot when I asked questions) if I'd known I was not working towards being management. I have a great deal more experience than her. I am excellent with the customers. I do the jobs that she and others refuse to do. I even agreed to not get any time off for Christmas because this girl and several of our other staff decided to book so much time off. I've gotten offers from my old co-workers to come work with them for the holidays, and a serious offer to be a co-manager at an excellent store, and I turned it all down for this. I feel like a moron. I'm mad at myself and the owner. He gets mad when I ask questions but I should have pushed and made sure I knew exactly where I was going.
I just feel very angry and very powerless.
Since I started there, I've tried really hard to be upbeat and follow their rules, but it's been difficult. I used to work at chains, so it's hard to acclimate to working conditions where the rules change at the owner's whims and where I'm expected to know what the manager wants without being told. I've always worked in places where I've been complimented for my efficiency and creativity, but here the priorities are very different. I've been told off, for example, for making too much noise- closing the cash register too loudly, or using tape too loudly. Although I was hired as a full time employee, I was only given part time hours for 2.5 months solid because they considered me "in training" the entire time. Even now, having worked there for seven months, my training continues and I am not allowed to help customers with certain things. I get asked repeatedly to do jobs that no one else wants to do and I do them efficiently. I can't go into detail without giving away exactly where I work; they really are odd jobs. When the store had to do inventory, for example, I got the awesome job of doing it all single handedly because I'm the fastest.
When I was hired and in training I was told repeatedly that they needed an assistant manager. I have thought, like an idiot, for the past few months that I was being trained into the position, and that all the obscure jobs were to prepare me. I found out today that I am not, and that a girl hired after me is being actively trained for the position.
I know this is childish, but I am absolutely livid.
I would not have agreed to work part time for months (which I technically didn't agree to, they just did it without asking me, and treating me like an idiot when I asked questions) if I'd known I was not working towards being management. I have a great deal more experience than her. I am excellent with the customers. I do the jobs that she and others refuse to do. I even agreed to not get any time off for Christmas because this girl and several of our other staff decided to book so much time off. I've gotten offers from my old co-workers to come work with them for the holidays, and a serious offer to be a co-manager at an excellent store, and I turned it all down for this. I feel like a moron. I'm mad at myself and the owner. He gets mad when I ask questions but I should have pushed and made sure I knew exactly where I was going.
I just feel very angry and very powerless.