When a good mood goes bad

[EnchantedBeauty]

I woke up in a great mood today even though hubby has to work today when they are usually closed on Sundays. Well I should have known it wouldnt last. Hubby just came home for a quick lunch and informed me he has been passed up yet again for the promotion he deserves. How do I know he deserves the promotion? He does the majority of the work at the store as well as the numbers have increased in the past few months that he has been busting his ass. First they brought in a guy that has only been with the company for 6 months to run the place. My husband is the assistant and he ran the place for a month and a half when they fired the last manager. Did they give him any extra money while he was doing 2 jobs? NO. He 12 hours a day with no break and no lunch. So they bring this guy that has only been with the company for 6 months to run the store until they can find a manager. He does nothing! He stays in the office doing supposive paperwork and talks on the phone all the time.

Now today some guy comes in and the manager introduces him to my husband as the manager in training. So now my husband has been passed up again! The district manager has not gave my husband any reason for him passing him up for the promotion. My husband is qualified all they have to do is look in his resume as he has managed 3 stores previously. I personally think this district manager has something against my husband. This district manager isnt the same one that was there when my husband was hired with this place. All the managers under this mans district is gone...either fired or they quit because they couldnt stand this man.

Now the question is should we contact our lawyer and have him check into why he is being passed up for this promotion? (seeing as we have gotten no response to this question from the district manager). Or should we just sit back and continue to roll with the flow? My husband like this job, he just doesnt like the way these people are treating him.

Yes I know I am a newbie and for me to come here and rant might be a big no no but I had to get it off of my shoulders. I am so upset I am shaking and wanting to beat on something!

 

[Wiggles]

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[koalabear]

I woke up in a great mood today even though hubby has to work today when they are usually closed on Sundays. Well I should have known it wouldnt last. Hubby just came home for a quick lunch and informed me he has been passed up yet again for the promotion he deserves. How do I know he deserves the promotion? He does the majority of the work at the store as well as the numbers have increased in the past few months that he has been busting his ass. First they brought in a guy that has only been with the company for 6 months to run the place. My husband is the assistant and he ran the place for a month and a half when they fired the last manager. Did they give him any extra money while he was doing 2 jobs? NO. He 12 hours a day with no break and no lunch. So they bring this guy that has only been with the company for 6 months to run the store until they can find a manager. He does nothing! He stays in the office doing supposive paperwork and talks on the phone all the time.

Now today some guy comes in and the manager introduces him to my husband as the manager in training. So now my husband has been passed up again! The district manager has not gave my husband any reason for him passing him up for the promotion. My husband is qualified all they have to do is look in his resume as he has managed 3 stores previously. I personally think this district manager has something against my husband. This district manager isnt the same one that was there when my husband was hired with this place. All the managers under this mans district is gone...either fired or they quit because they couldnt stand this man.

Now the question is should we contact our lawyer and have him check into why he is being passed up for this promotion? (seeing as we have gotten no response to this question from the district manager). Or should we just sit back and continue to roll with the flow? My husband like this job, he just doesnt like the way these people are treating him.

Yes I know I am a newbie and for me to come here and rant might be a big no no but I had to get it off of my shoulders. I am so upset I am shaking and wanting to beat on something!

They know he will be there to do the work any way.........not fair, and they are using him.

 

[EnchantedBeauty]

Wiggles, He has talked to the district manager and has told him on 4 seperate occassions he would like the promotion if it was offered to him. This man lets it go in one ear and out the other. My husband has been nice to the district manager and the guy that has come in to run the place until they found another manager. This guy that has been running the store has had to ask my husband on 3 differant occassions for help on something he had no idea how to do. One of those days my husband was off for the day and had to go in for an hour and do something that the manager didnt even know how to do. I am just thinking this is a lost cause and that my husband isnt going to get far in that store. And maybe its time for him to move on.

 

[Wiggles]

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[PHANTOM5875]

If your hubby likes the company, could he transfer to another district where the manager might be a little more objective?

If not, then it is definitely time to search elsewhere. I see a LOT of that going on in the retail sector around here based on conversations with my friends that work in retail.

Wishing you and your husband the best of luck. Just remember, in the great scheme of things, it's a little thing. The most important thing is to remember the blessings you two have. Make sure he understands without a doubt you love him JUST the way he is. I know you probably already do that but he definitely needs it right now. That's a real blow to our ego when that kind of crap (being passed over) occurs.

All the best,

Phantom.

 

[erosman]

newbies have bad days too

Wake up and smell the printer shooting off a new resume. Don't quit, but start looking. He didn't take a vow "for better or worse" or all of that crap. Make it happen. Waiting for it to come to you, can give you ulcers. There are better people to work with, if you work hard and find them.

 

[Cheyenne]

The one thing that won't work at all is hiring a lawyer. That would be seen as a direct threat by the company. Also, there isn't anything you can do if promotions aren't offered unless your husband has been discriminated against somehow. Is he a member of any protected class?

Is there someone above the District manager that your husband can talk to? Maybe no one else is aware that he is interested in the job and someone at a higher level could help him.

 

[EnchantedBeauty]

Thanks all for the advice. I am thinking of talking to our lawyer tomorrow and seeing what advice he can give as well. We would just like for some response as to why they wont promote him. We dont have the means to move at this time so the transfer would be out of the question. I tell him that no matter what I am proud of him and that I love him for everything he does for his family. But I know it has to be getting to him.

 

[EnchantedBeauty]

Cheyenne he has made it clear to the district manager on 4 seperate occassions that he would love to take the position if it was offered. The district manager wont budge. To me it seems like he is being discriminated against. Why else would they not give him a reason for not promoting him? I am unsure about the lawyer because I dont want him to lose the job at this point with no other job to go to. So I see your point about the direct threat. Thanks for showing me some logic in the lawyer point!