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01-12-2009, 8:59 PM
It was announced last Thursday that my company was closing three stores in the district. It so happened that mine was one of them. My store was shut down and closed end of day Friday. I kinda knew this was coming sooner or later due to the demographic situations surrounding my store. The good news out of this is that both of my teamates did not lose their jobs. They will be transferred with the same job titles and hours. Myself, I lost my title as manager, and will be ultimately transferred to another store as an associate manager. (Asst. mgr. with full bonus perks). In the meantime I get to assist in two store inventories, tie-outs, and pull downs of product. I hate to lose my title and manager perks, as I lose my company vehicle and paid fuel. But as weird as it seems, my potential for salary compensation may go up if the bonus compensation out-weighs the cost of fuel for transportation. Only time will tell in this case.
I feel I did a good job as a manager in several measured perspectives. First no one out of my team lost their jobs. Others were not as lucky. Second, the first questions out of my teams mouths were "Are they going to split us all up?" Not the question of "do we still have a job?" That one killed me to answer, but the answer was "yes". This response almost brought a tear to my eye. Third, in retrospect, I had to cut one employees hours from full to part time. The company offered her a full time position if she wanted to transfer to another facility. She stated "no" and that she would continue to work for me on part time hours.
I guess my whole point in this situation has to remain positive as it very well could be a blessing in its own. We are all getting out of a very bad part of the city and don't have to worry about getting held up everytime we walk out of the store. We all still have jobs and are held in high standards within the company. And all of us can actually find something positive from all of this in one way or another, even though on the surface it hurts just a little.
I feel I did a good job as a manager in several measured perspectives. First no one out of my team lost their jobs. Others were not as lucky. Second, the first questions out of my teams mouths were "Are they going to split us all up?" Not the question of "do we still have a job?" That one killed me to answer, but the answer was "yes". This response almost brought a tear to my eye. Third, in retrospect, I had to cut one employees hours from full to part time. The company offered her a full time position if she wanted to transfer to another facility. She stated "no" and that she would continue to work for me on part time hours.
I guess my whole point in this situation has to remain positive as it very well could be a blessing in its own. We are all getting out of a very bad part of the city and don't have to worry about getting held up everytime we walk out of the store. We all still have jobs and are held in high standards within the company. And all of us can actually find something positive from all of this in one way or another, even though on the surface it hurts just a little.