Solved Going Back to Staples?
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Got the job. Now I need sleep. I'll keep everyone updated.
Congrats. Did you negotiate much of a raise?
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Are you starting tomorrow? What's the schedule like?
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Good luck.
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Raise is TBD. I go in Monday to do paperwork.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
I have gained a lot of humility over the past two months.
Doesn't read like it.
@thanksajdotcom said:
Overall, my values and methods line up with the ship's captain, aka the GM.
He is not your boss. You are already disrespecting the chain of command.
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@JaredBusch said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
I have gained a lot of humility over the past two months.
Doesn't read like it.
@thanksajdotcom said:
Overall, my values and methods line up with the ship's captain, aka the GM.
He is not your boss. You are already disrespecting the chain of command.
He is everyone's boss.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@JaredBusch said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
I have gained a lot of humility over the past two months.
Doesn't read like it.
@thanksajdotcom said:
Overall, my values and methods line up with the ship's captain, aka the GM.
He is not your boss. You are already disrespecting the chain of command.
He is everyone's boss.
I understand your point but Jared means he is your boss' boss. Keep that in mind. Yes, he overrides your boss, but you have a boss and it isn't him.
I have a boss too, it's @art_of_shred, yes @Minion-Queen is over me too, but the chain of command means my direct boss, the person called "my boss" is @art_of_shred
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@JaredBusch said:
He is not your boss. You are already disrespecting the chain of command.
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Whoever the MOD (manager on duty) is is my boss. And from what my GM was saying yesterday, he plans to mostly schedule me when he is the MOD.
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Not all managers are there all the time.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Whoever the MOD (manager on duty) is is my boss. And from what my GM was saying yesterday, he plans to mostly schedule me when he is the MOD.
That's viable, but when someone other than the GM is the MOD, make sure your brain says "that's my boss", even when you don't like who it is.
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@scottalanmiller I know and I agree.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Not all managers are there all the time.
Of course, we understand how that works. But there is a boss for your department, one over the departments for the store, a district manager, etc. Your department manager is, we assume your boss in the generic sense.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Not all managers are there all the time.
Of course, we understand how that works. But there is a boss for your department, one over the departments for the store, a district manager, etc. Your department manager is, we assume your boss in the generic sense.
That would be the sales manager. Her and I get along great. The tech supervisor and I also get along pretty well.
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@JaredBusch said:
@JaredBusch said:
He is not your boss. You are already disrespecting the chain of command.
Exactly. My Boss's boss is the CEO/COO you know how many times I've talked to either one of them? Zero. Not a once. They would not be too happy if we started calling them up instead of our boss.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Not all managers are there all the time.
Of course, we understand how that works. But there is a boss for your department, one over the departments for the store, a district manager, etc. Your department manager is, we assume your boss in the generic sense.
That would be the sales manager. Her and I get along great. The tech supervisor and I also get along pretty well.
He's referring to your direct report boss/supervisor.
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Talked to my sales manager today, as well as my GM, but my sales manager basically told me I'm being brought in to drive sales and clean house, as well as basically do the job my tech supervisor isn't doing. She wants him gone, so assuming I prove myself in a few ways, my guess is I will be taking his place.
Oh, and I did get a little bit of a raise but I'm going to push for more. This was kind of a in-passing starting raise but I'm going to push for at least a bit more. I've proven that I am worth it. Very fulfilling to be needed. Very validating.
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Congrats, glad to hear that it is going well.
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Congratulations on being back at work.
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Going really well so far. My tech supervisor today apologized for treating me like shit last time, has agreed to let me train the new techs my way (although that was passed down by management), and I think a lot of the fights I was fighting last time...the two months I was gone only added merit to what I was saying for the longest time. Oh, and the completely worthless waste of breath that is one of the techs is demanding a transfer (he was buddy buddy with the sales manager who got transferred) after storming in on the GM during a conference call and demanding a transfer, which was denied, and then putting in his two weeks, all because he heard I was coming back. I guess he was hitting and kicking stuff in the back room too.
I told my GM to send him where the other sales manager was sent. It'll help us and hurt them. Double win.
