Much as I’m enjoying this, I find it hard to believe that a pub manager wouldn’t know something about day-to-day operations, like opening, closing, and counting up the till.
sadly I have worked under several managers who didn't have a clue how anything was done. A person being given (yes give not earn) a manager position has no bearing on their having any ability to carry out the needs of the business.
That's why you promote from within; you don't just hire someone to the position. I just quit a retail job where the district manager didn't know how to order supplies for the store such as the bags for sold merchandise and just tried to steal things needed from other stores instead of asking the managers there how to do it so he could give the information to the managers that he was hiring for the store I was working at.
When I was a manager and supervisor, I knew I was the one who had to go into the trenches with my coworkers if things needed to be done. You will be surprised by how many higher-ups abuse their authority towards anyone who was hardworking, ano natter the rank. So, I stepped away from those responsibilities and became a worker bee to escape such toxicity.
"Close the pub, burn it down, I don't really give a shit." Go, Team Emily!
She calls anyways demanding where she is and why she isn’t at work.
Much as I’m enjoying this, I find it hard to believe that a pub manager wouldn’t know something about day-to-day operations, like opening, closing, and counting up the till.
If it is a family member of someone who just earned this position, it happens a lot
It's part sunken cost fallacy, part managing to scam their way into the position.
Owner's mom.
sadly I have worked under several managers who didn't have a clue how anything was done. A person being given (yes give not earn) a manager position has no bearing on their having any ability to carry out the needs of the business.
That's why you promote from within; you don't just hire someone to the position. I just quit a retail job where the district manager didn't know how to order supplies for the store such as the bags for sold merchandise and just tried to steal things needed from other stores instead of asking the managers there how to do it so he could give the information to the managers that he was hiring for the store I was working at.
When I was a manager and supervisor, I knew I was the one who had to go into the trenches with my coworkers if things needed to be done. You will be surprised by how many higher-ups abuse their authority towards anyone who was hardworking, ano natter the rank. So, I stepped away from those responsibilities and became a worker bee to escape such toxicity.
"I just hit a new level on Drop Merge..." Priorities!
Oh good Lord! Managers like this is WHY lots of corporations should unionize!!!!