Why do new co-managers, fresh from training, think they can come in and tell you you're doing everything wrong even though you've been doing it that way for over 20 years and you know what works and what doesn't?
It's part brainwashing mixed with a part of power-tripping and a part of sucking up to corporate. And it doesn't apply to just management. Department heads and supervisors have ended up like this too. The best thing you can do is do your job the way you know how. Most of them will come around. Most, but not all.
It's part brainwashing mixed with a part of power-tripping and a part of sucking up to corporate. And it doesn't apply to just management. Department heads and supervisors have ended up like this too. The best thing you can do is do your job the way you know how. Most of them will come around. Most, but not all.
You have to break them in gently, or they will never learnI made sure our co-managers knew what was what from the get-go, so they could see whats really going on from our point of viewThen, they can see what corporate is telling them and figure it all out for themselvesMost co-managers will come around, but it takes a lot of patience and finesseFortunately, I have plenty of both in spades and I keep tryingThe ones who never learn tend to fall into the traps of their own making and never seem to last longIve seen many quit, come and go to new stores and some have moved up into other positions within the company that are less stressfulWhen youve gone through 14 managers in just 16 years alone and countless more co-managers, you gain a lot of experience in dealing with them and you also realize that youll be there much longer than they willI dont stress out over what I dont have time to stress out over
It's part brainwashing mixed with a part of power-tripping and a part of sucking up to corporate. And it doesn't apply to just management. Department heads and supervisors have ended up like this too. The best thing you can do is do your job the way you know how. Most of them will come around. Most, but not all.
You have to break them in gently, or they will never learnI made sure our co-managers knew what was what from the get-go, so they could see whats really going on from our point of viewThen, they can see what corporate is telling them and figure it all out for themselvesMost co-managers will come around, but it takes a lot of patience and finesseFortunately, I have plenty of both in spades and I keep tryingThe ones who never learn tend to fall into the traps of their own making and never seem to last longIve seen many quit, come and go to new stores and some have moved up into other positions within the company that are less stressfulWhen youve gone through 14 managers in just 16 years alone and countless more co-managers, you gain a lot of experience in dealing with them and you also realize that youll be there much longer than they willI dont stress out over what I dont have time to stress out over
OP here. I work in the bakery. This new co-manager wants to re-arrange everyone's schedules so it fits the production schedule made up by someone from corporate. We're suppose to have this, this, and this done by a certain time. Everything is suppose to be done at certain time. If it comes up, I'm going to ask them just how many people did they have doing all those tasks and just how big were they. There's a big difference between filling a 10 door display freezer and a 2 door display freezer. Fill tables? Okay, just how many tables are we talking about? Bake bread? Is it two channel carts or seven? On top of all that we're expected to put away the frozen order and organize the freezer. According to their schedule, we are given one hour for each task. Don't forget the scans and Fresh Start too. There's just no way to get all that done when at times you only have three people all day. Also, I have a set schedule. It took me 25 years to get a set schedule. I am not letting someone screw it up. I'll quit first.
Why do new co-managers, fresh from training, think they can come in and tell you you're doing everything wrong even though you've been doing it that way for over 20 years and you know what works and what doesn't?
