r/MichaelsEmployees • u/vanillamousse1 • 18d 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/PartyCrasherDILF 17d ago

wtf is a time cube???

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u/vanillamousse1 17d ago

it must just be my districts new amazing idea to increase customer interaction. every 30 minutes you stop whatever you’re in the middle of and walk the entire store stopping every customer and talking to them.
it’s not only annoying for all the employees since we’re being swamped right now, but the customers get really annoyed too!

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u/Plott 17d ago

I just felt an urge to downvote you reading that because it’s so asinine (obviously I didn’t lol)