We are getting a new manager at work

It'll be the 4th in 3 years since ive been there. Its always a tense time as a manager can make your job smooth or a living hell. You never know which one you'll get.

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Punches · 46-50, F

Managers, like deypers, need to be changed often. And usually for the same reason.

At my old job, I used to joke about how the place ate managers. like, "Aww look, the shop is eating" kind of like how we feel when we feed the birds at the park. 🥹

But yeah like you were saying, they come in, think they are going clean house, but then they burn out and are just as unmotivated as all the other new sheriffs that the place has devoured in the past.

Kuronekko · 41-45, F

@Punches And we're like, yeah see!! 😂

Punches · 46-50, F

@Kuronekko At my old job, we had one manager and typically four asst managers.

I used to think of them as "managorial units". Like these living cyborgs that never lasted long.

WillaKissing · 56-60, M

It was like that in the Army where I retired from, every time we had a change of command, or a person promoted above us, they had to instantly change what works and place their idea of how to doit better on things.

Like you said sometimes okay, rarely good, and usually a disaster coming.

Kuronekko · 41-45, F

@WillaKissing They always come in and try to "shake things up", like excuse me, there is a reason we do things the way we do them here. Cut to a few months later and they make it seem like the old way of things was their idea. 🙄

WillaKissing · 56-60, M

@Kuronekko Yes, once they realize their new bright idea was a dull knife that won't slice bread ad revert back to how it is supposed to be run.

Thevy29 · 41-45, M

4 managers in 3 years? Must be a good workplace. This is why I only use co-workers as references instead of managers.

Mamapolo2016 · F

I always heard shark music (from Jaws) when a manager shift was announced.

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Mamapolo2016 · F

@Punches I had some great bosses, some average, but THIS guy. 🧐

Punches · 46-50, F

@Mamapolo2016 I had a micromanager at some gas station job years ago, it was funny because he was horrified of the "higher ups". There mere mention of their names made him tremble in his boots.

What is funny in any corporate type job, the higher up they are, the longer their title, and it is suppose to strike terror into anyone below.

Like, "Oh my GYOD, the Milky-way intergalactic solar system planetary continental national regional district manager is going to visit!" 😰I would think, "Oh, you mean the space cadet" 🥱

Mama here is a funny one - it has been said, "If you are doing what you are suppose to do, you should not be worried if the big boss is around." Okay but HOW COME managers get their pant*es in a bunch when the... (space cadet) is around?

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Punches Because by and large they’re so busy micromanaging that they don’t actually know what’s going on!

I did have an unfortunate encounter with The Big Guy (in our relatively small chain). I was subbing on switchboard. The phone rang and I answered pleasantly and professionally. The caller just said the CEO’s name. I chirped, “I’ll connect you! One moment please.”

I could hear the phone ringing in the CEO’s nearby office. Then it stopped and the switchboard rang again.

Same scenario. I heard the phone again and then it stopped again. The switchboard lit up and this time the caller said, “I AM (CEO’s name). I want to talk to X.”

Oh….

HotPizza71 · 51-55, M

In a previous job,I was a manager for almost 9 years,and in that time,had 7 area managers,all wanting different things...

popmol · 26-30, M

Find out before hand, give tributes, please the upper management!

Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M

They come. They go. We don't care. Is that your outlook?

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