Work Situation:
Hey all, it has been a while since I have come to post anything. Though the reading is great.
I need some advice.
So I work in a Retail environment. I have been working here for 6 years. They move us from store to store whenever they need us. So I just recently moved to a store out of my way, from ALL the other stores, because they needed someone to RUN this new store I am at. So They gave me a great shift. M-F 9-6pm. I have NEVER had this schedule before because I was their guy to go to who would take ANY shift they wanted because I never complained about it. So to get me to move to this store they offered me that shift.
So I took it. Now I get to this new store and there is this older lady who is having trouble doing EVERYTHING. She doesnt know how to work a computer nor use a mouse. Seems odd since we are a Telecommunications company. Like a ComCast basically.
I train this lady EVERYTHING i know and get her up to speed on basic stuff as well as dealing with scenarios that they dont teach us.
So one day, in December timeframe she asked to switch schedules with me. I told her, that I am happy where I am at since I have never had this schedule before. She has two kids, and lives in the town that she works in, where as I have no wife and kids, but I do have a family i see weekly if not more and I live in a different town.
then come last week she said, "i really want your shift. I am going to ask for it because I dont want to work Saturdays this summer at all." I was pretty floored by hearing this. I said you do what you have to do I guess.
So now Yesterday (Friday) our supervisor came to our store to give her a review. It was not good. She is not picking up the basics that I showed her as well as telling our Supervisor she wasnt "sure" about procedures. Making me look as If I am not teaching her. This is not the case. I show her EVERYTHING as well as show here where to go for the answers.
So the supervisor caught me off guard and asked me, "well me and Shelly are talking about seeing her not working Saturdays, because she had worked saturdays all last summer." Mind you she started in the summer. I told him, "well I worked 6 years on saturdays, and I am enjoying my shedule as of now." he said, " well can we do half and half. where every month you rotate to work saturdays for the month?" i told him im open to Ideas but I would have to think about it.
So now I just feel that this lady is gunning for my shift and this is her "round about way" of doing it.
I know its a saturday but what really bugs me is that this lady not working here for not even a year, is trying to get a GREAT SHIFT because she has kids but is not performing her duties at work?
This stirs me up. I am willing to give up Saturdays and such but not to this lady who in my eyes doesnt even come close to deserving it.
I am going to talk to my supervisor and let him know I think this is unfair. But I dont want to seem as a person who wont compromise, because I do compromise daily for the company they just dont see it since there is no supervisor their since I am basically the supervisor.
any ideas? am I wrong? thought?
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