Full management responsiblities to none?

[Swifty55]

Has anyone ever changed jobs/roles from a management perspective with a massive responsibility to a job/role with almost none (just come in, do your job and go home)?

I work in a retail environment. Worked my way from a stocky to now currently Assistant Manager. The responsibility I can handle in work, but it's now starting to affect my personal life in the sense I will finish my shift and then get phone calls and have to sort out problems, and then sods law and I finally get a weekend off and now ***** hit the fan within the store and with staff... So now I'm in for a rollocking when I go back.

Store manager is away currently.

Also affecting my time with my daughter as she doesn't live with me.

Now, just spoken to my mate who's been trying to get me in at his work place. Just a simple fork lifting job with set shifts (days/afters and nights) Mon - Fri with Sat/Sun optional overtime.

Passed him up a few times on the offer as I wanted to progress myself, but now the job is stressing me out at home and I hardly get any weekends off (Retail ftw) I'm really considering it, to the point I've asked him to sort me out an interview.

The pay is just a little less, currently on £35000pa and the other job is around £28-32000pa

Do you guys think a change of scenery will benefit me?

Cheers for letting me rant!

 

[Energize]

I think in the long term with regards to your career prospects you'd be better off sorting out your current job situation, potentially it's going to look like you can't handle the pressure of management responsibility to a future employer.

 

[sigma]

Why not get a different job at the same level but for a store that's run better? Or is that par for the course in retail?

 

[Rroff]

Just a simple fork lifting job

The health and safety involved with forklifts can make it a little less than a simple job - one of the reasons they are relatively well paid - companies that adhere strictly to the HSE requirements will have you doing quite a bit of training and even a simple incident can be taken quite seriously.

 

[Swifty55]

The health and safety involved with forklifts can make it a little less than a simple job - one of the reasons they are relatively well paid - companies that adhere strictly to the HSE requirements will have you doing quite a bit of training and even a simple incident can be taken quite seriously.

Yeah. My wording wasn't exactly the best. Want I meant was it was just a simple position using a forklift, the job itself is no easy task. I agree.

I think I'm just generally fed up of working in retail and fancy a change.

 

[Rroff]

Yeah atleast the job stops when you walk out the door when your shift is done.

I have no regrets walking away from a retail management career but then I've very little in the way of responsibilities so my perspective probably isn't helpful. Working in retail I find stuff often builds up to the point you need to vent but a few weeks or months down the line things can change especially as people like area/regional managers come and go.

 

[kindai]

Worth maybe discussing with someone higher up about using your status to "sort **** out" so once you leave for the day youre done, with a proper handover.

A mate of mine did that and he said even if the store was burning down he wouldn't get a call because until he gets into work it isn't his problem. At which point on the handover it would be his problem.

 

[Rroff]

Worth maybe discussing with someone higher up about using your status to "sort **** out" so once you leave for the day youre done, with a proper handover.

A mate of mine did that and he said even if the store was burning down he wouldn't get a call because until he gets into work it isn't his problem. At which point on the handover it would be his problem.

Unfortunately often a certain level of that responsibility comes with the role. Its one of the reasons I refused to become a key holder at work as living the closest you can guess who would always be called out :|

 

[AHarvey]

Now, just spoken to my mate who's been trying to get me in at his work place. Just a simple fork lifting job with set shifts (days/afters and nights) Mon - Fri with Sat/Sun optional overtime.

The pay is just a little less, currently on £35000pa and the other job is around £28-32000pa

£28-32k for a FLT job? who is this for and where in the UK?

Most around here are just above min wage + unsociable hours bonus up to around £18-20k a the top end! When i was running warehouses and logistics teams/departments I wasn't on £28k...

You need to block the calls to your mobile, stop working outside of hours and just give it your all when you're in work.

 

[Rroff]

In the south they tend to start around 18K (or atleast in the warehouses I've worked in) and go up to around 25-28K (above 24K mostly for instructors) which is relatively good compared to other warehouse jobs. I can only imagine 28+K is like London area or something.

You'll see adverts at like £7.50/h or whatever but there are enough openings at the higher rates they'd be scraping the barrel of candidate quality at the lower rates.

If its like the average retailer then the assistant managers will be expected to "share" the responsibilities outside of hours and turning phone off, etc. won't be acceptable as a general thing.