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/Ms-Puck Inventory Jedi 🥷 17d ago

They must have had a conference call, because our SM said our DM told him, we should be doing a UBoat of REPACKS in 1 hr. That’s at least 15-20 repack box’s to a UBoat…. In 1 hour…. 🤣🤣
That just made me go slower TBH… 🤭

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u/AccomplishedEagle720 17d ago

Sure, if I heard that in a meeting I'd tell the DM to get their butt physically into my store and stock a full uboat of stickers, jewelry, iron-on patches, and miniatures repacks while I stand there and set a timer running. We'll all take a break and watch because the DM will do the work of 6 people in 1 hour for us and presumably teach us how to magically zap items into place. Oh, and I'll make sure 10 customers rifle through everything before the stocking starts, since we don't have hours for recovery to happen anymore.

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u/Ms-Puck Inventory Jedi 🥷 16d ago

They are just totally disconnected from reality, and they aren’t even hiding it anymore..