A few weeks ago we had 4 people from corporate visiting our store. So of course we were told to make sure to say all the right greetings and pitches and do all the other stuff corporate wants us to do but we don't bother with.
It's kind of comical to me how when corporate visits they always see this fake show and not what actually goes on in the store on a day to day to basis. I asked my manager about this, and she said that more or less these guys are super important and outrank all of us so whatever they want us to do, we need to do it and not complain.
This particular visit lasted maybe 2 hours and we did well on our evaluation. One of the VPs who was in gave me a pop quiz on our sales process (sidenote: I HATE it when managers do this to me) and had me do a quick roleplay of a transaction to make sure I knew my stuff.
They also decided to move a few things around to places that they don't really fit into. I don't think it looks appealing, but if that's what corporate wants then so be it.
The good news is that now that we've got this visit taken care of, you can guarantee it will be at least 6 months before we see anyone higher than a district manager through here.
It's kind of comical to me how when corporate visits they always see this fake show and not what actually goes on in the store on a day to day to basis. I asked my manager about this, and she said that more or less these guys are super important and outrank all of us so whatever they want us to do, we need to do it and not complain.
This particular visit lasted maybe 2 hours and we did well on our evaluation. One of the VPs who was in gave me a pop quiz on our sales process (sidenote: I HATE it when managers do this to me) and had me do a quick roleplay of a transaction to make sure I knew my stuff.
They also decided to move a few things around to places that they don't really fit into. I don't think it looks appealing, but if that's what corporate wants then so be it.
The good news is that now that we've got this visit taken care of, you can guarantee it will be at least 6 months before we see anyone higher than a district manager through here.
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