What a dummy

My regional manager, Candi, runs 8 stores. Well, I guess at one store they were having some issues. Well, she decided to walk in with some drug tests. Soon after about half the staff was fired. Then I find out that the GM actually got fired because Candi found a bottle of piss stashed in the bathroom. HA! I never liked this dude anyways and he just had this voice and personality that every time he talked I just wanted to punch him in the mouth. Needless to say he was fired and that store has a new G.M. How stupid can someone be? I'm sure someone ratted him out, cuz who just shows up looking for bottles of piss? If I were the AM I would've ratted him out for sure, cuz it's likely that person that's gonna be promoted. LIke I said the guy was an idiot anyways, it'd be a little different if I liked my GM. Even then though, it'd be hard not to rat someone out for that, when there is so much to gain for yourself.

Work was a little tough for me today. Some days I go in and just feel unmotivated. I don't know why. I think it's just the constant one thing after another. It's such a huge mountain to climb. The store being so old doesn't help. Something is always breaking or something always needs to be repainted. It's just annoying. I can't just sit down and get something done. I'm doing a great job and it's nice that something is always improving, but it's so much work. Hopefully, when all is said and done it will be looked at as quite an accomplishment on my part and will be deserving of a quick promotion. I feel like if I can earn a 5 star on my OER and get sales up then I should get so much praise and it will be impossible to go unnoticed.

I wish I knew what the next step paid out. I'm sure it's dependant upon how your stores do and you get a percent of sales and all that jazz. I feel like I have a great opportunity to move up quickly if I can get noticed quickly, because of my old Boss Ken. He runs 2 stores and seems to always be on his way out the door. Once again I'm gunning for Ken's job. Lol. I feel bad, but it's what it is. I don't dislike the guy at all. He is unhappy though and could just as easily quit at any time. It's a little harder to get noticed right now though. Before there were steps, different levels of training. Now, I think it's just all about results and .. I don't really know what else. I come up with some creative stuff that my boss seems impressed with, but I don't know how far that stuff goes up the ladder. Why would she want me to succeed too much? If I'm a great manager and I could make her money, why would she want me to get a promotion? I think at some point I need to wiggle my way into the Upper management circle. It's kind of hard though when they are never at my store. The better you do the less they visit. Oh, well, I'm sure something will come up soon enough. Obviously, I still have a lot to learn and probably shouldn't be so quick to try and move up. I have only been a GM for less than 3 months still.

It's just how I am I guess. Forward forward forward. MO money MO money Mo money.