One of the long time cashiers at my store likes to often repeat this phrase, "I used to be a manager" to his/her friends and frequent customers he/she chats with.
Now, call me crazy, but I find that to be an odd thing to say. I mean, it just raises so many questions. Used to be? What type of manager were you? Why are you NOT a manager right now, instead of just a cashier? Did you forfeit your position as manager and voluntarily choose to be just a cashier?
Who the hell chooses to step down from being a manager to being just a cashier again? Do you see the weird in this? Tell me that's not right.
I work with someone who used to be. It's probably just not worth the hassle. Think about the hours some of them have to work. We've had managers who had to be there from basically open to close. Sometimes have to work late. You're the one who gets the call when something goes wrong...at odd hours. Often placed away from where your live. Factor that in and it's really not worth the benefits...boss people around and make a little more money. I'd say your coworker is just pointing out that she is management material (which at kroger tends to mean either they're 1. a woman or 2. black. BC kroger gotta be like that.
Manager as in department head? Happens more often that you realize. The stress gets to be too much and after so many years, it's not worth the stress, or the being moved around all over the district all for an extra dollar or two an hour. I know there's at least one former bakery manager who's a clicklist associate now and is happy as can be there.
Let's see...I PERSONALLY know of one store manager who now is a department manager for another smaller chain...Our Kroger grocery manager is quitting Kroger to do something else for a living...Our meat manager moved from main girl to second banana...Some of the younger ones who have been looking for a managerial job will finally be getting their chance now...We have a guy who has been passed over a couple times for a management spot becoming the new grocery manager...A couple of our former young clerks are now managers at other stores, one a co-manager and the other a produce manager...These things DO happen...This is nothing new, people!
I think the stress DOES get to the older ones, too, which is why we've had a front-end manager, a deli manager and a frozen manager all retire this year and soon, a longtime produce manager...They are all of that age, too, and I don't blame them one bit for leaving...
One of the long time cashiers at my store likes to often repeat this phrase, "I used to be a manager" to his/her friends and frequent customers he/she chats with.
Now, call me crazy, but I find that to be an odd thing to say. I mean, it just raises so many questions. Used to be? What type of manager were you? Why are you NOT a manager right now, instead of just a cashier? Did you forfeit your position as manager and voluntarily choose to be just a cashier?
Who the hell chooses to step down from being a manager to being just a cashier again? Do you see the weird in this? Tell me that's not right.
Now call me crazy, but I find that you are just too fu cken stupid. You really are one judge mental piece of dog sh!t. No doubt youre still a sh!t eating grin employee who cant pass above CC. Worry about yourself cause youre the last person to talk about anyone else when your life and career both share and balance the same sinking turd.
One of the long time cashiers at my store likes to often repeat this phrase, "I used to be a manager" to his/her friends and frequent customers he/she chats with.
Now, call me crazy, but I find that to be an odd thing to say. I mean, it just raises so many questions. Used to be? What type of manager were you? Why are you NOT a manager right now, instead of just a cashier? Did you forfeit your position as manager and voluntarily choose to be just a cashier?
Who the hell chooses to step down from being a manager to being just a cashier again? Do you see the weird in this? Tell me that's not right.
This happens occasionally. Reason? If someone is reasonably well off, (making just enough money to be OK, or having another source of income, or a spouse who also works, etc), and can no longer stand the stress of a manager position, they sometimes opt for a "lower" position for their sanity. I know this sounds crazy to many people, but some people just want some (relative) peace and quiet in their lives and are willing to take a pay cut so they don't have to deal with such a high level of stress......which is almost a given in any top managerial position. I don't think it's weird. It's unusual, but not weird.
Now, then again, there are some people who are lying about that and are just trying to impress their coworkers and make themselves feel better by acting like they have a history of "better" jobs.
In the case at your store, it might be either one or the other of the cases above.
Here, AFEM pay is $.65 less than topped cashier pay. Yeah, less than a dollar.
Abuse from upper management and getting screamed at for Quevision being at 60% despite every single possible employee at the front isn't worth it unless they are trying to get promoted. Low pay, frequent clopening, and otherwise random scheduling are all additionally marks against.
It's kind of amazing that any stick around at all.
Oh yeah, the only real reason to be a manager is being guaranteed 40 hours.
Otherwise, it's completely random. Getting close to full time? 12 hours or less. Holiday season? Possibly scheduled overtime. 9 years seniority? No, you get 20 hours this week. Go Uber or something, wagecuck. Oh wait, new hires didn't show up. Let's threaten you until you come in.
I would read that, "I'm a vet of the most insane crap imaginable, and have wised up 'cause the money was not worth it!" Too much like, "I used to be in a really messed-up gang."
