Over my 48 years in the meat business I have found there are 6 types of Store managers, Which of the below is yours
(A):Everybody's best friend. These people are smart, motivated and very good at what they do; they're just in management because they want to make good money to support themselves or their girlfriends or their families. Very easy to get along with. If you're under their supervision, mostly all you have to do is show up on time, do your job, and not be a trouble maker. They usually either get fired or demoted, unfortunately.
My view? They go straight to Heaven. Tickets per-paid in advance.
(B):The Control Monster. Signature affect of these people is that every body is a f king idiot except them. The store would surely collapse without their steely, ever-present guidance. When talking to you they're not talking to you, they are holding forth as if to a retarded child with a malignant brain tumor. When they're off duty, no they're not: They tend to show up in their street clothes, ostensibly there in the store to shop. But they're barking orders and making suggestions and being top grade ass hats to all the other salaried managers who have to be there. If these people won a Hundred BILLION Dollar Power Lottery, they would still insist on keeping their jobs (or buying their own store). My view? They go straight to whatever level of Hell where you can control when the water flows to their mouth...
(C):The True Sadist. This person is intelligent, driven and has clear goals in their life. They are very pragmatic and effective at not only basic retail management skills, but quarterly and even yearly market projections; they tend to excel at advanced tasks that none of their peers wish to tackle. They are also snide, egotistical, arrogant, vehemently EVIL bitches whom will stop at nothing to crush the very souls of any one beneath them---, those without a salaried management title. These 'people', while pathetic and simplistic and somewhat deserving of some form of human kindness, actually deserve none of any of that. Whatever twisted things happened in their lives to cause them to victimize innocent human beings in the fashions that they not only do, but ENJOY doing, does not give them any right to do so. My view? They go straight to Satan's Sex den for an eternity of watching early eighties Hair Rock videos.
(D)The Company policy freak The fourth type of manager is the Company policy freakwho is so obsessed with the whole Company policy that they feel the need to cram it down your throat till you choke and beg for mercy. I hope these evil Bas turds will burn in the hottest corner of Hell.
(E) The College Boy...This character is WAY too young for his job,looks like he just started shaving last week,and has no clue about what it takes to get the job done in a Grocery store.They do not 'manage' at all but simply Parrot whatever corporate tells him to say. They usually wind up in the "C" category when they finally grow up.
(F)The Good manager He is able to blend into the background, changing small things here and there to great effect. Being a good manager is about leading by example. Will jump in and work beside you, It's one of the toughest jobs out there — in part because he has to manage other people's expectations — and also he is one of the least acknowledged. He make people feel good. The successful manager is great at identifying his employees' strengths and applauding them every once in a while. That's because good managers know that happy people make productive people.
He remembers, our values are what make us "tick." If you manage by respecting your team's values, they will give you their best effort.
He ask the employees how they're liking their job on a regular basis. Encourage them to be honest with him. Then take action based upon what they tell you.
He offers perks that his employees will value. If health is important to them, gives them time to go to the gym and work out. If their family is important, respect the time they may need to send their kids off to school in the morning or pick them up in the afternoon.
Privately laud his employees do well. Will tell them when he has a moment and goes into detail. He knows a private chat, however short, that the employee does a good job can have a positive impact on morale, resulting in more self-motivation.
My view? They have a reserved spot in Heaven. Tickets per-paid in advance.
Well, currently we have the Office Hermit. Spends a lot of time in the office, checking emails from main office, ordering product until overflowing, downloading and printing every type of form,paperwork, report (never to be read) etc. Nice lady though.
Most managers I ended up with were mentally disordered control freaks who bullied the staff and actually turned us on each other for their own entertainment. I had to take a step back and see it. If you have a lot of drama in your shop step back and I bet you will figure out the one person behind it all.
-- Edited by fdarn on Wednesday 8th of October 2014 12:49:40 AM
<<(D)The Company policy freak The fourth type of manager is the Company policy freakwho is so obsessed with the whole Company policy that they feel the need to cram it down your throat till you choke and beg for mercy. I hope these evil Bas turds will burn in the hottest corner of Hell. >>
And these jerks are almost always hypocrites who will violate the same rules they expect you to follow