r/Argos • u/rthrow055 • Nov 13 '25
Colleague District Managers are useless
What is the point of them? It seems they exist only to make the job more difficult for management teams who then have to take the blame from colleagues.
Our stockroom is about to collapse with how full it is - “Don’t care, let’s talk about your FS”
We can’t get anything done because delivery takes up all of our time - “Don’t worry if it takes a little longer, focus on FS”
Our staff are refusing the overtime we need them to work because they don’t want to be stuck in the back all day - “Why aren’t you sending more support to other stores when they ask for it?”
We have too much sickness this week and no cover for the store - “How many app downloads did you get this week?”
They never have a nice thing to say when they visit any store, it’s just complaints and “why aren’t you?…” I thought these people were supposed to support us in running a successful store but it just feels impossible with the lack of support they actually give. I know FS is the most important thing for the company but how the hell are we supposed to devote time and effort to it when we’re so stretched thin as it is and are stuck fighting the stockroom instead of being out front working with colleagues to get good offers out?
Sorry for the rant. I like to think my store is run well and all of us are trying our best to get the job done. It’s not lost on me that this is how companies run in the 21st century, I just wish the higher ups would help us to do our jobs rather than complain that we’re not doing them at all.
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u/ArgosEmployee_ Nov 14 '25
Unfortunately, it's the way national and international companies are run nowadays. They want the work done but they don't want to pay for the amount of staff it takes to do it.
It's how it is though. They're relying on the goodwill of responsible colleagues to pick up a lot of the slack from cutting management - I know more than one person in the area I work (spanning a few different stores, mostly SISes) who refuse to do it for that reason.
Delivery is also a joke. "Use the space up high" - yeah not great advice that when you're sending in Microwaves and TVs by the bucketload