I just talked with an old friend of mine at one of the two WMs in my town; he had been an Assistant for years before being terrorized by the MM and, basically, forced to step down to a Dept. Mgr. He's been faithfully and excellently functioning in that roie for several years, claims he actually prefers that level over salaried, as it's less stressful.....but now:
Apparently Walmart is changing the dept. manager position. Forgive me if it's been gone over here and I missed it. But it's where now my friend and his peers will have to re apply for the very jobs they've already been doing.. He's ready to bail right now. Getting on Indeed and Monster and getting his resume and affairs in order. This is one of the truly coolest, kindest, smartest and hardest working people you could ever want to meet—but he has met his breaking point.
It's a miserable thing how this 'company' is tearing down the very people who built them up