Decisions

You ever have something that doesn't really affect you affect you to the point where it stresses you out until the event/solution/etc comes to pass?

Yah.

So we had one of our managers leave like...a month ago now? 

Which means that we've needed to replace them. And like most corporate places, we were looking internally to see if any of our current workers had any interest in stepping up and becoming a manager.

Which, thanks to me doing a few one on ones with the people in my team like a month ago. I had a good idea of who was interested and who wasn't and could point my head manager in their direction.

Especially the ones I thought could excel as a manager and do well in a position of more responsibility.

However.

We had another coworker -not under my team- also step forward stating that they were also interested in stepping up into the manager position.

Which....was rather confusing.

Because this particular position deals more with customer service. It's mostly closing shifts. It's a lot of cashiering and such.

And this coworker...while they have been a part of the team for a few years now....doesn't really do much in relation to the customer service aspect of the job. And it is well known that they hate working cashier shifts.

So it was odd that they wanted to take on this manager position....because it seemed to be everything that they didn't like doing. 

Yet...it was something to consider. As I know this individual has tried multiple times before to step up into a manager position...only to be passed over in favor of someone else who fits the spot better.

So I was being my empathetic self and worrying about how this individual would take it if they once again didn't get a manager position and someone else who's been with the company for a fraction of the time gets it. 

So I was a bit on pins and needles for the past week or so, wondering who the Head Manager was actually going to pick. Like we all knew there were pros and cons to the individuals being considered. It was a matter of figuring out which one had more pros and which cons we could fan into strengths and such. 

In the end.

The manager position went to the individual where we thought they'd be a better fit for it. Where they can cashier and interact well with customers and such.

But. 

Thankfully. It ended up being a win win situation.

As it came out that the other individual who we weren't certain would be a good fit for the manager position realized that they didn't really want to be a manager.

No. There was a lightbulb moment where it was realized that all they really wanted to be was full time and receive benefits. As they've been working part time this entire time. 

And because of limited hours given to us each week to split between everyone...it's rather difficult to give anyone full time hours unless they are in a management position. 

However, looking at the schedules, this person was only like...5 hours away from working full time every week. So it wouldn't be that much of a stretch for us to just...make them full time and give them what they wanted. 

Of course this was done with the understanding that they would be working in multiple departments around the store. But my coworker seems rather happy with the arrangement. 

So yah.

We get a manager that we think will work well with the current management team as well as with customers.

And we also get a happy employee who finally got the full time hours they've been wanting for a while.

So yay! Win win!

And one less stress on my plate that I don't need to worry about in the back of my head. ^^;;

Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves. 
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi