I learned Saturday that the Department Manager out there ummmm,"no longer works here".
From what I have heard, he was on vacation a week ago and whomever was supposed to check in the newly arriving plants 1) didn't do it correctly and 2) lost the invoices. And they blamed him because "he is the Department Manager".
That got it started and they went back and forth on things including;
No functioning water in the one place that needs to use water every day.
{One faucet corroded and broke and a customer broke the other one with her cart.}
Some wind chimes that he didn't want, tried to send back, was forced to display and was blamed for not sending back when they were recalled and he wasn't told.
Him being constantly pulled out of Garden Center because he is the only one trained on all power equipment; ie the Forklift, Scissor lift, Power dollies, etc.
He is also the main Safety manager and had red tagged the deli and bakery many times for safety violations.
He has been trying to get them to get the shade cloth up, which should have been done before we filled the patio with plants and needs to be done before we get a hail storm.
Eventually this lead to a mutual "I QUIT!/ YOU'RE FIRED" situation. But will also have additional fallout since his best friend works Housewares and is now transferring to the Wal Mart one town over. His mother works Infants and his girlfriend works Meat Dept. and will probably quit too.
It is a mess, but with the current Ass Manager in my department, I would prefer the mess over there. Our store is a training store for AMs and she has managed to piss off everybody, including fellow AMs.
Well, we will see tomorrow what the total damage and fall out is.
From what I have heard, he was on vacation a week ago and whomever was supposed to check in the newly arriving plants 1) didn't do it correctly and 2) lost the invoices. And they blamed him because "he is the Department Manager".
That got it started and they went back and forth on things including;
No functioning water in the one place that needs to use water every day.
{One faucet corroded and broke and a customer broke the other one with her cart.}
Some wind chimes that he didn't want, tried to send back, was forced to display and was blamed for not sending back when they were recalled and he wasn't told.
Him being constantly pulled out of Garden Center because he is the only one trained on all power equipment; ie the Forklift, Scissor lift, Power dollies, etc.
He is also the main Safety manager and had red tagged the deli and bakery many times for safety violations.
He has been trying to get them to get the shade cloth up, which should have been done before we filled the patio with plants and needs to be done before we get a hail storm.
Eventually this lead to a mutual "I QUIT!/ YOU'RE FIRED" situation. But will also have additional fallout since his best friend works Housewares and is now transferring to the Wal Mart one town over. His mother works Infants and his girlfriend works Meat Dept. and will probably quit too.
It is a mess, but with the current Ass Manager in my department, I would prefer the mess over there. Our store is a training store for AMs and she has managed to piss off everybody, including fellow AMs.
Well, we will see tomorrow what the total damage and fall out is.
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