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Hey everyone,
New to the forum (actually found out about it from googling a question in the media room at work and hitting the firewall... oops!), but not new to the company. I am, however, a recent transfer to my current store.
It's weird, not just relearning all the names and layouts and all, but seeing the drastically different work environments between the two stores. My old store felt very much like a family, and while there were definite conflicts, almost everyone pulled together to help each other and the store out. This new location feels much colder to me, with a much greater focus on "speed is life" over "fast, fun, and friendly", and I'm not a fan. At my old store I was setting sales planners, completing urgent news alerts, and generally doing a lot of more team-lead-y stuff because I knew how, because it let the actual TLs do more important stuff, and because it let me feel like I was contributing in a more meaningful way than just fighting back the endless waves of reshop. Now, I feel like a robot could do my job, and do it better. "It is now 12:00, all tasks must now be completed. Begin reshop. It is now 3:00. Reshop is completed. Begin zone."
Any suggestions on how to stop feeling like "warm body #14" and start feeling like a valuable part of the team again? (other than getting over myself and accepting that I have to do the boring stuff for good, that is 😛)
New to the forum (actually found out about it from googling a question in the media room at work and hitting the firewall... oops!), but not new to the company. I am, however, a recent transfer to my current store.
It's weird, not just relearning all the names and layouts and all, but seeing the drastically different work environments between the two stores. My old store felt very much like a family, and while there were definite conflicts, almost everyone pulled together to help each other and the store out. This new location feels much colder to me, with a much greater focus on "speed is life" over "fast, fun, and friendly", and I'm not a fan. At my old store I was setting sales planners, completing urgent news alerts, and generally doing a lot of more team-lead-y stuff because I knew how, because it let the actual TLs do more important stuff, and because it let me feel like I was contributing in a more meaningful way than just fighting back the endless waves of reshop. Now, I feel like a robot could do my job, and do it better. "It is now 12:00, all tasks must now be completed. Begin reshop. It is now 3:00. Reshop is completed. Begin zone."
Any suggestions on how to stop feeling like "warm body #14" and start feeling like a valuable part of the team again? (other than getting over myself and accepting that I have to do the boring stuff for good, that is 😛)
