Hay all, just a lil bit of downer at the moe for anyone else in a similar situation to share there thoughts on were they feel they are in there employment...
Iv been at the bike shop now for over 6 years and if worked very very hard doing a non stop 9 hours a day 6 days a week. Iv started at the bottom and built myself up from a bike builder to trainee assistant manager to assistant manager to deputy manager from all my hard work.
Iv was made deputy manager the past week with more pressure and more reasonability due the manager being promoted to a director.
As I’m young and don’t get on 100% with the main director they have has a high senior manager (around 3rd highest in the company) come from another branch "to overlook" the workings of things with the intent to raise sales and up the turnover.
With me being "promoted" they have moved the Mechanic (also a trainee assistant manger) to assistant manager. (Even though there is no "official" manager).
80% of the time the past few years I’ve ran the shop on my own selling most of the bikes, doing all the orders and paper work as the manager hasn’t been there due to covering other stores. So you would though they would have enough confidence to put me in a Managers position with assistance from this senior manager "overlooking" coming down 1 or 2 days ion the week....
To be honest it really feels Shi! That this has happened after all my hard work over the year but what makes it even worse is now I’m going to be on less money! With the newly promoted assistant manager on the shop floor with me I’ve worked it out to be about £400- £500 less a month as I will be earning less commission.
So after mentioning to the director about a pay rise to help compensate the losses, he denied it... The answer was "sell more bikes"...I mean in any line of work if you have more responsibly or get promoted you get more money as an incentive!! I know with an extra person on the shop floor will make it easier on me but still there wasn't even a thought of helping me out!
I really feel its time for me to move on from this job... But sadly I’m caught in a trap. Due to feeling sick 24hours a day a job interview would be near impossible! I don’t really have any major qualifications. All I could offer is promise to dedication and hard work, proving from the job I do now, working my way up from the bottom...
What tops it off is I really wanted to give Suprapod a go this year to meet up with some of you members and have a sense that I feel more apart of this owners club... but I cant get it off even with it all the notice in advance AND I cant get the week off for the long awaited Gran Turismo 5...
Thanks for reading if you managed though it. Just feel sometimes posting things like this on the forum takes it off my back a lil....
Thanks
Paul