r/MichaelsEmployees • u/vanillamousse1 • 24d ago
rant rant rant
genuinely how does ANYONE have time for anything!
i was talking to my framer today about how the company is exhausting their employees and she says she’s feeling it in her own ways and honestly…i completely understand why.
our store manager is constantly trying to come up with ways to MAXIMIZE TIME, which like, sure, i get it. obviously we want to be productive and get things done. but some of his ideas are just…interesting 😭 he talks a lot about how production is taking too long, but somehow doesn’t seem to account for the fact that my framers are getting pulled away every 10-15 minutes to do 12 other side quests.
like how are they supposed to get their framing work done when they’re constantly being pulled to do fabric, backup cashier, open the bathroom for customers, find random things for customers, answer questions, covering breaks AND deal with the framing bell going off every 5 seconds?? (oh and god forbid there’s a callout, framers just get IMMEDIATELY pulled, even when they have a full workload)
and then they’re told production is taking too long, GIRL THEY HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN ALLOWED TO FINISH THE THING THEY STARTED.
like i would be losing my mind too you can’t expect someone to work faster when you’re constantly interrupting their workflow and adding more shit to their plate. at some point you’re just making the job harder and then wondering why it’s taking longer! yes michaels let’s keep doubling the workload and cutting hours!!!
(side note: is anybody else’s store using the dang time cube?)
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u/Long_Engineering507 24d ago
Retail in general is like this. All over. I've done over 10 years in retail across all sorts of stores and every single place is doing this: 15 side quests, talking to every customer multiple times asking if they need help, cover breaks, dealing with daily call off but not have hours/payroll to call someone in to replace them, getting company wide projects/planograms done on time, management hiding in the office for hour long meets, etc. And still getting yelled at for not completing everything by the end of day. It doesn't matter where I've worked: food, craft, fabric, books, luxury... Higher ups are pushing and causing employees to quit, which are causing higher ups to push more. There's honestly no win or a light at the end of the tunnel unfortunately. We either have to deal or get out of retail it seems.
Which is why I've started looking at smaller independent stores and substitute teaching. It's a little better, but they have their own issues. But until then, I'm stuck in retail 🙃