There are not many options - either find some way to meet those unrealistic expectations or look for another job. Does anyone have any advice on how to best deal with such expectations? I can't lose this job right now, even though it has become really stressful and exhausting.
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Why does overnight have twice as many people as any other shift but still cannot get any stocking done. We have a no truck day and they cannot finish what they did not finish the night before. Do they just goof off and take naps or am I missing something?
We was told covid made us soft and that's the reason we don't keep up with processes. Nothing to do with the GWP restructure that reduced staffing in my area from 9ish with DMs to 4 counting the TL........
On top of that the GM is never ran on overnights. That part always been a problem but we had the DMs then.
To the author of this post…..if a job is causing undue stress and is physically and emotionally and mentally exhausting, it’s just simply not worth it. No job is worth that. Your LIFE is worth much more. Think about your family, friends. I too was having issues with a job that was so stressful. Panic attacks, heart palpitations, sleep issues. Depression,. Why?? Because the job was too much for me, too stressful. My DR said I was going to have a stroke or a heart attack. She said get rid of the stress. She said no damn job is worth it. So I took another job and let me tell you, my life has changed dramatically. No more sleep issues, no more panic attacks and I love my new job. I do my job, go home and forget it. Next day, I go back to work, do my job, go home. Great feeling. Oh did I mention zero stress. I’m thankful everyday for my “new lease on life”.
Amen to both previous posts. I couldn’t have said it any better. Pure truth.
I mirror the sentiment of the other response to the OP. I left 3 years ago on the 17th of this month. Management treated me like cr-p after years of good service and evaluations. The last straw was receiving a fake "coaching" for using a piece of equipment that had been in service longer than I had been in this particular club. A self-righteous market manager met me with a witness as I was literally leaving for the day and delivered my garbage coaching. My metrics were great, my club was in shape, but I had committed the sin of getting older and accumulating too much PTO. I remember the smug look on that breatches face as she delivered my prelude to termination for "cause". She had the outrageous audacity to tell me I was irresponsible for using this particular piece of equipment that she had herself seen on numerous previous tours without issue. I had come in only one week earlier to cover a shift in the middle of a vacation that had been approved 10 months earlier but suddenly couldn't manage to cover. But I was the irresponsible one in the room, at least on paper. It was pure, fabricated bullshoi intended to mollify her Natsi boss. I found another job in the following 3 days and turned in notice. They now have had 3 positions posted in our town for the past month that they have been unable to fill for some odd reason. She failed to appreciate that the number of people in the area who are qualified to fill this particular slot is a small community where everybody knows everybody or at least knows somebody who knows somebody, and since I work with lots of interns in my new position, I have been able to make sure that everybody knows what kind of a company Sam's Club is and how they treat their employees. They can't seem to fill the slots. Weird.
Do yourself a favor and get the he-l out now. My stress is gone. Yours will likewise be gone. It's a great time to be looking for work because everybody is hiring. You are only stuck if you convince yourself that you are stuck.
God bless and good luck!
I worked for this company for about 25 years. And, I were thinking the same thing you thinking. But, I started thinking about myself and put myself first. The management team didn’t give a dam about my complaints of being overwhelmed and overworked. So, I got fed up and made a decision to leave with a two day notice. I now worked for the government, with less stress and headaches. It was a blessing!!!! Thanks God!!!! You just have to make that leap. There are a lot of great jobs out here. Wish you the best.