My manager quit and now I’m left to pick up the pieces.
My manager quit on Thursday and the store I work for was already in shambles before she left.
To start off this rant I need to give some back story. Somehow the manager that quit was able to get a Store Manager position with no prior experience. I came in after her as ASM and I’ve been in retail (fashion industry) for 15 years. Our dynamic wasn’t the best as I felt I was constantly having to teach her how to do the simplest things. She didn’t know how to manage the team, develop us or even remember that she had previously approved PTO’s.
We budded heads so much because I wanted structure and so did the team but all she cared about was vacationing, calling off and sitting in the back for 4hrs , working on schedules. Her managing skills lacked and her Gen Z “work life balance” made it hard for her to even care about her team. I’m super old school when it comes to managing (millennial here haha) I like structure, respect and integrity when it comes to work. But I have found myself finding it hard to adjust to these GenZs way of thinking. It’s like pulling teeth to get these kids to do the bare minimum of their job description without them feeling like they are doing the most.
For the cherry on top, I was working a 2 part coverage today;myself and a new girl. The Head of retail/Operations manager was at the store to “support” and all I got was “CEO wouldn’t be too happy if they found out you are neglecting the fitting rooms to have the other girl do stock.” Instead of helping because we were so busy with clients I got criticized for trying and having the cashwrap free of go backs and push stock to the back.
I am hitting a wall! and what I once thought would be my forever career has made me second guess if I want to stay in this industry anymore. I have also found myself loosing hope that I will ever get past ASM role. I’ve applied to so many jobs and done so many SM interviews and it ends up not working out
Should I quit?!?!?!