So I most definitely have one of the best jobs going. I run a nerd store. We sell board games, Trading card games like Magic, Pokemon and yugioh as well as Dungeons and Dragons, Role play games in general and tabletop wargames.
It has been my goal since I was 21 to run my own games store. I got my management experience working for Games Workshop and from there managed to get a job with my current company. Its not always been easy, I was hired to be manager, then a change of ownership meant that I was demoted down to casual due to my inexperience. From there I worked through a terrible manager who had no idea what he was doing and was happy to let the store stagnate into closure, I then worked through the rejection to be manager when he was forced to step down to a complete outsider. The new manager started off well but her issues started to show and suddenly she disappeared for 5 months after time theiving a good few weeks. In the end as I was already 2IC by this stage, I was finally promoted to manager, but only after a double break in to my store....
From there things have been better, last year was a record breaking year under my leadership, we grew 37.5% over the year and this year I am on target for the stores first ever $1 Million year, that with COVID 19!
My main problem is my regional manager who hates me. Nothing i do is good enough and even when I am "complimented" there is always a BUT following closely behind! He detests that i treat my staff like humans, we have one staff member who is trying to live on 18 hours a week... I have been giving him these hours even though we have what is effectively free labour from the Australian Government for another worker. Sure I am costing the company a little more money BUT we are doing on average 10-30% better per week than this time last year. I want my staff to be able to afford to live, he just sees dollar bills and how to make the most money and it breaks me. When the store was getting less opening hours because of COVID, he gave my staff less than 24 hours notice that they would have next to no hours. I told him that I was going on 2 weeks leave immediately, when he asked why, I told him that I couldnt stand by as my staff freaked out about the idea that they couldnt pay rent. His reply was, what do you care, youre looked after. Any faint respect I had for him evaporated in that instant.
Why do people trade their soul for power? I could think of no worse fate than to see others fall in dispair while i rose up. i want all my staff to rise with me, I want to teach them that they can treat staff like people and still be a massive success. I swear that I will never profit from the misfortunes of others and will always stand up for those who cannot stand for themselves. I just wish this manager of mine would leave and never return, or at least never interact with other staff again. He destroys people and I hate that.
Well thats a little more about me... I will upload some pictures of my tattoos next!
