Morrisons Second managment restructure in a year.

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As I work (again) for Morrisons I am a member of the colleagues facebook group. Just a few mins ago I saw this posted.

I love my job! I'm a manager, a regional trainer and a fishmonger as well as a butcher.
I have been fortunate enough have won Master craft and have also been in the final 3 times. I've also represented Morrisons and competed in national competition's that I have also be awarded trophies certificates etc for my work.
Worked with a production company to produce a set of educational films to teach children of various ages where fish come from and what we do in store.
I've worked hard to improve my knowledge gaining a city and Guilds qualification in fishmongery with a high distinction as well as competing in local fishmonger competitions and demonstrating to crowds at events all in my own time.
I have an ongoing passion for this fish industry and wanted to progress!
But today I have had the final decision that I would be better suited as Cafe Manager.
Feeling completely let down, out of pocket.
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Having been through the first restructure and took voluntary redundancy I know what people are going through. This second one is slightly different but I can still feel the pain in fellow employees.

I ( meat and fish manager) were replaced by the Cake Shop supervisor and the Fresh Prep (salad/sandwiches etc) supervisor. The CS supervisor used to be part of my fish team so knows fish inside and out, meat, not too good. Probably a few weeks and could do most of the work involved in supermarket butchery. The Fresh Prep girl was a very good manager/supervisor on there. Great hygiene and well run department but dizzy as ****. Typical blond and that is not being whatever-ist against her, she knows it and plays on it bless her.:D but did not suit the job (fish and meat) at all. I found out not long into my new found family life during last summer she left due to a few reasons. Probably forced out knowing my store.

It beggers belief what goes through peoples heads when making these decisions. Why move a manager of fish/meat skilled such as the above quoted person and stick him on cafe???? where the **** is the reasoning behind it??:rolleyes:

It has really ****ed me off. I don't know the guy. I feel for him though.

I love working for M (my decision to leave last year was a personal one and has benefited me soooo much) and going back has made my life so much better too (I am now a butcher instead of fish manager/meat manager). Less hours, no meetings, finish on time regardless of a pending visit by the bloody Queen or not. However just like any other big company, you get ****ted on if you are any higher than staff. like me!!!

Rant over. TLDR: bloke dead good at skilled job and told to to flip burgers instead.
 
i am not surprised in the slightest.

our local store is a complete mess. management who dont have a bloody clue whats going on / how to put things right. The staff dont really care they are mostly very near pension age or young kids just out of school.

anything to keep the profit line and not pay multiple management wages.
 
Not really surprising, the management structure could give the NHS a run for it's money. II' surprised they are still trading to be honest. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
 
In my store they have moved the baskets to the right hand side of the entrance.

So when it is slightly busy, people file on the left, so the folk coming in can't get a basket because of the people who are leaving the shop.

Mind boggles.
 
Morale is down at my store with some odd choices for this restructure too. Not worth getting into on here though.

Personally as a former full time cashier the best thing I did was opt of Sunday work last Summer. Took a hit in hours (contract reduced) and pay but getting more time to actually live my life.
 
if it is anything like our store, it has gone from 1 fish manager and 1 butcher, to just 1 fish/meat manager, our fish manager, is now counters manager. I went through the last restructure, but stepped down during this one, as i am no worse off
 
Usually the thought process behind it is to have managers that are skilled in multiple areas so that they will be able to cover different sections as / when required or cover more than one section day to day.

What will probably happen is a rise in ineffective management due to being over-stretched and lacking trade knowledge.
 
I never understand this. So many companies do it: "train everyone to do everything so that everyone is dispensable". Instead of "let people do the jobs they are best at and interested in so that we keep employees happy, and are always giving customers the best possible service". It's a failure of upper management and company ethos.
 
cainer said:
they dont need over qualified people running butchery/fish in a supermarket,
all they need is minimum wage "servers"
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Whilst I get that. What do you pay the people they manage? You can't pay them less as that's illegal but you can't pay them the same to do all the same jobs and then manage the department on top.
 
My first job there, my local store still go in and even thou it was 8 years ago I still see the same faces :(

Speak to the women I used to work with on chicken counter and she hates it but she's at the age she probably wouldn't get another job.

I've been doing my shop and the Management are talking to the staff like **** does my nut in, partly reason I got sacked.
 
cainer said:
they dont need over qualified people running butchery/fish in a supermarket,
all they need is minimum wage "servers"
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They do need skilled staff, also it depends on what you would class as over qualified.

I am Meat and Fish trained and have been for 22 years. I have trained lots of people up over the years and they have gone onto be come some of the best the company has. 90% of Morrisons store have large fish and meat counters where we serve. We have a great deal of customers who come in and ask for advice on whats best to go with this wine, these vegetables etc. We have to use our skills and knowledge and give them what they require. Without us skilled staff/managers the company will struggle against the other supermarkets.

The example in the OP is a bad decision and is now being taken higher up with the intention for that manager to retain his position. The amount of posts on that facebook thread was amazing. Inc some people higher up. We don't know who decided this management move all we know is it was a bad one.

Saying we don't need skilled workers is like saying you don't need chefs, but staff who can follow a cook book. IMO anyway. Its the same thing.
 
Steampunk said:
I never understand this. So many companies do it: "train everyone to do everything so that everyone is dispensable". Instead of "let people do the jobs they are best at and interested in so that we keep employees happy, and are always giving customers the best possible service". It's a failure of upper management and company ethos.
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Its something I had a rant about awhile back - where I used to work tried to do it and they just ended up losing the people who were good in specific areas, whose talent either inspired other staff in the same role or could be used to teach/increase the skillset of other staff less experienced or naturally gifted because for instance someone with good customer skills often isn't the type who can spend long hours in a warehouse (or just isn't interested in that) and vice versa people get into other roles because they aren't comfortable with dealing with customers but suited to i.e. getting their head down into a repetitive task so forcing them to be "multi skilled" and covering lots of roles just results in them leaving and we end up with an overall less talented work force and the results that come with that...............

Obviously a certain amount of overlap is good but this drive for training everyone to do everything that a good few companies seem to be pushing of late is silly - I can only imagine it comes down to managers not thinking beyond the face value of it making life easier for them as no business study I've ever seen has been supportive of the concept.
 
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Droolinggimp said:
where the **** is the reasoning behind it??
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What makes you think reasoning was involved? As most psychologists will point out, the vast majority of decisions are completely irrational, but then the decider spends ages trying to retrospectively rationalise them. If you could track down the managers responsible for these decisions, you would find they could quote a load of weasel reasons why person X was picked for job Y. These reasons may or may not be true, but are not the actual reason. The actual reason is mainly that they liked person X. Person X has impressed the right people. That's how the majority of promotions (real and perceived) are decided. The same applies to deciding who goes and who stays.
 
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