When an employee is late or does not show up for work supposedly it gets marked down and 3 will cause the employee to get fired. Supposedly. When a manager is late, he/she does not experience the same demerits.
At the Abercrombie I worked at over the summer one of my managers was late for almost every shift she had. Well... not every shift, but it did happen often enough for it to be noticeable.
Because I am an "impacter" it is my job to restock the shelves when new items arrive, and update closets and tables when more items come in. These jobs are done early in the morning, so my shifts on the days that these things needed to be done were usually 7 a.m. I spent an hour and a half on about 3 of the 5 early shifts that I had sitting outside of the store waiting for her to get there to open the door. The first time this happened, I was so confused. I didnt understand why a manager would be late. I sat outside of the store watching people walk by and look at me. half an hour went by. 45 minutes. . . then other employees joined me. no one that could open the door, but people who explained to me that this isnt anything new.
We were instructed through a text message to go to Starbucks and hangout for about half an hour until she got there. At this point there were about 4 of us walking across the street to get coffee while we waited.
This happened for a few more morning shifts, then one afternoon I was half an hour late to Abercrombie. I called one of my managers repeatedly to let her know and was almost hyperventilating the entire way. I got there an appologized perfusly only to hear that this same manager who is late every morning showed up two hours after she was supposed to. Not because she was also running late because of the same construction that I was stuck in, but because she forgot she was working that day.
Luckily the few tims I was late for work I never got in trouble. It still bothers me though that someone in the position of manager can be late to that degree and that many times but not get in trouble in any way.
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2 comments:
This is pretty strange. If she is a regular manager, I doubt she will last much longer past the next evaluation. On the other hand, if she is higher up on the hierarchy, she probably has more lee-way.
Btw, I also work at an Abercrombie store.
Yeah, this was a few months ago that I was working at that store, when I left she was still there and everything was fine. The hard thing is that she was a really good manager when she was there.
There is also the small matter that managers can adjust the times. I've had my time that I clock in changed when specific hours are needed for that day or week... when its down to the minute if I clocked out a minute early or a minute late my managers would change it.
but who knows, thanks for the comment! Im glad you've taken an interest in my blog!
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