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Work rant
11 years ago
I work at Petsmart... I am in the Petcare department. I'm the one who takes care of/sells the fish, reptiles, small animals and birds. I love my job. I love being able to help people find their perfect pet. I make sure they can take care of it properly and if they can't I direct them to something more suiting. I refuse to sell animals on a regular basis. I try my best to make sure these animals have the best care possible. I also have a degree in zoo science (basically animal caretaker). So I know what I am doing.
I've worked for Petsmart for a little over a year. When I came in my department was in a transition period. We was loosing the petcare manager and in the process of trying to hire a new one. I immediately took charge and helped control the department. When we got the new manager, I was right there helping her learn what she was responsible for and just helping her as much as I could, even now I catch her mistakes and fix them. Then the shift leader quit. Again I immediately took charge and picked up the slack. I train all the new people, make sure everything is done properly, just like the lead is supposed to do. Normally we have 2 people in the mornings, one to clean one of the habitats and another to take care of the rest of the animals. For a long period of time they made me do both. I got everything done on time, but it has been come, and still is a regular thing. I can run this department alone if I have to. I have had long talks with my manager about becoming lead and told her to train me for it.
Because of corporate cuts, I was told there was no longer gonna be a lead position. Which I was disappointed about, but I understood. I continued to bust my ass in my department. During this time I am having issue with people not doing their jobs. Just little things like leaving dishes in the sink over night, or leaving bins in the back rooms with no animals in it. Simple stuff that doesn't take long to do that is just the product of laziness. I've told my manager about it and she says she will talk to the people. But nothing ever changes. So now, when it happens, I get angry about it. Because not only does it add to my job, it also causes issues for the animals.
Last week I was told by the assistant manager that we will have a lead but it will not be me. The pet care manager decided to give it to someone who hasn't even been there 6 months. The reasons given was I didn't take the initiative to do things like fish counts or pull up the orders of the animals we are getting in that week and because it seems to Carol (PC manager) that people not doing their job effects me too much. The first thing I did not know I could do. This is something the manager normally does and if I were to do it, I need a manager to start it for me, I can't log into the computer to print the orders, and I need a manager to sign me into the gun to scan the fish tags. No one has brought this up as an issue to me. The latter, yes I do get angry and complain to her about people not doing their jobs, but she does nothing to fix the problem... But again, this was not brought up to me as an issue. I have told Carol from the start, train me to be lead. It's what I want. Up until the new girl came in she didn't seem to have a problem. And what's worse is that she couldn't tell me herself. This is obviously something that has been talked about for a little bit and I thought I had a good relationship with my manager for her to come to me about it.
After this, I've concluded that my standards are just too high for this store. I don't want to say company because I haven't spent any time in other stores. It's clear that I am expecting things to be done and that is too much. No one cares about their job, and unfortunately because I do, I get punished. I have worked my ass of in this department since the day I started. We get compliments daily because of how healthy our animals are because I make sure they are properly cared for. I feel like I have shown more than a few times that I deserve this promotion. But apparently hard work is not rewarded and because I care so much to get angry when people don't do their job right and animals get hurt and I didn't know I was supposed to be doing the managers job means I am not the right person for the lead position.
I've worked for Petsmart for a little over a year. When I came in my department was in a transition period. We was loosing the petcare manager and in the process of trying to hire a new one. I immediately took charge and helped control the department. When we got the new manager, I was right there helping her learn what she was responsible for and just helping her as much as I could, even now I catch her mistakes and fix them. Then the shift leader quit. Again I immediately took charge and picked up the slack. I train all the new people, make sure everything is done properly, just like the lead is supposed to do. Normally we have 2 people in the mornings, one to clean one of the habitats and another to take care of the rest of the animals. For a long period of time they made me do both. I got everything done on time, but it has been come, and still is a regular thing. I can run this department alone if I have to. I have had long talks with my manager about becoming lead and told her to train me for it.
Because of corporate cuts, I was told there was no longer gonna be a lead position. Which I was disappointed about, but I understood. I continued to bust my ass in my department. During this time I am having issue with people not doing their jobs. Just little things like leaving dishes in the sink over night, or leaving bins in the back rooms with no animals in it. Simple stuff that doesn't take long to do that is just the product of laziness. I've told my manager about it and she says she will talk to the people. But nothing ever changes. So now, when it happens, I get angry about it. Because not only does it add to my job, it also causes issues for the animals.
Last week I was told by the assistant manager that we will have a lead but it will not be me. The pet care manager decided to give it to someone who hasn't even been there 6 months. The reasons given was I didn't take the initiative to do things like fish counts or pull up the orders of the animals we are getting in that week and because it seems to Carol (PC manager) that people not doing their job effects me too much. The first thing I did not know I could do. This is something the manager normally does and if I were to do it, I need a manager to start it for me, I can't log into the computer to print the orders, and I need a manager to sign me into the gun to scan the fish tags. No one has brought this up as an issue to me. The latter, yes I do get angry and complain to her about people not doing their jobs, but she does nothing to fix the problem... But again, this was not brought up to me as an issue. I have told Carol from the start, train me to be lead. It's what I want. Up until the new girl came in she didn't seem to have a problem. And what's worse is that she couldn't tell me herself. This is obviously something that has been talked about for a little bit and I thought I had a good relationship with my manager for her to come to me about it.
After this, I've concluded that my standards are just too high for this store. I don't want to say company because I haven't spent any time in other stores. It's clear that I am expecting things to be done and that is too much. No one cares about their job, and unfortunately because I do, I get punished. I have worked my ass of in this department since the day I started. We get compliments daily because of how healthy our animals are because I make sure they are properly cared for. I feel like I have shown more than a few times that I deserve this promotion. But apparently hard work is not rewarded and because I care so much to get angry when people don't do their job right and animals get hurt and I didn't know I was supposed to be doing the managers job means I am not the right person for the lead position.
Kitch
~kitch
Wow... That is total bullshit.
